Word · CEFR A1 · Frequency #1229
rich
富人；有钱人
wealthy people as a group; the rich class of society
常与the连用，指一个群体
- 1.
The rich people of a society or the world collectively, the rich class of a society.
社会或世界上的富人,富裕阶层。
- 2.
people who have possessions and wealth (considered as a group)
拥有财产和财富的人(作为一个群体)
- 3.
the second placer in Tycoon
大亨中的第二名。
（大亨游戏中的）第二名；社会或世界上的富人,富裕阶层。；拥有财产和财富的人(作为一个群体)；大亨中的第二名。
In use
The rich often have access to better education and healthcare.
Many policies are designed to help the poor rather than the rich.
The gap between the rich and the poor continues to widen.
only the very rich benefit from this legislation
Connections
Collocations
- the rich
- 富人；有钱人
- The rich should help the poor.富人应该帮助穷人。
- the rich and the poor
- 富人和穷人
- The gap between the rich and the poor is widening.富人和穷人之间的差距正在扩大。
- the newly rich
- 新贵；暴发户
- The newly rich often buy luxury cars.新贵们常常购买豪华汽车。
- the idle rich
- 游手好闲的富人
- The idle rich spend their days at parties.游手好闲的富人把时间花在派对上。
- the super-rich
- 超级富豪
- The super-rich are getting richer.超级富豪们越来越富有。
Idioms & figurative uses
Learner notes
Memory Tip
音似“瑞奇”：想象有位名叫瑞奇的有钱人，rich常指“富人群体”，记住它的名词用法。
Context & Register
语域：neutral 常见场景：新闻报道、社会讨论、日常口语 作为名词时，通常以 the rich 的形式出现，指整个富裕阶层；多用于新闻报道和社会讨论，日常表达中也比较常见，语气上属中性，强调群体而非个人。
Grammar Note
通常与the连用，谓语用复数
Pronunciation & Spelling
rich /rɪtʃ/ 与 which /wɪtʃ/、ditch /dɪtʃ/、pitch /pɪtʃ/、hitch /hɪtʃ/、switch /swɪtʃ/、itch /ɪtʃ/ 押韵，都读 /ɪtʃ/（which 拼作 -ich，其余拼作 -itch）。注意 such /sʌtʃ/、much /mʌtʃ/ 虽然形似，但元音是 /ʌ/；reach /riːtʃ/ 也形似但元音是 /iː/。
High-value vocabulary
该词属于 Oxford 核心词汇，值得优先掌握常见搭配和句型。
Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 4，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
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