| 释义 |
worth1 /wûrth/ noun- Value
- Price
- An amount of something (the value of) which is expressed in money or otherwise, as in a thousand pounds' worth of equipment, three days' worth of work
- That quality which renders a thing valuable
- Moral excellence
- Merit
- Importance
- Possessions (obsolete)
adjective- Equal in value to
- Having possessions to the value of
- Deserving, justifying, meriting, repaying or warranting (consideration, attention, the effort, the journey, taking some action, etc)
- Valuable (archaic)
- Worth while (obsolete)
ORIGIN: OE weorth, wurth (Ger Wert) value worthˈful adjective (archaic) - Honourable
- Meritorious
- Valuable
worthˈless adjective - Having no value, virtue, excellence, etc
- Useless
- Unworthy (obsolete)
worthˈlessly adverb worthˈlessness noun worthwhileˈ adjective - Such as to repay trouble and time spent on it (predicatively also, strictly, worth while; see while)
- Good
- Estimable
- Useful, beneficial or rewarding
for all it's, etc worth To the utmost for all one is worth With all one's might or energy for what it is worth A phrase implying that one is doubtful of the truth of what one has to report or unwilling to be responsible for its accuracy, or aware that one's proposal or suggestion may be of minimal worth well worth Amply repaying the effort of worth it Worth while |