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【释义】：

a．(只作表语，后接宾语)
❶ 值…钱，有…价值：What is it worth?这值多少钱?The pen is worth two yuan．这支笔值两元．worth little(much)简直无价值(价值很大)．be not worth a straw一钱不值．be not worth one’s salt值不了那么多工薪，没用，饭桶．❷ 值得…：be not worth refuting不值一驳．It is worth seeing(reading)．值得一看(一读)．It will be worth while to try(or trying)the experiment again．这个实验值得再做一次．for what it is worth 不做任何担保或承诺，不论真僞：take story for what it is worth 姑妄听之．Whatever is worth doing at all is worth doing well．【谚】凡是值得做的事情，都值得好好地做．❸ 有…财产：for all one is worth【口语】拚命地，全力地：We must work for all we are worth．我们必须全力以赴地工作．

－n．值，价值：an invention of great worth 有很大价值的发明．know sb．’s worth 知道某人的品质．Give me a yuan’s worth of nails．我买一元钱钉子．worth·less a．没有价值的，不足取的．