【问】 The car isn’t worth repairin g.worth之后是不是只能跟动名词?

【答】 除了动名词之外，在worth之后还可以跟名词(或代词)和what从句。但是不能跟动词不定式：

1. It was worth at least fifty francs. (Bennet)

它至少值50法郎。

2. A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush. (Prov)

双鸟在林不如一鸟在手。

3. They thought the book worth publication. (Davies)

他们认为这本书值得出版。

4. The bicycle is not worth what you paid for it. (CGEL)

这自行车不值你付的那些钱。

请做下面的试题：

1. The book is not_________what we paid.

A. worth B. value C. cost D. expensive(TOEFL教程)

2. “I had to pay ten dollars for this bowl. ”

“It's probably________ . ”

A. worth B. worth so

C. worth them D. worth it(TOEFL，74. 11)

3. I noticed that the meals were well ____ what was charged for them.

A. worthy of B. worthy C. worthwhile D. worth