| 单词 | worth |
| 释义 | worth (wɜːʳθ ) 1. adjective B1 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. His mother inherited a farm worth 15,000 dollars a year. The contract was worth £25 million a year. 2. countable noun 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. [+ of] The prepaid sim card gives you ten euros-worth of calls. Worth is also a pronoun. 'How many do you want?'—'I'll have a pound's worth.' 3. countable noun 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. [+ of] The film is his own compilation of more than 50 hours-worth of footage. Worth is also a pronoun. There's really not very much food down there. About two weeks' worth. 4. adjective B1 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. If this was what his job required, then the job wasn't really worth having. Most things worth having never come easy. 5. adjective B1 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. I am spending a lot of money and time on this boat, but it is worth it. This restaurant is well worth a visit. It is worth pausing to consider these statements from Mr Davies. 6. uncountable noun [usually with poss] Someone's worth is the value, usefulness, or importance that they are considered to have. [formal] He had never had a woman of her worth as a friend. The team would have need of a driver of his worth. 7. for all sb is worth phrase 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. Push for all you're worth! 8. for all it is worth phrase [VERB inflects] 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. ...taking an idea and exploiting it for all it's worth. 9. for what it's worth phrase 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, I see that song as being really positive. I've brought my notes, for what it's worth. 10. worth your while phrase 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. You'll find it well worth your while to learn something about the islands before visiting them. 11. worth your weight in gold phrase If you say that someone or something is worth their weight in gold, you are emphasizing that they are so useful, helpful, or valuable that you feel you could not manage without them. [emphasis] Any successful manager is worth his weight in gold. Idioms: your two cents' worth [mainly US] your opinion about something. The British expression is your two penn'orth. Your father kept telling me to hush up and don't be a damn fool, but you know me, I had to put in my two cents' worth. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers not worth the candle [British] not worth the trouble or effort that is needed in order to succeed If it means falling into my present state afterwards, writing isn't worth the candle. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers not worth the paper it's written on if a promise, agreement, or guarantee is not worth the paper it's written on, it is in fact worthless, although it appears to be official or definite If consumers do not know they can get compensation when a service breaks down, these service standards will not be worth the paper they are written on. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers no-one worth their salt would do something said to mean that no-one who was good at their job would consider doing a particular thing No player worth his salt wants to play in the lower divisions. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers worth your weight in gold very useful, helpful, or valuable Successful television is about having ideas. People with ideas are worth their weight in gold. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers Collocations: measure the worth of That theme again: the female need to measure her worth by a man's desire. Times, Sunday Times They are self-obsessed, deeply competitive professionals who measure their worth financially. Times, Sunday Times I was raised with a strong work ethic and have measured my worth by my productivity. Times, Sunday Times But four years later she was measuring the worth of treating people, one by one, after something bad had already happened to them. Globe and Mail Translations: Chinese: 价值 Japanese: 資産 |
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