Richer a. 更富有的
- Chinese people are working hard to make the country richer and more beautiful.
中国人民正在努力工作,把国家建设得更加富饶美丽。 - Avarice makes rich people want to become even richer.
贪婪使富人想要更富.
Rich \Rich\, (r[i^]ch), a. [Compar. {Richer}; superl.
{Richest}.] [OE. riche, AS. r[=i]ce rich, powerful; akin to
OS. r[=i]ki, D. rijk, G. reich, OHG. r[=i]hhi, Icel. r[=i]kr,
Sw. rik, Dan. rig, Goth. reiks; from a word meaning, ruler,
king, probably borrowed from Celtic, and akin to L. rex,
regis, king, regere to guide, rule. [root]283. See {Right},
and cf. {Derrick}, {Enrich}, {Rajah}, {Riches}, {Royal}.]
1. Having an abundance of material possessions; possessed of
a large amount of property; well supplied with land,
goods, or money; wealthy; opulent; affluent; -- opposed to
{poor}. ``Rich merchants.'' --Chaucer.
The rich [person] hath many friends. --Prov. xiv.
20.
As a thief, bent to unhoard the cash
Of some rich burgher. --Milton.
2. Hence, in general, well supplied; abounding; abundant;
copious; bountiful; as, a rich treasury; a rich
entertainment; a rich crop.
If life be short, it shall be glorious;
Each minute shall be rich in some great action.
--Rowe.
The gorgeous East with richest hand
Showers on her kings barbaric pearl and gold.
--Milton.
3. Yielding large returns; productive or fertile; fruitful;
as, rich soil or land; a rich mine.
4. Composed of valuable or costly materials or ingredients;
procured at great outlay; highly valued; precious;
sumptuous; costly; as, a rich dress; rich silk or fur;
rich presents.
Like to rich and various gems. --Milton.
5. Abounding in agreeable or nutritive qualities; --
especially applied to articles of food or drink which are
high-seasoned or abound in oleaginous ingredients, or are
sweet, luscious, and high-flavored; as, a rich dish; rich
cream or soup; rich pastry; rich wine or fruit.
Sauces and rich spices are fetched from India.
--Baker.
6. Not faint or delicate; vivid; as, a rich color.
7. Full of sweet and harmonius sounds; as, a rich voice; rich
music.
8. Abounding in beauty; gorgeous; as, a rich landscape; rich
scenery.
9. Abounding in humor; exciting amusement; entertaining; as,
the scene was a rich one; a rich incident or character.
[Colloq.] --Thackeray.
Note: Rich is sometimes used in the formation of
self-explaining compounds; as, rich-fleeced,
rich-jeweled, rich-laden, rich-stained.
Syn: Wealthy; affluent; opulent; ample; copious; abundant;
plentiful; fruitful; costly; sumptuous; precious;
generous; luscious.
- Mr. Richer said he didn't know when details would be made public.
- The California quake, centered about 60 miles east of Los Angeles, registered 3.5 on the Richer scale.
- The Richer, The Zappier The highest-income households that advertisers most want to reach are the heaviest zappers.
- Richer states, such as Aguascalientes, inevitably become constrained in their ability to grow.
- Richer regions would still be obliged to transfer part of their resources to the poorer ones.
- Richer and industry analysts on Tuesday described the 3 percent drop in annual visitors as the inevitable leveling-off of the casino boom.
- That is the same fault and epicenter of the Oct. 17 earthquake, which measured 7.1 on the Richer scale, and claimed 66 lives and billions of dollars in damage.
- Jack Richer, spokesman for a committee of independent directors established to solicit bids for Cineplex Odeon Corp., said the committee's investment advisers are reviewing a number of bids received for the company.
- Richer provinces benefited from the recent trend toward decentralizing economic decision-making and the accompanying new political power.
- However, Jack Richer, spokesman for the independent directors' committee, played down the effect of these agreements on the quest for a buyer for the company.