riches

noun

1. 财富；财产
   large amounts of money and valuable or beautiful possessions
   1. a career that brought him fame and riches
      使他名利双收的事业
   2. material riches
      物质财富

1. ADJ-GRADED 富裕的;有钱的;富有的
   A rich person has a lot of money or valuable possessions.
   1. You're going to be a very rich man...
      你将会成为一个非常有钱的人。
   2. Their one aim in life is to get rich...
      他们人生的一个目标就是要变成有钱人。
   3. With nothing but his own talent, he made himself rich and famous.
      他一无所有，仅靠自身才能就变得富有而出名。
   4. The rich are rich people.
      富人;有钱人
   5. This is a system in which the rich are cared for and the poor are left to suffer...
      在这种制度之下，富人备受关照而穷人却受苦受难。
   6. Only the very rich have really benefited.
      只有非常有钱的人才真正受益了。
   7. ...a gossip page featuring the rich and famous.
      关注富人和名人的八卦版
2. N-PLURAL 财富;财产
   Riches are valuable possessions or large amounts of money.
   1. An Olympic gold medal can lead to untold riches for an athlete...
      一枚奥运金牌能给运动员带来无尽的财富。
   2. Some people want fame or riches — I just wanted a baby.
      有人希望得到名望，有人希望获得财富——我只想要个孩子。
3. ADJ-GRADED (国家)富有的，富饶的
   A rich country has a strong economy and produces a lot of wealth, so many people who live there have a high standard of living.
   1. There is hunger in many parts of the world, even in rich countries.
      世界上很多地方，甚至在富有的国家里，都有人忍饥挨饿。
4. N-PLURAL 资源
   If you talk about the earth's riches, you are referring to things that exist naturally in large quantities and that are useful and valuable, for example minerals, wood, and oil.
   1. ...Russia's vast natural riches.
      俄罗斯丰富的自然资源
   2. ...the oil riches of the Middle East.
      中东的石油资源
5. ADJ-GRADED 富含…的;含有大量…的
   If something is rich in a useful or valuable substance or is a rich source of it, it contains a lot of it.
   1. Liver and kidney are particularly rich in vitamin A...
      肝脏和肾脏的维生素A含量尤其丰富。
   2. Fish is a rich source of protein.
      鱼肉富含蛋白质。
6. ADJ-GRADED (食物)油腻的
   Rich food contains a lot of fat or oil.
   1. ...the hearty, rich foods of Gascony...
      加斯科涅丰盛而油腻的食物
   2. Additional cream would make it too rich.
      再加奶油会让它过于油腻。
7. ADJ-GRADED (土地)肥沃的，丰饶的，富饶的
   Rich soil contains large amounts of substances that make it good for growing crops or flowers in.
   1. Farmers grow rice in the rich soil.
      农民们在肥沃的土地上种植稻子。
8. ADJ-GRADED (矿藏等)丰富的，大量的
   A rich deposit of a mineral or other substance is a large amount of it.
   1. ...the country's rich deposits of the metal, lithium.
      这个国家丰富的锂金属矿藏
9. ADJ-GRADED 充满（幽默感、创意等）的;（信息）丰富的
   If you say that something is a rich vein or source of something such as humour, ideas, or information, you mean that it can provide a lot of that thing.
   1. The director discovered a rich vein of sentimentality...
      导演发现了一个丰富的情感源泉。
   2. My collection of Victorian literature turned out to be a rich and often hilarious source of information.
      我收藏的维多利亚时代的文学作品竟成了一个资源丰富的信息宝库，而且内容常常令人捧腹。
10. ADJ-GRADED (气味)浓郁的，香浓的;(颜色)浓艳的，强烈的，鲜艳的;（声音）低沉的，浑厚的
    Rich smells are strong and very pleasant. Rich colours and sounds are deep and very pleasant.
    1. ...a rich and luxuriously perfumed bath essence.
       香味浓郁的沐浴香精
    2. ...an attractive, glossy rich red colour.
       迷人而富有光泽的艳红色
11. ADJ-GRADED (生活或历史)丰富多彩的
    A rich life or history is one that is interesting because it is full of different events and activities.
    1. A rich and varied cultural life is essential for this couple.
       丰富多样的文化生活对这对夫妇而言至关重要。
    2. ...the rich history of the island...
       这个岛屿灿烂的历史
    3. Manchester has a rich cultural, economic and sporting heritage.
       曼彻斯特有丰富的文化、经济和体育遗产。
12. ADJ-GRADED (收藏或混合物)丰富的，各种各样的
    A rich collection or mixture contains a wide and interesting variety of different things.
    1. Visitors can view a rich and colorful array of aquatic plants and animals...
       游客们可以看到一系列各种各样、色彩斑斓的水生动植物。
    2. Australia has a rich cultural mix.
       澳大利亚拥有丰富多样的文化。
    3. ...a rich vocabulary.
       大量的词汇
13. ADJ-GRADED 不合情理的;荒谬的;荒唐的
    If you say that something a person says or does is rich, you are making fun of it because you think it is a surprising and inappropriate thing for them to say or do.
    1. Gil says that women can't keep secrets. That's rich, coming from him, the professional sneak.
       吉尔说女人不能保守秘密。这话从他这样一个整天打小报告的人嘴里说出来真是太荒谬了。
14. PHRASE 富得流油;一身铜臭味
    If you say that someone is filthy rich or stinking rich, you disapprove of them because they have a lot of money.
    1. He's stinking rich, and with no more talent than he ever had before.
       他现在已经有几个臭钱了，但仍然和以前一样没什么才能。
    2. ...a handful of filthy rich young men who work eight months a year.
       少数几个每年只工作8个月的腰缠万贯的年轻人

