| 单词 | public wealth |
| 释义 | > as lemmaspublic wealth public wealth n. (a) public welfare, the public interest (now archaic); (b) public financial resources, national wealth. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > advantage > [noun] > relation in respect of > general or public wealth1390 common gooda1393 the sum of things?c1400 public good1427 commonweal1429 weal1444 commonwealtha1450 public weala1470 common publicc1475 weal-public1495 public wealth1541 public welfare1579 publica1586 public interest1591 the public (also general) concern1707 summa rerum1715 1541 M. Coverdale tr. H. Bullinger Christen State Matrimonye xi. f. xxvi Bringe vp children vnto the prayse of God, and to the publik welth, profit and counfort of thy selfe and other thy neyghbours [Ger. dir und deinen Nächsten zum Nutzen und Frommen]. 1660 W. Davenant His Sacred Majesties Most Happy Return to Dominions 5 No more shall publick wealth on Spies be spent. a1700 J. Dryden tr. Boccace in Wks. John Dryden (1885) XI. 506 The governor and government are gone; The public wealth to foreign parts conveyed. 1828 I. D'Israeli Comm. Life Charles I II. i. 2 Charles the First has never been accused of a wanton profusion of the public wealth. 1954 F. R. Scott in R. Brown & D. Bennett Anthol. Canad. Lit. in Eng. (1982) 353 The bold commands of monopoly, big with machines, Carving its kingdoms out of the public wealth. 2002 Scotl. on Sunday (Nexis) 3 Mar. 20 This contribution from those in commerce is an enormous contribution to the public wealth of the country. < as lemmas |
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