a weal on sth
用介词 on 表示部位。
There was a red weal on his back from the whip.
他的背上有一道鞭子抽出的红色鞭痕。
福祉；幸福；福利；公益；恩惠,利益。；鞭打等引起的凸起条状伤痕,通常呈紫色；鞭痕。；特指社区、国家等的整体幸福(常带限定词)。；福利
A raised, often purple mark on the skin caused by a blow from a whip or rod; a welt.
恩惠,利益。
Boon, benefit.
鞭打等引起的凸起条状伤痕,通常呈紫色；鞭痕。
A raised, longitudinal wound, usually purple, on the surface of flesh caused by a stroke of a rod or whip; a welt.
特指社区、国家等的整体幸福(常带限定词)。
Specifically, the general happiness of a community, country etc. (often with qualifying word).
The edge of the table left a long weal on his thigh.
桌角在他大腿上留下了一道长长的条痕。
用法提示：weal 在此为可数名词，指皮肤受碰击后隆起的条痕。
She cleaned the weal carefully before putting a bandage over it.
她小心地清洗那条伤痕，然后在上面贴上创可贴。
用法提示：weal 作名词宾语，表示红肿的条痕。
Two red weals crossed his shoulder where the branch had struck him.
树枝抽打在他肩上，留下两道红色的条痕。
用法提示：weals 是 weal 的复数形式，指多条皮肤肿痕。
用介词 on 表示部位。
There was a red weal on his back from the whip.
他的背上有一道鞭子抽出的红色鞭痕。
动词用 appear，表示鞭痕出现。
Weals appeared on her arm after she touched the nettles.
她碰到荨麻后胳膊上出现了鞭痕状的肿起。
用被动结构描述布满鞭痕的状态。
His legs were covered with weals from the beating.
他的腿上布满了殴打留下的鞭痕。
与 weal 的“公共福祉”义最接近，但现代英语中更常见、更中性，weal 多用于文学或 fixed phrase 如 the common weal。
更常指个人或群体的健康与幸福，语气比 weal 通俗现代，可以说 the well-being of the nation。
在 the common good（公益）中可替换 the common weal，但 good 意思更广，也可指“善、好处”。
grammar · medium
易错句子He has weal on his back.
正确表达He has a weal on his back.
中文学习者常遗漏冠词，因为中文没有强制冠词。'weal' 是可数名词，表示单个鞭痕时需加不定冠词 'a'。
grammar · medium
易错句子He had a wheel on his arm.
正确表达He had a weal on his arm.
'weal' 与 'wheel' 发音相似，但拼写和意义不同。'weal' 指皮肤上的伤痕，而 'wheel' 是轮子。
此条针对 weal 的“幸福、福祉、公益”义项（非“鞭痕”义项）。weal 最常用的直接反义词是 woe，常构成 weal and woe（福与祸）。只在抽象的幸福/福利含义上对举，不适用于皮肤伤痕义。
与 weal 的“整体幸福”义相对，强调痛苦与不幸的状态；不用于“鞭痕”义。
指运气不好或灾难，与 weal 的“福祉、公益”相对；不用于“鞭痕”义。
公共福利；公益
Citizens should work for the common weal.
公民应当为公共福利而努力。
福祸；甘苦
They stayed together through weal and woe.
他们同甘共苦，始终在一起。
隆起的鞭痕；红肿条痕
A raised weal formed on his shoulder after the lash.
挨了一鞭后，他肩膀上隆起一道红肿的条痕。
红色鞭痕；红色条痕
The strap left a red weal across her palm.
皮带的抽打在她手掌上留下了一道红色条痕。
weal 可指鞭子抽打后皮肤上隆起的紫色伤痕，鞭子是常见的致伤物。
weal 常由鞭打造成，lash 指抽打的动作或鞭子的抽打部分。
weal 是皮肤表面隆起的条状伤痕，可能留下或类似伤疤。
weal 与 bruise 同属皮肤受伤后的痕迹，但 weal 特指条状隆起。
weal 还有“幸福、福利”之意，常与 community 搭配表示共同体的福祉。
福与祸；顺境和逆境
They have stayed together through weal and woe for more than forty years.
四十多年来，他们同甘共苦，始终在一起。
公共福利；公益
She devoted her life to the common weal of her community.
她毕生致力于社区的公共福利。
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