adj (1)值……钱，价值为(having the value of)[作pred]： How much is your car～? 你的车值多少钱? This piece of land/two-bedroom house is～$80，000. 这块土地/这栋两居室的房子价值八万美金。It's～much more than I paid for it/eight times as much as it was then. 它的价值远远超过我所付的款/是当时的八倍。sales of aircraft～ 200 million pounds a year 每年两亿英镑的飞机销售额; That old woman is～half a million pounds/a fortune. 这位老妇人拥有50万英镑的财产/大量财富。This book is not～the price. 这本书不值这个价。No man can say what another man is～. 没人能说出他人的价值。not～a cent 一文不值;a man not～three cents 无价值的人;〖同〗valuable，worthwhile;〖反〗worthless;

(2)值得的(deserving)： The risk isn't～taking. 不值得冒这个险。The food isn't～eating. 这种食物不能吃。You're not～speaking to/looking at. 不值得跟你交谈/看你一眼。His suggestion(proposal)is～considering/consideration. 他的建议(提议)值得考虑。This exhibition is well～a visit. 这个展览真值得一看。It was no longer～a try. 再也不值得试了。Sheep are not～their keep. 养羊不合算。Don't lock the door. It isn't～the trouble/the effort. 不要插门了，不值得费事。Those are expensive， but they are～it. 那些东西很昂贵，但是它们值那个价。〖同〗worthwhile，deserving;〖反〗unworthy，worthless，undeserving;

be worth it 很值得： Don't go there in person;it's not～it. 不要亲自去，那不值得。

for all one is worth 竭尽全力(infml)： She ran for all she was～. 她拼命地跑。

for what it's worth 不管是否有价值：You may take my opinion for what it's～. 不管是否有用，你可以听听我的意见。

not worth a damn/a straw/a red cent/a tinker's cuss 毫无价值(infml)： Their words are not～a damn/a straw. 他们的话一文不值。That's not～a red cent/a tinker's cuss. 这毫无价值。

worth one's/its weight in gold 非常有价值的：This painting is～its weight in gold. 这幅画是无价之宝。

worth one's salt 称职的，干得不错的： Any engineer～his salt would know that. 任何称职的工程师都知道这点。

worth sb's while 对某人有益处的： The job may not be pleasant，but I promise you I'll make it～your while. 这份工作也许不是很好，但是我向你保证报酬是丰厚的。

n(1)值……金额的量(amount of sth that has the value of)[U][N(of)]： sell/buy fifty thousand dollars'～of equipment 出售/购买价值为五万美元的设备; purchase 100 yuan～of coal 购买价值为100元的煤;$400～of damage 价值为400美元的损失; estimate/appraise the～of... 估……的价值; put the～of a thousand dollars on the ring 这只戒指估价为1000美元; What is the～of this picture? 这幅画值多少钱?〖同〗value，price，valuation;

(2)能持续……时间的量(amount of sth which can last for certain time) [C][N(of)]：a week's(day's)～of fuel/food/supplies/water 可维持一周(一天)的燃料/食品/供应品/水;〖同〗duration，lasting;

(3)价值，用处(value or importance or usefulness)[U]： a treasure of priceless～无价之宝;people of great/much/little～in society 社会上非常/很/毫不重要的人物;something of no/real/solid～一文不值/货真价实/真正有价值的东西;These books/people are of little or no～. 这些书/人毫无价值。get one's money's～钱花得值;know the true～of friendship 知道友谊的真正价值; judge people by their～以价值来判断人;We never know the～of water till the well is dry. (prov) 井干方知水可贵。〖同〗usefulness，benefit，value，importance;〖反〗uselessness，fruitlessness，worthlessness;

(4)财产(property or wealth)[U]： His net～is reckoned at over a million dollars.他的净资产估计超过100万美金。What would be his～? 他的财产有多少? I estimated her～at two million pounds. 我估计她的财富有200万英镑。〖同〗assets，wealth，resources，estate;

→′worthless adj 无价值(用)的，品质坏的;′worthlessness n 无价值;卑劣;′worthwhile adj 值得的，有价值的