关于worth,worthy和worthwhile的辨析
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:
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