| 释义 |
worth¹ /wɜːθ/ prep. | n. | a. | phr.
I prep.
1. 相当于…价值，值…钱
sales worth 200m pounds a year 每年价值2亿英镑的销售额
a house worth 50,000 pounds 一幢价值5万英镑的房子
2. 具有…价值，值得…
a proposal worth consideration 一项值得考虑的提议
The place is worth a visit. 这地方值得一去。
The results will be worth all the effort. 取得的成果将不负一切所作的努力。
The long drive was worth the trouble (或bother). 长途开车前往，虽然麻烦一点却值得。
This is a book well worth looking for. 这本书的确值得找一找。
be not worth a damn 毫无价值
That makes life worth living. 那样才活得有意思。
3. 拥有…财产
How much are you worth? 你有多少财产?
He is (He died) worth a million pounds. 他拥有(他死后遗下)100万英镑财产。
He spent all he was worth on it. 他在这上面花去了他所有的财产。
II n.
1. 价值，作用
a literary heritage of great worth 有巨大价值的文学遗产
discoveries of little worth 没有什么价值的发现
a programme that could be of worth 一项可能很有用的方案
2. 经济价值，价格
a jewel of great worth 一颗价格昂贵的宝石
3. 值一定金额的数量；相当于特定单位的数量
thousands of pounds worth of diamonds 值几千英镑的钻石
＄15 million worth of paintings 值1500万元的绘画
an hour's worth of work 一小时的工作
a week's worth of food 可以吃一个星期的食品
several years' worth of magazines 好几年积下来的杂志
4. 个人价值，长处
personal worth 个人价值
prove one's worth 证明自己的价值
This job has robbed me of all worth. 这工作埋没了我的长处。
5. 〈古〉财产，财富
His personal worth is several million. 他的个人财产有几百万。
III a.
〈古〉
1. 值钱的；贵重的
2. 值得看重的，可贵的
[<OE weorth; 与weorthian to honour, Ger wert worth, werden to become 有关] phr. for all one is worth 〈口〉尽力，拼命 He ran for all he was worth to catch the bus. 他拼命跑去赶公共汽车。for all (或what)it is worth 不论真伪；不论好坏 You may accept it for what it's worth. 不论此说是真是假，你且姑妄听之。not worth the paper it is (或they are) written (或printed) on 见paper
put in one's two cents worth 〈美俚〉(未经邀请而)发表意见(或忠告)
worth it 〈口〉值得的；值得麻烦的；有用的
They are expensive,but they are worth it.那些东西很贵，但划得来。
Don't lock the door; it isn't worth it.门别锁了，用不着。
worth one's salt 见salt¹
worth one's weight in gold 见gold |