worth(名詞)的用法說明
WORTH 源自于英文單詞,worth英音:[wə:θ]美音:[wɝθ] 中文可讀作沃思,譯為價值。
【一、基本用法】
1. [U]價值:
The dealer estimated the worth of the used car at $850. 汽車商估計這輛二手車值850美元。
2. [U](…之多的)分量,值…的分量:
We had only three days’ worth of food left. 我們的食物只夠吃3天。
【口語】for what it’s worth 不管有用沒用,不管好壞:
Here’s the list of names, for what it’s worth. 不管有用沒有,我把名單給你。
【二、用法說明】
1. 注意以下與數(shù)字或單位連用的有用表達:
ten pounds’ worth 價值10英鎊
$500 worth 價值500美元
£2 000 worth of computing equipment 價值2 000英鎊的'電腦設(shè)備
2. “名詞+pounds’ worth of+復(fù)數(shù)名詞”這類結(jié)構(gòu)作主語時,謂語動詞可用單數(shù)(強調(diào)worth的含義)或復(fù)數(shù)(強調(diào)其中復(fù)數(shù)名詞的含義):
Nearly a thousand pounds’ worth of cigarettes were stolen. 大約價值1 000英鎊的香煙被盜。
There is nearly a thousand pounds’ worth of cigarettes on that shelf. 該架子上的香煙大約價值1 000英鎊。
【諺語】The worth of a thing is best known by the want of it. 物以稀為貴。