riches
/ˈrɪtʃɪz/ (bre, ipa) · /ˈrɪtʃɪz/ (ame, ipa) · /ˈri-chəz/ (ame, mw)
riches — 名詞
1. Money, property, and valuable objects that a person or family owns, especially w
財富
大量的金錢與貴重財產
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.
Wei 從祖父的航運公司繼承了大筆財富，並將大部分捐給了慈善機構。
collocation: inherit riches
The family's riches included several houses in Paris, a private art collection, and rare books.
這個家族的財富包括巴黎的幾棟房子、私人藝術收藏和珍貴書籍。
Amina built a delivery company and achieved riches to buy her parents a home and put three siblings through college.
Amina 創辦了一家貨運公司，賺到的財富為父母買了一棟房子，也讓三個弟妹讀完大學。
Searching for riches, Diego moved from rural Oaxaca to Mexico City and opened three grocery stores and a restaurant.
為了追求財富，Diego 從瓦哈卡的鄉下搬到墨西哥市，開了三家雜貨店和一家餐館。
- 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
豐富資源
某地存在的大量有價值的自然物質
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.
該國的礦產資源包括埋藏在山脈下的黃金、銅礦和鑽石。
collocation: mineral riches
The ocean's riches — fish stocks, oil, gas, and rare-earth minerals — support millions of coastal families in Southeast Asia.
海洋的豐富資源——魚群、石油、天然氣和稀土礦物——養活了東南亞數百萬沿海居民。
collocation: the ocean's riches
Explorers crossed the desert hoping to find oil riches buried deep under the sand.
探險家穿越沙漠，希望找到深埋沙下的石油資源。
The region's agricultural riches come from its volcanic soil and plentiful rainfall.
該地區的農業資源來自其肥沃的火山土壤和充沛的雨量。
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 — 複數名詞
1. The valuable things or qualities that give a person, place, or culture its wealt
寶藏
使人或地方具有價值的資源
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.
這座港口是該市最大的寶藏，從世界各地吸引了商品和商人前來。
collocation: a place's greatest riches
South Korea's true riches were its educated people, not its factories — that workforce drove decades of growth.
南韓真正的寶藏不是工廠，而是受過良好教育的人民——這批勞動力帶動了數十年的經濟成長。
collocation: true riches (figurative, of a nation)
The museum displays the artistic riches of the Ming dynasty, including paintings and ceramics.
這座博物館展示了明朝的藝術寶藏，包括繪畫和陶瓷器。
The old photographs were her only material riches, but she treasured them more than gold.
那些舊照片是她僅有的物質財富，但她對它們的珍惜勝過黃金。
- 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.