worth
美 [wɜrθ] 
英 [wɜː(r)θ]
- n.价值；意义；价值（十元、40 英镑等）的东西
- adj.有…价值；值…钱；（指行动）值得；值得（费周折）
- v.〈古〉同“befall. Woe worth the day”
- 网络值得的；有……的价值；值…的
同义词
英汉双解
1. | ~ sth 有…价值；值…钱having a value in money, etc. |
| Our house is worth about £100 000. 我们的房子大约值 10 万英镑。 |
| How much is this painting worth? 这幅画值多少钱？ |
| to be worth a bomb/packet/fortune(= a lot of money) 值一大笔钱 |
| It isn't worth much. 这不值多少钱。 |
| If you answer this question correctly, it's worth five points. 答对了这道题可以得五分。 |
2. | ~ sth （指行动）值得，有价值used to recommend the action mentioned because you think it may be useful, enjoyable, etc. |
| The museum is certainly worth a visit. 这家博物馆的确值得参观。 |
| This idea is well worth considering. 这个想法很值得考虑。 |
| It's worth making an appointment before you go. 去之前预约一下是值得的。 |
3. | ~ sth/doing sth 值得（费周折）important, good or enjoyable enough to make sb feel satisfied, especially when difficulty or effort is involved |
| Was it worth the effort? 这值得花费力气吗？ |
| The new house really wasn't worth all the expense involved. 这座新房子确实不值这么多的花费。 |
| The job involves a lot of hard work but it's worth it . 这工作需要花费很大力气，但是值得。 |
| The trip was expensive but it was worth every penny . 这次旅行花费很大，但是花的每一分钱都不冤枉。 |
4. | ~ sth 拥有…价值的财产having money and possessions of a particular value |
| He's worth £10 million. 他拥有 1 000 万英镑的财产。 |
1. | ten dollars', £40, etc. ~ of sth 价值（十元、40 英镑等）的东西an amount of sth that has the value mentioned |
| The winner will receive ten pounds' worth of books. 获胜者将得到价值十英镑的书籍。 |
| a dollar's worth of change 一元的零钱 |
2. | a week's, month's, etc. ~ of sth 能用（一个星期、一个月等）的东西an amount of sth that lasts a week, etc. |
3. | 价值；意义；作用the financial, practical or moral value of sb/sth |
| Their contribution was of great worth. 他们的贡献具有伟大的意义。 |
| The activities help children to develop a sense of their own worth. 这些活动有助于儿童培养自身的价值感。 |
| A good interview enables candidates to prove their worth(= show how good they are) . 好的面试可以让求职者证明他们的价值。 |
| a personal net worth of $10 million 价值 1 000 万元的个人净资产 |
习惯用语
for all sb/it is worth
竭尽全力；拼命；十分坚定with great energy, effort and determination
| He was rowing for all he was worth. 他在拼命地划船。 |
尽量（多得）；拼命（榨取）in order to get as much as you can from sb/sth
| She is milking her success for all it's worth. 她在利用自己的成功拼命捞好处。 |
for what its worth
（所说的只是个人意见）无论管不管用，不论好坏used to emphasize that what you are saying is only your own opinion or suggestion and may not be very helpful
| I prefer this colour, for what it's worth. 无论好坏，我喜欢这个颜色。 |
(the game is) not worth the candle
得不偿失；代价太高the advantages to be gained from doing sth are not great enough, considering the effort or cost involved
not worth the paper its written/printed on
（尤指在法律上）毫无价值having no value, especially legally, or because one of the people involved has no intention of doing what they said they would
worth your/its salt
称职；胜任deserving respect, especially because you do your job well
| Any teacher worth her salt knows that. 凡称职的教师都知道这一点。 |
worth your/its weight in gold
非常有用；很有价值very useful or valuable
| A good mechanic is worth his weight in gold. 优秀的技工是不可多得的。 |
worth sbs while
对…有好处（或用处）；值得interesting or useful for sb to do
| It will be worth your while to come to the meeting. 你来参加会议对你会大有好处。 |
| He'll do the job if you make it worth his while(= pay him well) . 你要是给他的报酬丰厚，他会做这份工作的。 |
英汉解释
v. | 1. 〈古〉同“befall. Woe worth the day” |
adj. | |
n. | |
英英解释
例句
Hostile letters poured in, mostly from people who did not think the subject worth talking about. Mr Franklin took them in his stride.
威胁信随即纷至沓来（大多出自于那些认为该话题不值一提的人们），富氏却处之泰然。
For what it is worth, I thought Mr Sorkin mumbled his way through a poor attempt to defend Mr Madoff in his closing argument.
不论有用与否，我认为索金先生在最后陈述中的含糊其辞，他的糟糕努力，都是在为马多夫先生辩护。
London restaurant has decided to do away with bills for the next month, asking customers to pay what they think the meal is worth.
伦敦一家餐厅决定在下个月废除账单，食客愿意付多少钱随意。
It was only when he could get nothing but insults that death seemed worth while.
