Prosperity makes friends,and adversity tries them.是什么意思？

Prosperity makes friends,and adversity tries them.

富贵交友易,患难显真情。

prosperity

n. 繁荣，兴旺，昌盛，成功；

例句
The town's nineteenth-century prosperity was built on steel.
这个城市19世纪的繁荣是建立在钢铁工业基础上的。

makes

v. 使( make的第三人称单数 )，成为，做，认为；

例句
This recipe makes a good accompaniment to ice-cream.
这道食谱适合搭配冰激凌。

friends

n. 朋友( friend的名词复数 )，资助者，同胞，指做傻事或烦人的事而说话者不认识的人；

例句
Old enemies can become new friends even if all their national interests are not in complete accord.
即使国家利益不尽相同，他们也可以化敌为友。

and

conj. 和，与，而且，于是，然后，因此；

例句
I spend a lot on expensive jewelry and clothing...
我花很多钱购买昂贵的首饰和衣服。

adversity

n. 逆境，不幸，灾难；

例句
I always turn adversity and defeat into victories, but it's probably put ten years on me.
我总是能够扭转逆境，反败为胜，但这可能让我显得老成了10岁。

tries

v. 试图，努力（ try的第三人称单数 ），考验，磨炼，审讯；

例句
...a comedy about a man who tries to civilise a woman—but she ends up civilising him...
一出有关一个男人试图教化一个女人，结果反而被那个女人教化的喜剧

them

pron. 他们，她们，它们；

例句
I take care of them to the best of my abilities...
我尽我所能地照顾他们。