Riches are expensive things you own and large amounts of money: houses, jewels, land, gold, a fortune. The word is always plural in this meaning — you speak of riches, not a rich.

Riches財富 are expensive things you own and large amounts of money指的是你擁有的昂貴東西和大筆的錢：houses房子、jewels珠寶、land土地、gold黃金、a fortune一大筆財產。The word這個字 is always plural in this meaning在這個意思上永遠是複數——you speak of你會說 riches，not a rich而不會說 a rich。

It sounds a little older and more story-like than money or wealth. You hear it in “rags to riches,” in talk of “the riches of the earth,” and in tales about kings and treasure.

It它 sounds a little older and more story-like聽起來比較古老，也比較有故事感 than money or wealth比 money 或 wealth 更是這樣。You你 hear it在「白手起家」裡 in “rags to riches,” in talk of “the riches of the earth,”在談論「大地的財富」時 and in tales about kings and treasure以及在講國王和寶藏的故事裡 會聽到這個字。

People also stretch it away from cash: “the riches of the library,” “the island’s natural riches,” meaning plenty of good things, not only coins. You would not usually say it of a month’s salary; it points at a lot, and often at what has been piled up.

People人們 also stretch it away from cash也會把這個字延伸到不只是錢：“the riches of the library,” “the island’s natural riches,”「圖書館的豐富館藏」、「這座島的天然資源」 meaning plenty of good things, not only coins意思是很多好東西，不只是錢幣。You你 would not usually say it of通常不會用它形容 a month’s salary一個月的薪水；it points at a lot它指的是很多，and often at what has been piled up而且通常是已經累積起來的東西。

Though actually, English mixed two older words here — one home-grown word for power and wealth, and a French word richesse — so the -es looks like a plural even when the idea is a mass of wealth.

Though actually不過事實上，English mixed two older words here英文在這裡混合了兩個古老的字——one home-grown word for power and wealth一個是英文本土表示權力和財富的字，and a French word richesse還有一個法文字 richesse——so the -es looks like a plural even when the idea is a mass of wealth所以這個 -es 看起來像複數，儘管講的其實是一整團的財富這個概念。