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- mass noun the regard that something is held to deserve; the importance or preciousness of something重要性, 珍贵性：
your support is of great value.
你的支持很重要。
1.1
- the material or monetary worth of something价值：
prints seldom rise in value
复制艺术品很少升值
count noun equipment is included up to a total value of £500.包括总值不超过500英镑的设备。
1.2
- the worth of something compared to the price paid or asked for it等值（物）, 合算之物：
at £12.50 the book is good value.
该书标价12.5英镑是物有所值的。
1.3
- the usefulness of something considered in respect of a particular purpose有用性, 益处：
some new drugs are of great value in treating cancers.
一些新药在治疗癌症方面很有效。
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values
a person's principles or standards of behaviour; one's judgement of what is important in life价值观念, 标准：they internalize their parents' rules and values.
他们继承了父母的准则和价值观。
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- the numerical amount denoted by an algebraic term; a magnitude, quantity, or number（数）值：
the mean value of x
X的平均值
an accurate value for the mass of Venus.
金星质量的精确值。
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- Music the relative duration of the sound signified by a note【乐】时值（音符的长度）。
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- Linguistics the meaning of a word or other linguistic unit【语言学】（词或其他语言单位）确切意义。
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- the quality or tone of a spoken sound; the sound represented by a letter值, 音值。
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- Art the relative degree of lightness or darkness of a particular colour【艺术】（色彩）明暗度：
the artist has used adjacent colour values as the landscape recedes.
随着景物后移, 艺术家用了相邻色调明暗度处理。
(values, valued, valuing)with obj.
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- （一般作be valued）estimate the monetary worth of (something)估价, 定价, 评价：
his estate was valued at £45,000.
他的财产估计有45,000英镑。
2
- consider (someone or something) to be important or beneficial; have a high opinion of尊重, 重视：
she had come to value her privacy and independence
她开始重视自己的隐私和独立性
as adj. valued a valued friend.一个重要的朋友。
短语
value for money
- Brit. used in reference to something that is well worth the money spent on it〈英〉物有所值之物：
this camera is really good value for money.
这只照相机真的物有所值。
词源
Middle English: from Old French, feminine past participle of valoir 'be worth', from Latin valere.