riches
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。
collocation: achieve riches
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。
collocation: search for riches
- inherit riches
- amass riches
- achieve riches
- great riches
- vast riches
- material riches
- 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。
collocation: oil riches
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。
- mineral riches
- oil riches
- natural riches
- agricultural riches
- hidden riches
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。
collocation: artistic riches
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。
- artistic riches
- cultural riches
- true riches
- greatest riches
- 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.