是Worth還是worthwhileWorth和worthwhile都是形容詞.Worth的用法Worth僅用在系動詞be,seem,look之后，做表語類的形容詞，意思是有某類特別的價值，尤其是“錢”的價值。A:Iwonderhowmuc

是Worth 還是 worthwhile

Worth和worthwhile都是形容詞.

Worth的用法

Worth僅用在系動詞 be, seem, look之后，做表語類的形容詞，意思是有某類特別的價值，尤其是“錢”的價值。

A: I wonder how much the house is worth? 我想知道這房子值多少錢。

B: about half a million, probably. 大概50萬吧。

有一種表達To be worth doing something很常用. 意思是某事某東西很有用或很重要，應該去做。

A: I haven’t had a reply to my email to Jane. Is it worth phoning her, do you think?

我給簡的電子郵件還沒有得到回復。你覺得給她打電話值得嗎?

B: You could try, I suppose. 我想你可以試試。

We decided it wasn’t worth going all the way to London to buy books we could get on the Internet.

我們覺得不值得大老遠跑到倫敦去買能從網上買到的書。

This cake was worth my money.

這個蛋糕值得我花錢。

How much is that car worth?

那輛車值多少錢？

另一個短語To be worth it意思是合理的，物有所值。

A business class ticket cost ￡2,000, but it was worth it for such a long flight. It was very comfortable.

一張商務艙機票要2000英鎊，但對于這么長的飛行來說，這是值得的，非常舒服。

Worthwhile的用法

我們在使用worthwhile時候，可以把它放在前面作為定語，或者放在系動詞be, seem, look的后面做表語。含義是“有用的”，“重要的”，或者是“足夠好，值得獎勵或花錢，花時間努力去做”。

Do you think working in a supermarket is a worthwhile career for a highly intelligent person?

你認為對于高智商的人來說，在超市工作是值得的職業嗎?

If you study hard in high school it’s worthwhile, because doing so will help you get into a good college.

如果你在高中努力學習，這是值得的，因為這樣做將幫助你進入一所好大學。

We had thought of buying a bigger car, but we didn’t think it was worthwhile, since there’s just the two of us.

我們本想買一輛大一點的車，但我們認為不值得，因為只有我們兩個人。

It was worthwhile to contribute.

這是值得貢獻的。