It is not wealth one asks for, but just enough to preserve one's dignity, to work unhampered, to be generous, frank and independent.
📚 名句词汇解析
从本句名言中提取的重要词汇，帮助你深度理解这句话
vt. 保护;保持，保存;腌制食物;防腐处理;
vi. 保鲜;保持原状;做蜜饯;禁猎;
n. 蜜饯;防护用品;禁猎地;独占的事物（或范围）;
💡 pre预先+serve保持→预先保留→保存
"Names of people in the book were changed to preserve anonymity."
为了姓名保密，书中的人用的都是化名。
近义：protect, save, shelter, defend, guard, embalm
反义：quit, stop, leave, desist, cut, finish
n. 尊严;高尚;自豪;自尊;
💡 dign值得，高贵+ity抽象名词 → 威严，庄严
"She always comports herself with great dignity."
她的举止总是很端庄。
近义：honesty, honor, majesty, propriety, seemliness, stateliness
反义：humiliation, reproach, unworthiness, dishonourableness, defilement, disgrace
adj. 慷慨的，大方的;丰盛的;肥沃的;浓厚的;
💡 gener出生，产生+ous形容词后缀→[不断]产生→丰富的，慷慨的
"It would be churlish to refuse such a generous offer."
拒绝这样一个慷慨的提议未免失礼。
近义：humane, humanitarian, liberal, lofty, loose, loyal
反义：knavish, mean, miserly, niggard, niggardly, parsimonious
adj. 自主的;不相关连的;无党派的;不相干的人所做的（或提供的）;
n. 独立自主的人;无党派人士;
💡 in不+depend依靠+ent...的 → 不依靠的 → 独立的
"The evidence was corroborated by two independent witnesses."
此证据由两名独立证人提供。
近义：liberated, maverick, nonpartisan, autonomic, autonomous, indie
反义：associate, attache, provisionary, provisory, reliant, secondary
n. 财产，财富;富豪（阶级）;丰富，大量;繁荣;
💡 we(我们)+a(人)+alt(种子，秃木和树)- 财富 财富无(w)健康(health)重要
"the unfair distribution of wealth"
财富分配不公
近义：riches, richness, treasure, fortune, opulence, abundance
反义：impecuniosity, indigence, marginality, meanness, misery, pauperism
adv. 足够地，充足地;十分地;
adj. 充足的;足够的;
n. 充分，足够;满足;
int. 够了;
"How were they going to raise enough money for it?"
他们怎样来为此筹集足够的资金 呢 ?
近义：sufficient, sufficing, rather, sufficiently, considerably, amply
反义：inadequate, lacking, scanty, scarce, unsatisfactory, unsatisfying