1. （表示比率）值（多少钱），值得　 having a certain value
2. （表示归属）拥有（财产等）possessing the property, etc.

　The picture is worth at least twenty pounds.　这张图片至少值20英镑。
　This ring is worth little.　这枚戒指值不了多少钱。
　The bicycle is not worth what you paid for it.　这辆自行车不值得你付出那么多钱。
　Her promise isn't worth a penny.　她的诺言一文不值。
　The novel is worth reading.　这部小说值得一读。
　It is hardly worth talking about.　这事何足挂齿。
　The matter is not worth your troubling about.　这事不值得你为之烦恼。
　To see for yourself is worth all the books of travels.　行万里路胜读万卷书。
　He is well worth sorrow that buys it with his silver.　花钱买苦吃的，理应吃到苦头。
　He is worth a million.　他是个百万富翁。
　The heiress is worth at least a million dollars.　那位女继承人至少有百万家当。

 ♣ for what it is worth　
　（真伪未明但）不妨暂时这样说〔听，看〕　however much or little importance or value sth has
　We can take the story for what it is worth.　这个故事我们可以姑且听之。
　For what it is worth, I overheard them planning a robbery.　不管是真是假，我无意中听到他们在策划抢劫。
 ♣ worth (sb's) while　
　值得去做　profitable or interesting to sb
　I don't think it's worth while.　我认为犯不上。
　It's not worth your while reading this book.　这本书不值得你读。
　It is worth our while to try this experiment.　这个试验值得我们去做。

 ♣ worth, worthy
　这两者用法的区别在于：worth是介词，不能作定语，作表语时后面必须接名词性词组；worthy是形容词，可用作定语，作表语时后面接"of+名词”或动词不定式。

U 价值value

　He has a jewel of great worth.　他有一颗价格昂贵的宝石。
　We never know the worth of water till the well is dry.　井干方知水可贵。
　His net worth is reckoned at over a million dollars.　他的财产净值估计超过百万美元。
　She has just bought twenty dollars' worth of sugar.　她刚买了20美元的糖。
　Nearly a thousand pounds worth of cigarette were stolen.　大约价值1000英镑的香烟被盗。

 ♣ worth, merit, value, virtue
　参见merit条。

　［同义词］ n. value
　［词源］古英语weorth（值得…的）