riches
/ˈrɪtʃɪz/ (bre, ipa) · /ˈrɪtʃɪz/ (ame, ipa) · /ˈri-chəz/ (ame, mw)
riches — noun
1. Money, property, and valuable objects that a person or family owns, especially w
Money, property, and valuable objects that a person or family owns, especially when they own a great deal.
Wei inherited great riches from his grandfather's shipping company and gave most of it to charity.
collocation: inherit riches
The family's riches included several houses in Paris, a private art collection, and rare books.
Amina built a delivery company and achieved riches to buy her parents a home and put three siblings through college.
Searching for riches, Diego moved from rural Oaxaca to Mexico City and opened three grocery stores and a restaurant.
- poverty
the state of being poor, the opposite of having riches
文法句型
riches + be + adjective
the riches of + noun
常見錯誤
2. Valuable natural substances such as oil, minerals, or fish that exist in large a
Valuable natural substances such as oil, minerals, or fish that exist in large amounts in a particular place.
The country's mineral riches include gold, copper, and diamonds hidden beneath its mountains.
collocation: mineral riches
The ocean's riches — fish stocks, oil, gas, and rare-earth minerals — support millions of coastal families in Southeast Asia.
collocation: the ocean's riches
Explorers crossed the desert hoping to find oil riches buried deep under the sand.
The region's agricultural riches come from its volcanic soil and plentiful rainfall.
文法句型
the + adjective + riches of + place
用法筆記
Subject is typically a country, region, or place (e.g. 'the country's riches', 'the region's riches'), not a person.
riches — plural noun
1. The valuable things or qualities that give a person, place, or culture its wealt
The valuable things or qualities that give a person, place, or culture its wealth or richness.
The port was the city's greatest riches, bringing goods and traders from around the world.
collocation: a place's greatest riches
South Korea's true riches were its educated people, not its factories — that workforce drove decades of growth.
collocation: true riches (figurative, of a nation)
The museum displays the artistic riches of the Ming dynasty, including paintings and ceramics.
The old photographs were her only material riches, but she treasured them more than gold.
- treasures
more concrete, often refers to physical objects; 'riches' can be more abstract
- assets
formal and financial; lacks the positive, admiring tone of 'riches'
- endowments
formal; refers to natural or God-given advantages of a place
文法句型
the riches of + noun
possessive + riches
用法筆記
This sense is broader than 'material wealth'; it can include non-material valuable things such as art, culture, knowledge, or natural beauty. Distinguish from sense 1 (MATERIAL WEALTH), which refers strictly to money and possessions.