1predicative Equivalent in value to the sum or item specified.

价值450英镑的珠宝被偷了。

1. 1.1 Sufficiently good, important, or interesting to justify a specified action; deserving to be treated or regarded in the way specified.
   值得的；具有…价值的
   the museums in the district are well worth a visit

   这个区的博物馆很值得一看。

   Example sentencesExamples

   • There was a extensive break between servings, but the second course was certainly worth the wait.
   • If you are interested in military history the Royal Armouries Museum is worth a visit and if you fancy a trip out of town, Castle Howard is within easy reach.
   • An ancient Jain Temple and a temple of Har-Gauri are important spots worth seeing.
   • Any element of the taught course which the student finds interesting is worth exploring.
   • Generally I think that people who are into sci-fi are interesting and worth listening to.
   • The Town Hall is worth a visit and one of the earliest examples of the typical building style of Bruges, which has become so famous.
   • I have always regarded this newspaper as an important service and worth my money every semester.
   • They only wanted one segment from New Zealand and had chosen me as the only character here interesting enough to be worth filming.
   • Their websites in themselves are quite interesting and worth a visit.
   • Ruth and I discovered some interesting things worth trying once our daylight hours start expanding again.
   • Thus, a good therapist who knows how to treat depression well is worth seeing.
   • His views on charity are also interesting and certainly worth a read.
   • I think he was unaware of physical discomfort, or regarded it as not worth bothering about.
   • She remains convinced that values such as kindness and fairness are worth defending.
   • It is worth noting how important Darwin's analysis was to the understanding of flowering plants.
   • Last year he spent time at an Italian village, photographing buildings and people, just because someone had mentioned it was worth a visit.
   • All of Norm Geras's posts are worth reading, of course, but don't miss this one.
   • The winners and runners up photos are on display in Mulligans Pharmacy, Ballybricken, and are really worth a visit.
   • This medieval market town, now an affluent commuter adjunct to Newcastle, is worth a visit, if only to see the striking Hexham Abbey.
   • I think culture and the media is important; and is worth talking about and debating.
   • New Delhi's monuments are worth a brief visit, but they can't compete with the red boldness of historic Old Delhi.
2. 1.2 Used to suggest that the specified course of action may be advisable.
   值得（用于建议）
   a meat and potato dish that's worth checking out

   Example sentencesExamples

   • A group spokesman said many of the 90 trees were rare and worth protecting but that a council officer had suggested rarity was not a concern.
   • Most estate agents acknowledge a risk factor, but many suggest it is worth taking.
   • It may not be a disease, but it might be worth getting checked out by a doctor if it does not go away soon.
   • As the banks vary these extras from one year to the next, it is worth checking that cover is in place for driving on the continent.
   • Purple Heron is a regular overshooting migrant to Britain and it is always worth checking any heron you see fly from a reed bed.
   • The number of people attending means it's worth dolling up the venue and using the best sound system.
   • Is it worth paying thousands of pounds for a small triangle of land?
   • Of course, it is worth asking whether a cut in Superfund money would be so bad.
   • Still, there are some courses that are worth playing regularly and this is one of them.
   • It's worth comparing the status of motorists to that of smokers.
   • Again, we contacted only a comparatively small sample of hairdressers, so it may be worth checking a few yourself.
   • It'll be worth checking the weather forecast first, of course, just in case it's wall-to-wall cloud.
   • This is a book you can trust, although it is always worth double checking the advice about chemicals, which can become outdated very quickly.
   • Is it worth setting up an elaborate structure without knowing the commercial value of its intended output?
   • Also, if there is a new company opening up in the city then it's always worth checking them out in case they are good for a donation.
   • These treats could be worth franchising, but a Markt will probably not be opening at a mall near you anytime soon.
   • But, it might just be worth opening an account to trade in these last couple of weeks.
   • So, if you've got an old or unreliable boiler, it might be worth getting it checked right now.
   • The function of the conference is to draw attention to the fact that this unique course is worth saving.
   • If you do, and you find this account worth publishing, then please edit and let me know what you have done.
3. 1.3 Having income or property amounting to a specified sum.
   拥有…财产的
   she is worth $10 million

   她拥有1，000万英镑的财产。

   Example sentencesExamples

   • To qualify as buyers residents have to be worth $5m or their local currency equivalent.
   • So you are saying that a human life is worth a specific amount of money?
   • The amount of money she was worth could feed a Third World nation with gastronomic delights.
   • As long as you value who you are, you'll always be worth a zillion bucks.
   • If you're worth that amount of money, you tell people what you really think.
   • Bielsa found he was worth one third of the original value due to the financial crisis.
   • The disenfranchised people were turned into a resource, worth only the market price of their labour power.
   • Let's just put that into perspective for a second Chelsea are a team who are made up of several international and high value players worth millions.
   • Which is another controversial subject, how can a simple player be worth so much money?

1The value equivalent to that of someone or something under consideration; the level at which someone or something deserves to be valued or rated.

