1v-link worth amount 价值;值…钱 If something is worth a particular amount of money, it can be sold for that amount or is considered to have that value. 价值;值…钱
These books might be worth £80 or £
90 or more to a collector... 这些书对收藏家而言可能值八九十英镑或更多。
His mother inherited a farm worth 15,000 dollars a year.
他母亲继承了一处年产值为1.5万美元的农场。
The contract was worth £25 million a year.
这份合同一年价值2,500万英镑。
2COMB in QUANT (与金额连用)价值…Worth combines with amounts of money, so that when you talk about a particular amount of money's worth of something, you mean the quantity of it that you can buy for that amount of money. (与金额连用)价值…
I went and bought about six dollars' worth of potato chips. [+ of]
我去买了大约6美元的薯条。
Large numbers of deer now roam the forests and are causing thousands of millions of roubles-worth of damage.
现在大批鹿群在森林里游荡,造成价值几十亿卢布的损失。
Worth is also a pronoun.
'How many do you want?' — 'I'll have a pound's worth.'
“你要多少?”“我要1英镑的。”
3COMB in QUANT (与时间连用)可维持…(时间)Worth combines with time expressions, so you can use worth when you are saying how long an amount of something will last. For example, a week's worth of food is the amount of food that will last you for a week. (与时间连用)可维持…(时间)
You've got three years' worth of research money to do what you want with. [+ of]
你有可维持3年的研究经费去做自己想做的事。
After an hour and a quarter's-worth of cleansing, toning and pampering, the difference to the way my skin felt was remarkable.
经过1小时15分钟的清洁、柔肤和精心护理后,我的皮肤摸上去感觉大不一样。
Worth is also a pronoun.
There's really not very much food down there. About two weeks' worth.
那儿真的没多少吃的了,大概能维持两个星期。
4v-link worth -ing 值得(拥有) If you say that something is worth having, you mean that it is pleasant or useful, and therefore a good thing to have. 值得(拥有)
He's decided to get a look at the house and see if it might be worth buying.
他决定去瞧瞧那座房子,看是否值得买下。
If this was what his job required, then the job wasn't really worth having.
如果这是他的工作所需,那么这份工作真的不值得去做。
Most things worth having never come easy.
大部分值得拥有的东西都来之不易。
5v-link worth n/-ing 具有(某一行动)的价值;值得(做) If something is worth a particular action, or if an action is worth doing, it is considered to be important enough for that action. 具有(某一行动)的价值;值得(做)
No one is worth a great deal of sacrifice.
没有谁值得付出重大的牺牲。
I am spending a lot of money and time on this boat, but it is worth it.
我在这艘船上花了很多金钱和时间,但都很值得。
This restaurant is well worth a visit.
这家饭店非常值得光顾一番。
It is worth pausing to consider these statements from Mr Davies.
戴维斯先生的这番话值得大家停下来思考一下。
6N-UNCOUNT [usually with poss](某人的)价值,用处,重要性 Someone's worth is the value, usefulness, or importance that they are considered to have. (某人的)价值,用处,重要性 [formal]
He had never had a woman of her worth as a friend.
他从来没有过像她这样值得交往的女性朋友。
The team would have need of a driver of his worth.
这支队伍需要一位他这样技术水平的司机。
7PHRASE 拼命地; 全力以赴地;热情高涨地 If you do something for all you are worth, you do it with a lot of energy and enthusiasm. 拼命地; 全力以赴地;热情高涨地
We both began waving to the crowd for all we were worth.
我们俩开始使劲地朝人群挥手。
Push for all you're worth!
使足劲推!
8PHRASE [VERB inflects]尽可能地利用;充分利用 If someone does something for all it is worth, they do it as much as possible and for as long as they can get benefit from it. 尽可能地利用;充分利用
You get anywhere with legal aid only by playing the system for all it is worth.
你若想让法律援助多少发挥点作用,只有充分利用这一制度。
...taking an idea and exploiting it for all it's worth.
