wealthy
adjective /ˈwelθi/
/ˈwelθi/
(comparative wealthier, superlative wealthiest)
synonym rich富有的;富裕的;富饶的 - a wealthy businessman/individual/family
富有的商人/个人/家庭 - a wealthy country/nation
富裕的国家/民族 - The deal is about to make him a very wealthy man.
这笔交易将使他成为一个非常富有的人。 - The couple are said to be fabulously wealthy.
据说这对夫妇家财万贯。 - They live in a wealthy suburb of Chicago.
他们住在芝加哥郊区的一处富人区。
Synonyms richrich- wealthy
- prosperous
- affluent
- well off
- comfortable
- rich (of a person) having a lot of money, property or valuable possessions; (of a country or city) producing a lot of wealth so that many of its people can live at a high standard
指(人)富有的、富裕的,(国家或城市)富庶的、富饶的 - wealthy rich
指富有的、富饶的
There is no real difference in meaning between these two words. Both are very frequent, but rich is more frequent and can be used in some fixed phrases where wealthy cannot: He’s stinking/filthy wealthy. • It’s a favourite resort for the wealthy and famous.用 rich 还是 wealthy? - prosperous (rather formal) rich and successful
- affluent (rather formal) rich and with a good standard of living:
指富裕的: - affluent Western countries
富裕的西方国家
- affluent Western countries
Both prosperous and affluent are used to talk about people and places. Prosperous is used much more than affluent to talk about times and periods. Affluent is often used to contrast rich people or societies with poor ones. Being prosperous is nearly always seen as a good thing: It’s good to see you looking so prosperous. • It’s good to see you looking so affluent.用 prosperous 还是 affluent? - well off (often used in negative sentences) rich:
- His family is not very well off.
他家境不太宽裕。
- His family is not very well off.
- comfortable having enough money to buy what you want without worrying about the cost:
- They’re not millionaires, but they’re certainly very comfortable.
他们不是百万富翁,但也很富裕。
- They’re not millionaires, but they’re certainly very comfortable.
- a(n) rich/wealthy/prosperous/affluent/well-off family
- a rich/wealthy/prosperous/well-off man/woman
- a(n) rich/wealthy/prosperous/affluent country/city
Topics Moneyb2- He is now fabulously wealthy.
他现在十分富有。 - She comes from a very wealthy family.
她家里很有钱。 - Wealthy countries have a responsibility to promote fairer world trade.
富裕国家有责任促进更公平的世界贸易。
Collocations Dictionaryverbs- be
- look
- become
- …
- extremely
- fairly
- very
- …
- a wealthy businessman/individual/family
- the wealthynoun [plural] people who are rich
富人;有钱人;阔人 More Like This Plural adjectival nounsPlural adjectival nouns- the blind
- the deaf
- the destitute
- the dead
- the dying
- the elderly
- the faithful
- the homeless
- the injured
- the insane
- the jobless
- the middle aged
- the old
- the poor
- the rich
- the sick
- the squeamish
- the wealthy
- the wicked
- the wounded
- the young