wealth: [13] The now virtually defunct weal [OE] meant ‘welfare’, and also ‘riches’; it was descended from prehistoric West Germanic *welon, a derivative of the same base as produced English well. The abstract-noun suffix -th was added to it in early Middle English to produce wealth. This also originally meant ‘welfare, well-being’ as well as ‘riches’, a sense which now survives only in the compound commonwealth [15]. => well
wealth (n.)
mid-13c., "happiness," also "prosperity in abundance of possessions or riches," from Middle English wele "well-being" (see weal (n.1)) on analogy of health.
实用例句
1. Economic reform has brought relative wealth to peasant farmers.
经济改革给农民带来了相对的财富。来自柯林斯例句
2. There are easier ways to encourage the even spread of wealth.
有一些更简单的方法可以促进财富的平均分配。来自柯林斯例句
3. Sid'samazing wealth comes from holdings in oil, gas, land and property.
锡德惊人的财富来自他在石油、天然气和房地产领域持有的股份。来自柯林斯例句
4. They drove around in Rolls-Royces, openly flaunting their wealth.
他们开着劳斯莱斯到处转悠，公开炫耀他们的财富。来自柯林斯例句
5. There really is a wealth of unrecognised talent out there.
