Question

超简单英语题

It’s believed that the world-famous painting is ______quite a lot of money
A.worthy B.very worth C.worth D.cost
答案C；
ABC各自的用法，和区别？

Answer 1

worth是一个只能作表语的形容词，意思为“值……的”、“相当于……的价值的”、“有……价值的”、“值得……的”。后接名词、接动名词的主动形式。例如：

This second-hand car is worth $2000 at the most.

The exhibition is worth a visit/visiting.

It’s not worth getting angry with him.

The question is not worth discussing again and again.

2. worthy可作表语，也可作定语。作定语时意思为“有价值的”、“值得尊敬的”、“应受到赏识的”；用作表语时意思为“值得……的”、“应得到……的”，其后接of sth.，也可以后接to do sth.，例如：

①That is worthy of note. 那件事值得注意。

②This phenomenon is worthy of being studied. 这种现象值得研究。

③This problem is worthy to be considered. 这个问题值得考虑。

④The film is worthy to be seen again. 这部电影值得再看一遍。

⑤This is a worthy English-Chinese dictionary. 这是一本有价值的英汉词典。

⑥This is a worthy article. 这是一篇值得一看的文章。

⑦He said he was not worthy to accept such honour

⑧The school has educated many worthy young people.

⑨The question is not worthy to be discussed again and again.

作后置定语时，必须用“worthy of +名词”结构。例如：

⑩There is nothing worthy of mention. 没有值得一提的事情。

②This is behavior worthy of praise. 这是值得称赞的行为。

③ Something find and rare --- something worthy of the honor of being owned by Jim.

(S3 Unit 10 P84)

注：“worthy of+动名词”与“worth+动名词”在形式上完全不同：worthy of后面接被动式的动名词；而worth后面接主动式的动名词，虽然在形式上是主动的，但其意义仍然是被动的。试比较：

The second-hand house is worthy of being bought. = The second-hand house is worth buying.

Answer 2

1、be worth +money:值······钱(上题)

2、be worth doing值得做
The book is worth reading.

3、be worthy of :值得······
The bank might think you're worthy of a loan.
这家银行可能认为你应该得到一笔贷款。

一般用much less来修饰worth(参考http://zhidao.baidu.com/link?url=CGbzauedCyZJxE6z62-r4DY8veFvpqg1t5_eYknidJAvsiXBzSV2coVFhv3XGFwV_F2jaayTScovIDONg5dHwzJQ5VTFO_aILe4xX78zHfK)

追问

为什么选c？不选B呢？

追答

这个我自己在做题过程中没碰到过用什么词来修饰worth的,我查了下，有人说：
一般用much less来修饰worth(参考http://zhidao.baidu.com/link?url=CGbzauedCyZJxE6z62-r4DY8veFvpqg1t5_eYknidJAvsiXBzSV2coVFhv3XGFwV_F2jaayTScovIDONg5dHwzJQ5VTFO_aILe4xX78zHfK)