worth
音标发音
- 英式音标 [wɜːθ]
- 美式音标 [wɝːθ]
- 国际音标 [wə:θ]
- 英式发音
- 美式发音
基本解释
- adj. 值…的
- n. 价值;财产
- n. (Worth)人名;(英)沃思;(德)沃特
词源解说
- 直接源自古英语的weor,意为价值相等;最初源自古日耳曼语的werthaz,意为朝向,相反。
同根派生
- adj性质的同根词
- worthy:值得的;有价值的;配得上的,相称的;可尊敬的;应…的。
- worthless:无价值的;不值钱的;卑微的。
- worthful:有价值的;可贵的。
- n性质的同根词
- worthy:杰出人物;知名人士。
- worthiness:值得;相当;有价值。
用法辨析
- 有些语法学家认为worth是形容词,但实际上worth更具有介词的语法特征,可支配名词短语,带逻辑主体的动名词和wh-从句,但不能跟主动不定式。
- worth常用于sth is worth v -ing结构中,动名词短语在这里表示被动意义。本结构中的sth 有时可换用it,这时it是形式主语,动名词短语是真正主语。
- worth用作名词时意为“价值”,其前的名词主语如具有复数意义,则应采取复数形式并加上所有格形式'或 's 。
- “...pounds worth+of+复数名词”在句中作主语时,在强调“价值”时谓语动词用单数形式,强调of的宾语名词时谓语动词用复数形式。
prep. (介词)
n. (名词)
英汉例句
- The picture is worth at least twenty pounds.
这张图片至少值20英镑。 - He has a jewel of great worth.
他有一颗价格昂贵的宝石。
用作介词 (prep.)
用作名词 (n.)
词组短语
- personal worth 个人价值
- moral worth 道德价值;上的价值
- Worth learning 值得学习;值得借鉴
- sterling worth 真值;翻译
- total worth 总值
短语
英英字典
- (MONEY) having a particular value, especially in money
- (IMPORTANCE) to be important or interesting enough to receive a particular action
- (MONEY) the amount of money that something can be sold for; value
- (IMPORTANCE) the importance or usefulness of something or someone
- (AMOUNT) an amount of something that will last a month, a year, etc. or that takes a month, a year, etc. to do
- If something is worth a particular amount of money, it can be sold for that amount or is considered to have that value.
- 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.
- Worth is also a pronoun.
- 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.
- Worth is also a pronoun.
- If you say that something is worth having, you mean that it is pleasant or useful, and therefore a good thing to have.
- If something is worth a particular action, or if an action is worth doing, it is considered to be important enough for that action.
- 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.
- worth your weight in gold&rarrsee weight
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专业释义
- 价值
The analysis will provide some reference worth on the model choices of China universal banking.
本文的分析将对我国商业银行全能化发展模式选择有一定参考价值。法学
- 价值
Community correction reveals humanism and justice, so it has a remarkable social and economic worth.
它彰显了人道与正义的精神,具有极高的社会价值和经济价值。物理学
- 值得
It is worth pointing that the permisson control set is allowed to be unconvex.
值得指出的是,我们是在控制集合U1非凸的情形下得到结论的。