他们不得不听每一则谣传并判断其价值。

1. 1.1 An amount of a commodity equivalent to a specified sum of money.
   值一定金额的商品
   he admitted stealing 10,000 dollars' worth of computer systems

   他承认偷了价值10，000英镑的计算机系统。

   Example sentencesExamples

   • Americans import six dollars worth of goods from China for every one dollar of US products sold in China.
   • There's more than half-a-million pounds' worth of prize money for these first three races.
   • Twelve pence worth of leaf gold was an expensive amount.
   • Lindsay alone accounted for some $300-million worth of sales over the past five years.
   • The whole of Kerala accounts for a cut-flower business worth more than Rs.3 crores a year.
   • All the Plus edition models feature more than £3,000 worth of extra equipment.
   • The only way her husband can get the money is to provide lands of equivalent worth to Judith and her children.
   • At the same time it won an order to supply 1.5 billion euros worth of equipment for 3G licenses.
   • Some HK $7.1 billion worth of apparel was exported in the first quarter of this year.
   • In total, I had technically lost nearly four hundred dollars worth of money.
   • That is €1 billion worth of stock that has been, or will be, distributed tax - free.
   • Four years and over £10m worth of squashed fruit sales later, critics could be reviewing their scepticism.
   • For every pound that the company spends, it only makes 10p worth of extra sales.
   • And then I suppose I'd need several million dollars worth of equipment and raw materials.
   • A petrol station cashier was tied up by robbers who stole more than £10,000 worth of goods and money.
   • Masked raiders tied up a security guard and stole thousands of pounds' worth of computer equipment from Motorola, a court heard.
   • Miss Creamer told the prison authorities she had injected £80 worth of heroin and drank up to six litres of cider or lager each day.
   • Printing up trillions of dollars' worth of new money was bound to have an effect.

   Synonyms

   value, financial value, monetary value, price, asking price, selling price, cost
2. 1.2 The amount that could be achieved or produced in a specified time.
   相当于一定时间内生产的量
   the companies have debts greater than two years' worth of their sales

   公司的债务比他们两年的销售额还要大。

   Example sentencesExamples

   • It takes about 15 minutes to identify and mark the ads in an hour's worth of programming.
   • The second is that it may not be economic, as it would simply result in six days' worth of sales being spread over seven days.
   • I'm back from my vacation and just spent the last hour or two catching up on a week's worth of Power Line.
   • So this is many, many times smaller than is needed just for one year's worth of pollution from one power station.
   • As a rapper, he was responsible for $80 million worth of sales one year.
   • In fact, you're more likely to get around one year's worth of exported content.
   • For the Trust it marked not just a few months' worth of campaigning but represented the culmination of nearly half a century of tireless effort.
   • The corporation is testing a new system that will make an entire week's worth of output available at the click of a mouse.
   • He dialed for groceries, then walked to the mailbox pulling out several days' worth of bills and junk mail.
   • He said his shops record up to five weeks' worth of sales during the Galway Races.
   • I'm just a handful of films away from seeing the entire year's worth of quality product.
   • At present rates of consumption there are 30 or 40 years' worth of oil known to be retrievable using present methods.
   • If you ask for, say, 300 baht worth, the meter will certainly show that amount as you hand over the cash.
   • If the idea saves money, how about a bonus equal to the first month's worth of savings?
   • I got my pay cheque last week for one week's worth of work.
   • To get a decent sense of the trend, calculate at least two years' worth of quarterly inventory sales numbers.
   • The woman took away the gauze and a month's worth of meal money, and Dorothy took Wilma home.
   • The Jammu region itself has been importing crores worth of fruits in these years.
   • I mean, I don't think that you could say that you got half a million dollars' worth of sales from it.
   • One even had a year's worth of transactions with account numbers from a cash machine in Illinois.
3. 1.3 High value or merit.
   价值，长处
   he is noble and gains his position by showing his inner worth

   他品格高尚，并通过表现出他的内在价值获得了地位。

   Example sentencesExamples

   • You may have always known his worth on an intellectual level, but now it becomes real to you.
   • Lesser shows were put into the same pot with retrospectives of quality, significance and worth.
   • Good as they are for reading or study or the like, their real value or worth is in their being voiced in common prayer.
   • There's no place in this existence where athletes feel the meaning, worth or value they did as athletes.
   • Personally, I didn't think a person's status as alive was dependent on moral worth.
   • It takes years to build up your image and esteem to the point where the your inner sense of worth meets your outer sense.
   • We have always tried to make her see that the inner worth of people is what is important, not the expensive trappings on the outside.
   • Sure, comedy is tough: it requires actual laughter to prove its value and worth.
   • First, let me say that Otto Rehhagel has demonstrated the true worth of a genuinely gifted coach.
   • This year he has certainly proved his worth and talent ten times over.
   • James McLaren Showed his strength and worth in second-half break which inspired the best Scottish period of the game.
   • No longer do you have to achieve something of worth or have a famous or incredibly rich relation.
   • Given the context of a man seemingly re-evaluating his sense of inner worth, how does he feel now about his music having been used in car adverts?
   • You don't need a man to prove your self worth, " Waverly told her friend seriously.
   • But in France the revolutionary spirit was still strong and the common people had gained a sense of their power and their worth.
   • We are asked and indeed expected to present ourselves to the world and each other as beings of value and worth.
   • No one becomes a decent human being without the love and caring of someone who truly values their worth.
   • The Greeks expressed a belief in the worth, significance, and dignity of the individual.
   • Regular keeper Lee Ward is on holiday for three weeks, but that should give an opportunity for new signing Mark Thornley to show his worth.
   • We need to resist thinking that this proves our superior worth and attainment.

   Synonyms

   benefit, advantage, use, value, virtue, usefulness, utility, service, gain, profit, avail, validity, help, assistance, aid

   worthiness, merit, meritoriousness, credit, value, excellence, calibre, quality, stature, eminence, greatness, consequence, importance, significance, distinction, superiority