| 单词 | worthfulness |
| 释义 | > as lemmasˈworthfulness ˈworthfulness n. (a) honour, dignity; worthiness; (b) the fact or quality of having worth or value. ΘΠ the mind > goodness and badness > quality of being good > worth > [noun] worthOE worthfulnessOE price?c1225 savour?c1225 aughtshipc1275 dearworthinessc1325 worthiness1372 preciousnessc1390 richesa1400 preciosity1402 valeur1433 valurec1440 preciousheadc1450 vail1471 paragea1475 valour?a1475 availa1522 vailance1532 validity1593 carat1600 condignity1605 valiant1606 esteeming1609 self-worth1610 telling1636 valuableness?1649 worthship1664 treasurableness1898 OE Ælfric Lives of Saints (Julius) (1881) I. 22 Swa swa god ælmihtig oferstihð ealle gesceafta, swa oferstihð seo sawul ealle lichamlice gesceafta mid wurðfulnysse [c1175 Bodl. 343 mid wurðfulnesse] hyre gecyndes. lOE St. Giles (Corpus Cambr. 303) (1980) 96 Godas gife..hine swiðe þeawlice gefrætewode & geglæinde mid wurðfulnesse. 1790 T. Chapman New Universal Let. Writer lxxiii. 60 I know not what to say of your worthfulness but only this..I will leave the excellency thereof to a more honourable invention. 1894 Pentecost in Brit. Weekly 20 Sept. 338 Make this the touchstone of worthfulness in selecting the books. 1907 Relig. Educ. Oct. 154 In the educational world of India the worthfulness of the method of learning by doing is receiving definite recognition. 2004 J. Klinkowitz Vonnegut Effect p. xi These same middle-class values..were put up against both historical outrages and seemingly supernatural threats—and in Vonnegut's work they came out of it not only still standing but also with a new sense of worthfulness. < as lemmas |
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