worth
adj. 价值,值…钱; 值得; 拥有…价值的财产
n. 价值,意义,作用
If something is worth a particular amount of money, it can be sold for that amount or is considered to have that value.
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。
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.
I went and bought about six dollars' worth of potato chips...
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 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.
You've got three years' worth of research money to do what you want with...
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。
If you say that something is worth having, you mean that it is pleasant or useful, and therefore a good thing to have.
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。
If something is worth a particular action, or if an action is worth doing, it is considered to be important enough for that action.
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。
Someone's worth is the value, usefulness, or importance that they are considered to have.
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。
If you do something for all you are worth, you do it with a lot of energy and enthusiasm.
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!
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.
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
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.
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。
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.
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.
你会发现游览之前先了解一下各岛的特色非常有帮助。
1. an indefinite quantity of something having a specified value;
2. the quality that renders something desirable or valuable or useful
worth, value
这两个名词均有"价值"之意。
worth, worthy, worthwhile
这些词均可表"值得的"之意。
for all someone is worth informal 非正式
尽力,拼命
榨干某人所有
for what it is worth
不论真伪;不论好坏
worth it
(非正式)值得的;值得麻烦的;值得花钱的
worth one's salt
worth one's while (或 worth while)
for all (one) is worth
尽全力:至某人力量或能力的极限
for what it's worth
不论好坏:即使可能不重要或价值不大
The house had been ransacked of all that was worth anything.
屋子里所有值钱的东西都被抢去了.
I guess he must be worth a small fortune.
我猜想他一定有一大笔钱.
The fire burned up more than 50000 pounds worth of antiques.
这次大火烧毁了价值50000英镑的古物.
He is worth a million.
他是百万富翁.
How much [ What ] is this worth?
这值多少钱?