| 词组 | worth |
| 释义 | 1．worth 用作形容词不可单独用作表语，如不可说 This is worth。This is worth five yuan 和 This is worth doing 才是正常的英语。worth 跟 yuan 或 doing 的语法关系怎样？这是一个“言人人殊”的问题，为“便利”起见，我们不妨把 worth 看作及物动词的现在分词，把后面的名词或动名词看作它的宾语。 2．worth 后面的动名词一定属于主动语态，但意思是被动的。例如： This is worth doing. （不可用 being done） The book is worth reading. （不可用 being read） His advice is worth taking. （不可用 being taken） The event is worth looking forward to. （不可用 being looked forward to） I do not think the subject is worth knowing anything about. （不可用 being known anything about） 下面三句都不可说： I think a poet is worth becoming. I do not think I am worth publishing my poems. It is worth discussing the question again. 第一句里的 becoming 是不及物动词的动名词，它的意思并不是被动的，所以不对，该改作 I think it (is) worthwhile to become a poet。第二句里的 publishing 的意思也不是被动的，所以不对，该改作 I do not think it (is) worthwhile for me to publish my poems 或 I do not think my poems are worth publishing。注意原句的意思不很明白，这两句的意思并不相同。第三句里的 discussing 是 It 的同位语，worth 没有宾语，所以不对，该改作下面的任何一种表达形式： It is worthwhile to discuss the question again. The question is worth discussing again. It is worthwhile discussing the question again. To discuss the question again is worthwhile. Discussing the question again is worthwhile. 第四句和第五句都不很自然。 但下面两句都可以说： The sight is worth going to see. Your son is worth denying yourself for the sake of. （你的儿子值得你节衣缩食去培养他。） 不过第二句未免生硬。 Dreams that are worth dreaming are worth coming true（值得梦想的梦想是值得实现的）里的 worth coming true 当然是错的，不过就全句而论，错了些倒很流利，可以说“无伤大雅”。 3．worth 和 worthwhile 前面用 well，不用 very。 4．下面每句里在 worth 后面的动名词前面都有 the： The soil was truly worth the ploughing for the return it gave. Some of the suggestions are scarcely worth the making. Was the play really worth the acting? 用了 the 表示那动作已经实现。 5．偶尔 worth 后面接属于完成时态的动名词。例如：Soon I realized that some of the phrases I had copied into my notebook were archaisms not worth having learnt. 6．可以说 It is worthwhile to discuss the question again，不可说 The question is worthwhile discussing again，该把 while 删去。这样多用的 while 是英美人常有的错误。下面每组里的第一句和第二句都对，第三句不对： 但下面两句都可以说： It is worth remembering that all that glitters is not gold. It is worthwhile remembering that all that glitters is not gold. 第一句里以 that 引导的从句是 It 的同位语，第二句里 remembering that all that glitters is not gold 是 It 的同位语。 7．说“值得被某人……”不可说 worth...'s ...ing 或 worth...ing by...，如不可说 This is worth my father's doing 或 This is worth doing by my father，该改作下面的任何一句： This is worthy to be done by my father. It is worthwhile for my father to do this. It is worth my father's while to do this. 8．a yuan's worth of stamps，ten yuan's worth of oranges 等表达方式里有撇号和 s，但¥800 worth of...等表达方式里习惯在¥800 后面不加撇号和 s。 |
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