1. The art gallery's problem is an embarrassment of riches, with nowhere to put most of them.
   那家美术馆的问题是好作品太多，大多数作品无处陈放。
2. His personal riches were estimated at £ 68 million.
   估计他的个人资产达到6,800万英镑。
3. It seemed like a one-way ticket to riches, but then it all went wrong
   这看起来是一举致富的良机，但到后来所有的一切都出了岔子。
4. Victory would give him a passport to the riches he craves
   胜利将使他有机会获得自己梦寐以求的财富。
5. An Olympic gold medal can lead to untold riches for an athlete
   一枚奥运金牌能给运动员带来无尽的财富。
6. Some people want fame or riches — I just wanted a baby.
   有人希望得到名望，有人希望获得财富——我只想要个孩子。
7. Neither riches nor honours can corrupt him; neither poverty nor humbleness can make him swerve from principle; and neither threats nor forces can subdue him.
   富贵不能淫，贫贱不能移，威武不能屈。
8. A good name is better than riches.
   美名胜于财富。
9. The riches and splendour of our Chinese culture has evolved over a long history of thousands of years.
   在中国几千年的历史中，产生了丰富灿烂的文化。
10. Riches don't always satisfy.
    财富并不能总是使人满足。
11. He whom riches and honours cannot corrupt nor poverty and obscurity divert, whom neither threats nor violence itself can bend& he it is that I call a great man.
    富贵不能淫，贫贱不能移，威武不能屈，此之谓大丈夫。（《孟子》）
12. My trade is more useful to me than were all my former riches.
    与我以前所有的财富相比，我现在做的事情对于我来说更有用。
13. At this moment hope makes me despise their riches, which seem to me contemptible.
    现在，我的希望使我鄙视他们的财富，那笔钱在我看来似乎太不值一提了。
14. I too encountered people called Indians. I too was searching for the source of India's riches.
    我也遇到了印度人，我也在寻找印度的财富。
15. Real riches come from good relationships and health.
    真正的财富来自良好的人际关系和健康。
16. In spite of all his riches, he's never contented.
    尽管他很富有，但他从来不感到满足。
17. With the herds and the other new riches, a revolution came over the family.
    随着畜群和其它新的财富的出现，在家庭中便发生了革命。
18. I asked for riches that I might be happy;
    我向神求财富，使我可以快乐；
19. It is not the ring that has drawn you to them but their desire for riches.
    它不是画了您对他们的圆环，但是他们的财宝的欲望。
20. No, I will not take from him the glory and riches you have given him.
    不，我不会带走你给他的荣耀和财富。
21. Riches and virtues do not often keep each other company.
    财富和美德常常不相伴。
22. He had gone, but here was his word that riches were not everything;
    他的人走了，但他的话还在：财富不是一切；
23. His success had brought him vast riches.
    他的成功给他带来了巨大财富。
24. You can't take your riches with you when you die.
    你不能把你的财富，当你与你死。
25. The great Chinese people offered up to the world cultural riches on the spiritual plane and material plane.
    伟大的中国人民给世界提供了精神上和物质上的文化财富。
26. Kathy wanted not only fame and riches, but also love.
    凯西不仅想要名誉和金钱，而且想要爱情。
27. Young men in search of adventure and riches.
    追求冒险和财富的年轻人。

n.

an embarrassment of riches

• 好东西多得难以选择
  so many good things that it is difficult to choose just one

(from) rags to riches

• 从赤贫到巨富
  from being extremely poor to being very rich
  1. a rags-to-riches story
     穷人发迹史
  2. Hers was a classic tale of rags to riches.
     她的经历是从赤贫到富有的一个典型例子。

noun

1. an abundance of material possessions and resources

   Synonym:    wealth