worth

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n. 价值, 财产 a. 值...的, 值得的

发音

UK /wɜːθ/
US /wɝθ/
IN /wɜ(r)t̪ʰ/
IN /wərt̪ʰ/
/(w)ɵrt̪ʰ/

词形变化

worths 复数 worths worthed worthen worthing worths 三单 worthing 现在分词 worthed 过去式 worthed 过去分词 worthen 过去式 worthen 过去分词

别名

word

教材释义与例句

名词

价值；财产

an amount of something worth ten pounds, $500 etc

形容词

值…的

释义与例句

n. B2 Oxf 3000
  1. 1.

    Value.

    价值

    可数 不可数

    I’ll have a dollar's worth of candy, please.

    They have proven their worths as individual fighting men and their worth as a unit.

    stocks having a worth of two million pounds; £2 million worth of stock

  2. 2.

    Merit, excellence.

    不可数 可数

    Our new director is a man whose worth is well acknowledged.

  3. 3.

    An amount that could be achieved or produced in a specified time.

    不可数 可数
  4. 4.

    High social standing, noble rank.

    废旧 不可数 可数
v.
  1. 1.

    To be, become, betide.

    废旧

    Woe worth the man that crosses me.

    Well worth thee, me friend.

adj. B1 Oxf 3000
  1. 1.

    Having a value of; proper to be exchanged for.

    价值

    值

    How much / What is your house worth? - Now it's worth half what I paid for it. So it'd sure would be worthwhile to repair before putting it for sale.

    Cleanliness is a virtue worth more than others.

    A painting once thought to be worth thousands that is actually not worth much.

    Is it well worth visiting your hometown? -Nah, Leicester is not worth it at all.

  2. 2.

    Deserving of.

    值得

    This rickety beater of a car isn’t worth repairing anymore.

    He found going to the Edinburgh Castle was worth it.

    I think you’ll find my proposal worth your attention.

    I didn't think it worth complaining about his friendship not being worth having.

  3. 3.

    Valuable, worthwhile.

    废旧
  4. 4.

    Making a fair equivalent of, repaying or compensating.

    值得

    This job is hardly worth the effort.

词汇关系

名词

反义词 1

worthlessness

上位词 1

quality

下位词 10

fault price value virtue merit demerit halfpennyworth ha'p'orth penn'orth pennyworth
形容词

同义词 1

deserving

近义相关 2

valuable worthy

相关短语

worth one's salt 称职, 胜任 worth one's while 值得自己费时或操劳的, 值得自己花时间花精力的 worth one's weight in gold worth every penny worth one's weight in salt worth while 值得 worth a Jew's eye 极为贵重 worth it 值得 Worth County worth the whistle 值得注意的 Worth Matravers worth seeing 值得一看 Worth syndrome Worth disease

词源

From Middle English worth, from Old English weorþ, from Proto-West Germanic *werþ, from Proto-Germanic *werþaz (“worthy, valuable”); from Proto-Indo-European *wert-. Cognate with Scots wirth (“worth”), Cimbrian bèart (“worth, value”), Dutch waard, weerd (“worth”), German wert (“worth”) (the source of Polish wart (“worth”), Ukrainian вартість (vartistʹ, “worth, value”), etc), Luxembourgish wäert (“worth”), Yiddish ווערט (vert), ווערד (verd, “worth, value”), Danish værd (“worth”), Faroese and Icelandic verður (“worth”), Norwegian Bokmål verdt (“worth”), Norwegian Nynorsk verd (“worth”), Swedish värd (“worth”), Gothic 𐍅𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌸 (wairþ, “worth, value”), Welsh gwerth (“worth, value”).

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