Question

英语单词‖关于worth，worthy和worthwhile的辨析

Answer 1

1.worth 是表语形容词，后接名词、动名词或代词，worth有时也可以作名词

❣️It was worth ten dollars.它值10美元。

❣️The book is worth reading.这本书值得读。

❣️They're expensive，but they are worth it.它们很贵，但物有所值。

❣️They bought fifty thousand dollars'worth of equipment.他们买了五万美元的设备。

✅接动名词时，句中主语即是动名词（短语）意义上的宾语，因此可判断下面两句的正误：

❣️The film is worth going to see.[√]

      这部电影值得去看。

❣️The event is not worth looking forward.[×]（应说looking forward to）

✅另外，be worth one's salt意为“有能力，称职”；be not worth a damn/a hoot/a straw/a cent意为“毫无价值”。例如：

❣️What he has done shows that he is worth his salt.他的作为表明他称职。

❣️What he said was not worth a damn.He didn't know anything about the subject.他的话毫无价值，他对这个专题一窍不通。

✅【提示】worth后的动名词不可再有宾语；若动词不能用于被动语态，其动名词形式不可用作worth的宾语。例如：

❣️He thought a merchant was worth being.[×]

❣️The book is not worth reading it.[×]

2.worthy 作定语修饰名词时表示“有价值的，可敬的”

❣️We should live a worthy life.我们应该过一种有价值的生活。

❣️He is a worthy man.他是个可敬的人。

✅worthy与of连用，后面可以接名词，其结构是：