worth
adj. 價值,值…錢; 值得; 擁有…價值的財產
n. 價值,意義,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... 這些書對收藏家而言可能值八九十英鎊或更多。
His mother inherited a farm worth 15,000 dollars a year...
他母親繼承了一處年產值為1.5萬美元的農場。
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...
我去買了大約6美元的薯條。
Large numbers of deer now roam the forests and are causing thousands of millions of roubles-worth of damage.
現在大批鹿群在森林裡遊蕩,造成價值幾十億盧布的損失。
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...
你有可維持3年的研究經費去做自己想做的事。
After an hour and a quarter's-worth of cleansing, toning and pampering, the difference to the way my skin felt was remarkable.
經過1小時15分鐘的清潔、柔膚和精心護理後,我的面板摸上去感覺大不一樣。
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...
他決定去瞧瞧那座房子,看是否值得買下。
If this was what his job required, then the job wasn't really worth having...
如果這是他的工作所需,那麼這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...
沒有誰值得付出重大的犧牲。
I am spending a lot of money and time on this boat, but it is worth it...
我在這艘船上花了很多金錢和時間,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...
他從來沒有過像她這樣值得交往的女性朋友。
The team would have need of a driver of his worth.
這支隊伍需要一位他這樣技術水平的司機。
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...
我們倆開始使勁地朝人群揮手。
Push for all you're worth!
使足勁推!
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.
你若想讓法律援助多少發揮點作用,只有充分利用這一制度。
...taking an idea and exploiting it for all it's worth.
選取一種觀點並對其充分加以挖掘
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...
不管怎麼樣,我覺得威士忌放冰很好。
I've brought my notes, for what it's worth.
不管有沒有用,我反正把我的筆記帶來了。
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...
上法庭要求對協議進行改動也許對你有益。
You'll find it well worth your while to learn something of each island's special features before visiting them.
你會發現遊覽之前先了解一下各島的特色非常有幫助。
1. an indefinite quantity of something having a specified value;
2. the quality that renders something desirable or valuable or useful
worth, value
這兩個名詞均有"價值"之意。
worth, worthy, worthwhile
這些詞均可表"值得的"之意。
for all someone is worth informal 非正式
盡力,拼命
榨乾某人所有
for what it is worth
不論真偽;不論好壞
worth it
(非正式)值得的;值得麻煩的;值得花錢的
worth one's salt
worth one's while (或 worth while)
for all (one) is worth
盡全力:至某人力量或能力的極限
for what it's worth
不論好壞:即使可能不重要或價值不大
The house had been ransacked of all that was worth anything.
屋子裡所有值錢的東西都被搶去了.
I guess he must be worth a small fortune.
我猜想他一定有一大筆錢.
The fire burned up more than 50000 pounds worth of antiques.
這次大火燒燬了價值50000英鎊的古物.
He is worth a million.
他是百萬富翁.
How much [ What ] is this worth?
這值多少錢?