英语词汇“worthless”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

1adj 2adj

If you have your antique pearl necklace appraised by a jeweler and learn that it's a worthless fake, you'll be terribly disappointed, since something that's worthless has no monetary value.

Use the adjective worthless to describe something that has no use or isn't worth any money. Your old broken-down car, a stamp collection with no value, and your no-good roommate who never cleans and won't pay his share of the rent could all be described as worthless. The roots are the Old English words weorð, "equal in value to," and leas, "devoid of."

WORD FAMILY

worthless: worthlessly, worthlessness+/unworthiness: unworthinesses/unworthy: unworthily, unworthiness/worth: self-worth, worthful, worthless, worths, worthy/worthiness: worthinesses/worthlessness: worthlessnesses/worthy: unworthy, worthier, worthies, worthiest, worthily, worthiness, worthyly

USAGE EXAMPLES

If we must prove our worth, it is possible to be worthless.

Washington Post(Jan 02, 2017)

Some saw vast amounts of untaxed holdings suddenly rendered worthless.

New York Times(Jan 02, 2017)

This year, a legislative audit essentially found that both the latter bodies are worthless.

Washington Times(Dec 28, 2016)

adj lacking in usefulness or value

a worthless idler

Syn|Ant

chaffy

value

good-for-naught, good-for-nothing, meritless, no-account, no-count, no-good, sorry

without merit

manky

inferior and worthless

negligible, paltry, trifling

not worth considering

nugatory

of no real value

otiose, pointless, purposeless, senseless, superfluous, wasted

serving no useful purpose; having no excuse for being

rubbishy, trashy

cheap and inferior; of no value

tinpot

inferior (especially of a country's leadership)

valueless

of no value

unworthy

lacking in value or merit

valuable

having great material or monetary value especially for use or exchange

expensive

high in price or charging high prices

important, of import

of great significance or value

blue-chip

extremely valuable

invaluable, priceless

having incalculable monetary, intellectual, or spiritual worth

precious

of high worth or cost

rich

of great worth or quality

semiprecious

used of gemstones having less commercial value than precious stones

worth

having a specified value

worthy

having worth or merit or value; being honorable or admirable

adj morally reprehensible

Syn

despicable, slimy, ugly, unworthy, vile, wretched
evil

morally bad or wrong

单词	worthless
释义	worthless (once / 631 pages) 1adj 2adj If you have your antique pearl necklace appraised by a jeweler and learn that it's a worthless fake, you'll be terribly disappointed, since something that's worthless has no monetary value. Use the adjective worthless to describe something that has no use or isn't worth any money. Your old broken-down car, a stamp collection with no value, and your no-good roommate who never cleans and won't pay his share of the rent could all be described as worthless. The roots are the Old English words weorð, "equal in value to," and leas, "devoid of." WORD FAMILY worthless: worthlessly, worthlessness+/unworthiness: unworthinesses/unworthy: unworthily, unworthiness/worth: self-worth, worthful, worthless, worths, worthy/worthiness: worthinesses/worthlessness: worthlessnesses/worthy: unworthy, worthier, worthies, worthiest, worthily, worthiness, worthyly USAGE EXAMPLES If we must prove our worth, it is possible to be worthless. Washington Post(Jan 02, 2017) Some saw vast amounts of untaxed holdings suddenly rendered worthless. New York Times(Jan 02, 2017) This year, a legislative audit essentially found that both the latter bodies are worthless. Washington Times(Dec 28, 2016) 1 adj lacking in usefulness or value a worthless idler Syn\|Ant chaffy value good-for-naught, good-for-nothing, meritless, no-account, no-count, no-good, sorry without merit manky inferior and worthless negligible, paltry, trifling not worth considering nugatory of no real value otiose, pointless, purposeless, senseless, superfluous, wasted serving no useful purpose; having no excuse for being rubbishy, trashy cheap and inferior; of no value tinpot inferior (especially of a country's leadership) valueless of no value unworthy lacking in value or merit valuable having great material or monetary value especially for use or exchange expensive high in price or charging high prices important, of import of great significance or value blue-chip extremely valuable invaluable, priceless having incalculable monetary, intellectual, or spiritual worth precious of high worth or cost rich of great worth or quality semiprecious used of gemstones having less commercial value than precious stones worth having a specified value worthy having worth or merit or value; being honorable or admirable 2 adj morally reprehensible Syn despicable, slimy, ugly, unworthy, vile, wretched evil morally bad or wrong
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