只有当他除了遭受侮辱，什么都讨不到的时候，好像才值得去死。
Market prices are going to go up, and I think you'll find in a year or two it will be worth a lot more.
市场价正在上涨，我想你会在一至两年内发现它会增值很多。
It's also worth pointing out that the model Evan Miller is looking at seems to be a monopoly.
同样值得指出的是，伊万·米勒正在关注的模式似乎是垄断。
Considering the team's contender status with him on the roster, it will all be worth it.
考虑到湖人队内他的竞争者，这些还是很值得的。
The earth's energy comes from the sun. An hour's worth of sunlight holds enough power to meet a year's worth of human energy needs.
地球的能量最终来自太阳，太阳只要区区一小时的照射，所提供的能量就相当于全人类一年的能源需求量。
EXAMPLE: The bank did not consider personalty when assessing the worth of the borrower.
这家银行在评估借贷人资产时不将动产考虑在内。
"I've never seen such a boring film. " His wife answered. "It's not worth seeing. "
“我从没看过这么没劲的电影。”妻子回答说，“真不值得看。”
It's worth noting that the company rarely announces exclusive partnerships, so it may actually form ties with other video providers as well.
值得注意的，Facebook很少宣布独家合作伙伴关系，因为他可以有更多的视频提供商的合作关系。
A person familiar with the matter said Mr. Apotheker would leave H-P with an exit package worth $10 million to $12 million.
一位知情人士说，李艾科离开惠普将拿到一套价值1,000万到1,200万美元的离职补偿方案。
With that established, areas worth visiting include the Northern Fortress, which plays out much like an invasion scene in a war movie.
已确认的值得前往的地区包括北方堡垒，表现的极似战争电影中的突袭场面。
Each parable records the anguish of losing, the effort of searching, and the joy of finding something of great worth.
在每一个比喻中，都谈到失去的痛苦、为寻找所付出的努力，以及寻回宝物的快乐。
Given the high cost of a wedding, and the prominence of celebrities eloping, this might be an option worth considering.
考虑到婚礼的代价太高，社会名流私奔很扎眼，这可能是值得商榷的一种选择。
Just a year earlier hardbacks had been worth more than three times as much ase-books, according to the Association of American Publishers.
据美国出版商协会统计，仅仅一年之前精装书的销量还是电子书的三倍，但现在亚马逊售出的电子书拷贝要多于纸质书。
As a country with a keen sense of its rightful place in world affairs, India believes it is worth a special trip in its own right.
作为一个对自己在世界事务中的合理地位极其敏感的国家，印度认为自己理应得到一次专程访问。
You might have to ask yourself if what you want to achieve it worth what you have to do.
你可能要问自己你想实现的是否值得你要去做的。
By now you know that getting your money's worth is not just a matter of luck. It is more often the result of buying skill.
到现在大家才知道，钱要花得值并非仅仅靠运气，通常更需要购物技巧。
So, in a year's worth of learning we found a bunch of surprises.
这一年的深入调研是值得的，我们发现了许多惊喜的东西。
They were going at the job for all they were worth.
他们在尽最大努力做此事。
Mr. Smith never padded a song beyond what it was worth.
史密斯先生从不添凑任何一首不具备其本身价值的歌曲。
He painted with the brain, and he could not help knowing that the only painting worth anything was done with the heart.
他这才明白，他是用头脑来画，而凡是有些价值的作品都是用心灵画出来的。
He was enjoying her agony, seeing and feeling the worth of himself in her bewildered desperation.
他在拿她的痛苦作乐，在她惶惑的绝望中看出并感到他自己的价值。
The father, who was always very handsome and expensive in his tastes, seemed as if he never would be able to do anything worth doing.
爸爸用起钱来，一向是出手很大的，他爱好奢华的生活，看起来也不象是有朝一日会干出一番事业的。
Glancing at it briefly, the dealer told him that it was worth 5 pounds.
古玩商随便看了一眼就说这幅画值五英镑。
The muttered articulations of the wind in the hollows were as complaints and petition from the "souls of mighty worth" suspended therein.
下面空谷里呜咽的风声，就是悬在林苞里面那些“品格高贵的灵魂”抱怨呼求的声音。
With her abundant figure and manner of cornngold hair, she symbolized all that is worth fighting and dying for.
她那丰满的身段和金黄色的一头秀发，象征着为之战斗，为之牺牲的一切。
A fine girl is worth all the priestcraft in the creation.
一个美女子，比世界上什么宗教把戏都好。
He lost nothing, in truth, by these wandering glances, for she was better worth looking at than most works of art.
确实，他的目光虽然离开了画，他没有损失什么，因为她是比许多艺术品更值得观赏的。
It is perhaps worth a short digression to discuss the possibility of the range of an operator not being closed, and its consequences.
在此值得稍离本题讨论算子的值域非闭的可能性及其推论。
On the contrary, if you will but follow my advice, you will find it worth more than eight times eighty dollars to you.
