Worthy
['wɜːðɪ] or ['wɝði]
解釋/意思:
(noun.) an important, honorable person (word is often used humorously); 'he told his story to some conservative worthies'; 'local worthies rarely challenged the chief constable'.
(adj.) having qualities or abilities that merit recognition in some way; 'behavior worthy of reprobation'; 'a fact worthy of attention' .
(adj.) having worth or merit or value; being honorable or admirable; 'a worthy fellow'; 'a worthy cause' .
錄入:梅林达--From WordNet
解釋/意思:
(n.) Having worth or excellence; possessing merit; valuable; deserving; estimable; excellent; virtuous.
(n.) Having suitable, adapted, or equivalent qualities or value; -- usually with of before the thing compared or the object; more rarely, with a following infinitive instead of of, or with that; as, worthy of, equal in excellence, value, or dignity to; entitled to; meriting; -- usually in a good sense, but sometimes in a bad one.
(n.) Of high station; of high social position.
(n.) A man of eminent worth or value; one distinguished for useful and estimable qualities; a person of conspicuous desert; -- much used in the plural; as, the worthies of the church; political worthies; military worthies.
(v. t.) To render worthy; to exalt into a hero.
編輯:罗比
同義詞及近義詞:
a. [1]. Deserving, meritorious.[2]. Estimable, excellent, good, virtuous, exemplary, honest, righteous, upright.
手打:玛莎
同義詞及反義詞:
[See COST]
編輯:朱利叶斯
例句/造句/用法:
- The Unquenchables had done their best to be worthy of the name, for like elves they had worked by night and conjured up a comical surprise. 路易莎·梅·奧爾科特. 小婦人.
- It was over Sir Pitt Crawley's house; but it did not indicate the worthy baronet's demise. 威廉·梅克比斯·薩克雷. 名利場.
- I will try to be worthy, he said, breaking off before he could say of you as well as of her. 喬治·艾略特. 米德爾馬契.
- A worthy employment for a young lady's mind! 簡·奧斯丁. 愛瑪.
- She is engaged to be married to a most worthy and deserving man in her own station of life. 查理斯·狄更斯. 大衛·科波菲爾.
- I do not speak to the feeble, or think of them: I address only such as are worthy of the work, and competent to accomplish it. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 簡·愛.
- The group that stood in various attitudes, after this communication, were worthy of a painter. 哈麗葉特·比切·斯托. 湯姆叔叔的小屋.
- Such were the two worthies to whom Mr. Pickwick was introduced, as he took his seat at the breakfast-table on Christmas morning. 查理斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外傳.
- These worthies suffer in the flesh and do penance all their lives, I suppose, but they look like consummate famine-breeders. 馬克·吐溫. 傻子出國記.
- Bacon attacked dead and living worthies, tactlessly, fatuously, and unfairly. 赫伯特·喬治·威爾斯. 世界史綱.
- Blathers and Duff; and actually put on his hat preparatory to sallying forth to obtain the assistance of those worthies. 查理斯·狄更斯. 霧都孤兒.
- Mrs. Yorke awarded the palm to Moravians and Quakers, on account of that crown of humility by these worthies worn. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪麗.
- Put me aside for ever,--you have done so, I well know,--but bestow yourself on some worthier person than Drummle. 查理斯·狄更斯. 遠大前程.
- You have a noble nature, and Ada's love may make you worthier every day. 查理斯·狄更斯. 荒涼山莊.
- I am sure that the best part of it might still be; I am sure that you might be much, much worthier of yourself. 查理斯·狄更斯. 雙城記.
- I remember the time, Rachel, I said, when you could have told me that I had offended you, in a worthier way than that. 威爾基·柯林斯. 月亮寶石.
- He was ten times worthier of you than I was, Fred could now say to her, magnanimously. 喬治·艾略特. 米德爾馬契.
- I seem, then, to be worthier of the eldest Miss Larkins. 查理斯·狄更斯. 大衛·科波菲爾.
- Even the poor deer, our antlered proteges, were obliged to fall for the sake of worthier pensioners. 瑪麗·雪萊. 最後一個人.
- But his coming for me as he did, with such active, such ready friendship, is enough to prove him one of the worthiest of men. 簡·奧斯丁. 理智與情感.
- Worthiest of all possible Gilmores, I meant no offence. 威爾基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
- It is the worthiest type of both that exists. 馬克·吐溫. 傻子出國記.
整理:洛蒂