Worth

[wɜːθ] or [wɝθ]

解釋/意思:

(noun.) the quality that renders something desirable or valuable or useful.

(noun.) French couturier (born in England) regarded as the founder of Parisian haute couture; noted for introducing the bustle (1825-1895).

(noun.) an indefinite quantity of something having a specified value; '10 dollars worth of gasoline'.

(adj.) having a specified value; 'not worth his salt'; 'worth her weight in gold' .

整理:米莉--From WordNet

解釋/意思:

(v. i.) To be; to become; to betide; -- now used only in the phrases, woe worth the day, woe worth the man, etc., in which the verb is in the imperative, and the nouns day, man, etc., are in the dative. Woe be to the day, woe be to the man, etc., are equivalent phrases.

(a.) Valuable; of worthy; estimable; also, worth while.

(a.) Equal in value to; furnishing an equivalent for; proper to be exchanged for.

(a.) Deserving of; -- in a good or bad sense, but chiefly in a good sense.

(a.) Having possessions equal to; having wealth or estate to the value of.

(a.) That quality of a thing which renders it valuable or useful; sum of valuable qualities which render anything useful and sought; value; hence, often, value as expressed in a standard, as money; equivalent in exchange; price.

(a.) Value in respect of moral or personal qualities; excellence; virtue; eminence; desert; merit; usefulness; as, a man or magistrate of great worth.

整理:米切尔

同義詞及近義詞：

n. [1]. Merit, desert, worthiness, excellence, virtue, credit.[2]. Value, price, cost.

整理:劳埃德

同義詞及反義詞：

SYN:Value, rate, estimate,[See LABORER], price, merit, desert, excellence, rate

ANT:Inappreciableness, cheapness, worthlessness, demerit

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解釋/意思:

n. value: possessions: that quality which renders a thing valuable: price: moral excellence: importance.—adj. equal in value to: having a certain moral value: deserving of.—adj. Worth′ful.—adv. Worth′ily (th) in a worthy manner: justly: truly.—n. Worth′iness (th).—adj. Worth′less of no worth or value: having no value virtue excellence &c.: useless.—adv. Worth′lessly.—n. Worth′lessness.—adj. Worthy (wur′thi) having worth: valuable: deserving: suited to: (B.) deserving (either of good or bad).—n. a man of eminent worth: a local celebrity: (Shak.) anything of value:—pl. Wor′thies.—v.t. to make worthy.—Worthiest of blood male as opposed to female—of inheritance.—Nine worthies Hector Alexander the Great Julius C鎠ar; Joshua David Judas Maccab鎢s; Arthur Charlemagne Godfrey of Bouillon.

v.i. to be happen as in the phrase Woe worth,=woe be to (with the noun in the dative)."

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