相反，如果你肯听从我的劝告，你会发现对你来说，这比八个八十块钱还要值钱呢！
To stand in true relations with me in a false age is worth a fit of insanity, is it not?
在虚伪的年代维持人之间的真诚关系简直不正常，难道不是吗？
We may well doubt whether any king was worth so much.
我们完全有理由怀疑，有哪个国王能值这么多钱。
Little Celia is worth two of her.
小西莉亚比她好一倍。
The committee assesses whether a building is worth preserving.
由该委员会评定建筑物是否值得保存。
Give me a dollar's worth of this sugar.
给我一块钱的这种糖。
Today the family has holdings that are estimated to be worth between 3 billion and 5 billion dollars.
今天他们的家产估计在三十至五十亿美元左右。
The vases are believed to be worth over $20000 each.
那些花瓶据估计每个价值都超过2万元。
He was so cynical that he sneered at everything that made life worth living.
他也太玩世不恭了，凡是对人生有意义的事，他一概加以嘲笑。
He kicked and struggled for all he was worth.
他又踢又踹，拼命挣扎。
This process is worth the time.
这个过程所花费的时间是值得的。
He asked me how much this computer was worth.
他问我这台计算机值多少钱。
Watching the lights wink off in major metropolitan areas now doubt looked impressive, but it's worth asking: What was the point?
观看着大都市灯光闪烁无疑让人叹为观止，但是值得问一句：这有什么意义？
If he proves himself a man of worth, not a hair of his head shall fall to the ground; but if he is found to be troublesome, he shall die.
如果他证实自己是个有品德的人，他头上一根头发也不会掉下，大如果他图谋不轨，他就必死无疑。
So it's worth considering an alternative trajectory for the U. S. and China as another meltdown seems to be unfolding.
看起来另一场衰退即将到来，所以有必要为中国和美国另谋发展良策。
Darwin wrote one of the few scientific treatises, maybe the only one, worth reading as a work of literature.
达尔文写的几篇科学论文之一（也许是唯一的一篇），是值得作为文学作品来读的。
Follow it up, explore all around it, and before you know it, you will have something worth thinking about to occupy your mind.
跟随它，在它的周围探索，那么在你知道它之前，你将有值得考虑的某些东西占用你的大脑。
And I will continue to stand strong with you every time, every place, in every way that I can. The dreams we share are worth fighting for.
我将继续坚定的与你们携手同行，随时随地，尽我全力。我们共同拥有的梦想值得我们并肩奋斗！
Glancing at it briefly, the dealer told him that it was worth 5 pounds.
古玩商随便看了一眼就说这幅画值五英镑。
His advisers, meanwhile, continue to turn down offers and proposed sponsorship deals worth several million pounds a year.
与此同时，他的广告代理人继续拒绝着每年价值数百万英镑的跳槽和赞助合同意向。
Also, with the new iPad app and its gorgeous new interface, RTM is definitely worth another look if you haven't checked it out in a while.
对于新的iPadRTM应用程序来说，它有着绚丽的接口。如果你还没有立即下载它，RTM是值得你下载一用的。
Hindsight is only a tool measure how to go about life in the future, not a measure of how much life is worth generally.
后见仅仅是衡量如何在未来进行生活的一个工具，不是认识总体价值的衡量。
She did. I saw it with my own eyes. The first day back they ran two days worth of cubicles without a hiccup.
她做到了。我亲眼所见。现在一天跑满，产量能抵以前两天。
"Obviously, it's wonderful to see the price rise, " she said, since that's confirmation of the object's cultural worth.
她答道，“显然，价格上涨是件好事，”因为那证明了自己的收藏品有文化价值。
If you believed what you read about recycling in recent days, you could be forgiven for wondering if it was really worth it.
如果你是因为相信了近期报纸杂志上关于垃圾回收的言论而在疑惑它是否值得我们付出如此巨大的代价，那我还可以谅解。
Such questions are worth consideration but are not the sort of thing that can be solved in an instant.
这类问题虽然值得去考虑，但是并不是能立即解决的。
So I think it is worth it to postpone it for now for a few years of my career to give a few years of my life to the children's life.
因此，我觉得把自己的事业往后推迟几年，把我生命中的几个年头给予我的孩子是值得的。
Then he said the new one, worth 1, 000 old bolivars, would be renamed the " bolivar fuerte, " or strong bolivar .
继而又宣布，币值相当于旧「玻利瓦尔」一千倍的新货币，将更名为「大玻利瓦尔」。
Making the core boxes for this was a bit of a nightmare, but the end result was worth it.
制作了coreboxes这是噩梦的一点，但最终的结果是值得的。
How much it will be worth is another question.
至于这个协议有多大效力是另外一个问题。
Assuming no changes in his net worth, he could spend $1, 150 a minute for the next 100 years before he ran out of money.
假设他的净资产不变，就算他每分钟花1150美元，在花光所有钱之前，他得再活上100年。
