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单词 worthiness
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Definition of worthiness in English:

worthiness

noun ˈwəːðɪnəsˈwərðinəs
mass noun
  • 1The quality of being good enough; suitability.

    he demonstrates his worthiness to rule
    you proved your worthiness as a leader
    how do you go about assessing the worthiness of a book proposal?
    Example sentencesExamples
    • So I always try my best to prove my worthiness.
    • She is beautiful but her worthiness as my mate is still very unclear.
    • They are asked to examine each one individually and decide its worthiness.
    • The fight with Goliath is the culminating stage in this paideia, where David proves his worthiness to be king through his personal heroism.
    • Edward the Elder decreed that the hundred courts were to judge the worthiness of every law-suit and to appoint a day for it to be heard and settled.
    1. 1.1 The quality of deserving attention or respect.
      an argument about the moral worthiness of the nation's founders
      doubts about the worthiness of writing novels
      Example sentencesExamples
      • The films seem refreshingly free from worthiness, irony, and political correctness, and do not attempt to work on more than one level.
      • Violet is a useful shade, as "it represents authority and depth of understanding, and is also is the colour of worthiness and dignity."
      • It steers away from the academic worthiness that kills so many similar projects.
      • A couple of statements are made to convince the audience of his worthiness of the medals collected.
      • He took the company from the bowels of serious worthiness to wowing the London literati with dynamic, subversive, well-produced books that echoed the counterculture bubbling under the historical granite of Edinburgh.

Definition of worthiness in US English:

worthiness

nounˈwərT͟Hēnəsˈwərðinəs
  • 1The quality of being good enough; suitability.

    he demonstrates his worthiness to rule
    you proved your worthiness as a leader
    how do you go about assessing the worthiness of a book proposal?
    Example sentencesExamples
    • So I always try my best to prove my worthiness.
    • They are asked to examine each one individually and decide its worthiness.
    • Edward the Elder decreed that the hundred courts were to judge the worthiness of every law-suit and to appoint a day for it to be heard and settled.
    • She is beautiful but her worthiness as my mate is still very unclear.
    • The fight with Goliath is the culminating stage in this paideia, where David proves his worthiness to be king through his personal heroism.
    1. 1.1 The quality of deserving attention or respect.
      an argument about the moral worthiness of the nation's founders
      doubts about the worthiness of writing novels
      Example sentencesExamples
      • A couple of statements are made to convince the audience of his worthiness of the medals collected.
      • It steers away from the academic worthiness that kills so many similar projects.
      • He took the company from the bowels of serious worthiness to wowing the London literati with dynamic, subversive, well-produced books that echoed the counterculture bubbling under the historical granite of Edinburgh.
      • Violet is a useful shade, as "it represents authority and depth of understanding, and is also is the colour of worthiness and dignity."
      • The films seem refreshingly free from worthiness, irony, and political correctness, and do not attempt to work on more than one level.
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