选取一种观点并对其充分加以挖掘
9PHRASE (尤为避免显得傲慢)不管好坏,不管有没有用 If you add for what it's worth to something that you say, you are suggesting that what you are saying or referring to may not be very valuable or helpful, especially because you do not want to appear arrogant. (尤为避免显得傲慢)不管好坏,不管有没有用
For what it's worth, my feeling is that ice in whisky is fine.
不管怎么样,我觉得威士忌放冰很好。
I've brought my notes, for what it's worth.
不管有没有用,我反正把我的笔记带来了。
10PHRASE (行为或活动)值得…去做,对…有好处 If an action or activity is worth someone's while, it will be helpful, useful, or enjoyable for them if they do it, even though it requires some effort. (行为或活动)值得…去做,对…有好处
It might be worth your while to go to court and ask for the agreement to be changed.
上法庭要求对协议进行改动也许对你有益。
You'll find it well worth your while to learn something of each island's special features before visiting them.
ADJECTIVE | VERB + WORTH | PREPOSITION | PHRASESADJECTIVE➤real, true真實的價值◇They don't appreciate her real worth.他們不瞭解她的真正價值。➤inherent, intrinsic內在價值◇Study has an intrinsic worth, as well as helping you achieve your goals.學習不僅幫助你實現目標,而且還有內在的價值。➤human, individual, own, personal, self人的價值;個人價值;自我價值;自身價值▸➤moral道德價值▸➤proven已被證明的價值◇They are looking for a new sales manager of proven worth.他們正在尋找一名新的有出色業績的銷售經理。➤economic, financial, market經濟/金融/市場價值◇Some experts doubt the economic worth of the project.一些專家懷疑該項目的經濟價值。◇The insurance company agreed to pay the car's current market worth.保險公司同意按照那輛汽車目前的市值支付賠償金。➤estimated估值▸➤net淨值▸➤literary, musical文學/音樂價值VERB + WORTH➤have有價值▸➤demonstrate, prove表明/證明價值◇The emergency lighting has proved its worth this year.今年應急照明設備已經證明是有用的。➤appreciate, determine, judge, know, measure瞭解/決定/判斷/知道/衡量價值◇They don't appreciate her true worth.他們不瞭解她的真正價值。◇She knows her own worth.她知道自己的價值。➤doubt, question懷疑/質疑價值▸➤find out, learn, realize, recognize尋找/瞭解/實現/承認價值◇I only found out its real worth when I tried to buy another one.我試圖再買一件時,才發現它竟是那麼珍貴。➤assess, estimate評估/估計價值➤increase增加價值◇Cutting out the debts will increase your net worth.削減債務將會增加你的淨值。PREPOSITION➤of worth有價值◇He never contributed anything of worth to the conversation.交談中他從沒有說過任何有價值的話。➤worth to對⋯的價值◇This necklace isn't worth anything in money terms, but its worth to me is incalculable.這條項鏈不值什麼錢,但對我來說卻是無價之寶。PHRASES➤a sense of (your own) worth(自我)價值意識◇She has no sense of her own worth.她沒有意識到自己的價值。worth
adjective
VERBS | ADVERB | PREPOSITIONVERBS➤be, prove有價值;證明有價值▸➤become變得有價值➤seem似乎有價值▸➤make sth使⋯有價值➤find sth發現⋯有價值▸➤consider sth, think sth認為⋯有價值◇Most of the candidates were not considered worth interviewing.大多數求職者被認為不夠面試資格。ADVERB➤really, well確實值得;很值得◇This book is well worth reading.這本書很值得一讀。➤certainly, definitely當然/肯定值得▸➤barely, hardly, scarcely幾乎不值得◇It's so unimportant it's hardly worth mentioning.那不重要,幾乎不值得一提。➤almost幾乎值得▸➤potentially有可能值得➤probably很可能值得▸➤reportedly據說值得▸➤always總是值得◇It's always worth seeing if you can get a cheap last-minute deal.看看能不能在最後時刻以便宜的價格成交總是值得的。PREPOSITION➤to對⋯有價值◇This order is potentially worth millions of pounds to the company.對公司來說,這份訂單有可能價值數百萬英鎊。