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they said they would (，尤指在法律上 > 毫无价值，worth your/its salt deserving respect, especially because you do your job well 称职；胜任■: Any teacher worth her sak knows that.凡称i口、的教师都知道这疒点。，worth your/its .weight in 'gold very useful or valuable .非常 有用；很有价值.：A good mechanic is worth his weight in goW. •—位优秀的技工是不可多得的。,worth sb’s ’while interesting or useful for sb to do 对…有好处('.或 用处..）；值得：It will be worth your while to come to the meeting.你杂参加会议对你会大有好处。◊ He’H do the job if you make it worth his while ( = pay him well). ^ 要是给他的报酬丰厚，他会做这份工作的。一more at

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■ noun [U] 1 ten dollars', £40, etc. ~ of sth an amount of sth that has the value mentioned.价值（,十元,、⁴〇 英镑 ■等）的东西：77ie wfnner iviH receive ten pounds’ worth 〇/books•获胜者将彳色到价值十英镑的书籍。◊ a doer’s worth 〇/change —充的孝钱 2 a week’s, month’s, etc. 〜of stji. an amount of ..sth that, lasts a week, etc•能用 (一个桌_、一个月.等的东西 3 the financial, practical or moral value of sb/sth '彳介值；意义；作角：Their contriburton was 〇/great worth.他们的贡献具有伟大的 …意义。...々 rhe activities hdjp cWZdren to deveZop a sense 〇/ their own worth.这砦活岛有助于儿韋’择养自身的价摄 感。◊ A good interview ena况es ccmcifdates. to prove their worth (= show how good they are).-好的面设可以让求 职者证明他们的价值。◊ a perso'nai net worth of $10 /ru7Hon价值1 000万'无的个人净资产see cent n.,

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worth-less /'W3：01as; NAmE 'W3：r0-/ adj. 1 having no practical or financial value 没用的；•无价值的：Critics say hi‘s paintings <2印wortWess.批评家说他的画毫无价 值_。 PTSra valuable 2 (of a person A) having no good qualities or useful skills 品质 if 的；不中用的：a worth- Zess individual 品质坏的人◊ Constant rejecrtons’made Mm /ed wortWess.不断地遭到拒绝使他觉得一无是处。

► worth-less-ness noun [U] ： a sense of worthlessness — .，无是处的，觉

worth-while /,w3:0'wail; A//4m£ ,w3:r0-/ £?办〜（to do sth)

| 〜（doing sth) important，enjoyable, interesting, etc.; worth spending time, money or effort on重要的；..令人 愉快的；•有趣的；值得花时间（或花钱、努力等）：ft was in aid of a worthwhile cause (= a charity, etc.). & 差在为高尚的事业尽一份力。◊ rhe smi〖e on her/ace made it aH worthvi>Me.她脸上的笑容悚得这一切都&常 值得。◊扭gh prices in the t/fC mafce ft worthwWZe/or buyers to ioofc abroad.英国的高价足以使买主把视线转向 国外。.◊ ft is worthwhWe to indude reaHy higft-quaHfy 出listrations.把真正高质量的插图包括进去是值得的。◊ It didr^t seem worthwhile writing it all out again,

都写出来似乎不必要，This word can be written worth while, except when it is used before a noun. 除非用在名词前;.否则可写成worth while。 worthy /'W3：di; A//\wE'W3：r5i/ adj., noun madj. (wor-thier, wor.thi.est) 1 - (of sb/sth) {formal) having the qualities that deserve sb/sth 值得（或应 得<)…的.：协:力6.:袱0^/1义_〇/，*1«：即如1»1值’得注廉.0:.4 number of the reporfs findings are worthy of note,

报告'里有些调查结果值得注意。composer was considered worthy of the name until he had written an opem.作曲家直到写出一部歌剧来才被认为是名副其实。

◊ a wo/tfty cham/w’on (= one who deserved to win):当 々之无愧的冠军◊ He/dt he was not worthy 〇/her.他觉得 他配不上她。unworthy 2 [usually before noun] having qualities that deserve your respect, attention or admiration值得尊敬的；值得注意的；值得敬仰的 HTTI deserving ： The money we raise will be going to a ve/y worthy cause.我们筹集的钱款将用于非常崇高的事 ■业。◊ a worthy member 〇/ the team —位优秀的■队，员 3 having good qualities but not very interesting or exciting值得尊敬的，有价值的（但不太令人感兴趣或激 动的:her worthy but duH _husband她那为人正派却呆 板的丈夫 4 〜of sb/sth typical of what a particular person or thing might do, give, etc..有（、某人或事物.） 的典型特征：He gave a speech t/iat was worthy 〇/Martin Luther Mng.他作了一次典型的马丁 •路德•基式的演 讲。5 -worthy (in compounds 构成复合词）deserving,

or suitable for, the thing mentioned 值得…的；适于… 的：trustworthy值得信任的◊ roadworthy适于在公路 ■上'行驶的►wor.thi丨y/-ili/ adv. worthiness /?ojv/7 [U]

mnoun (pi. Aes) (often humorous) an important person 要人；大人物；知名人士： a meeting attended by Zocd worthies当她知名厶士参加的会议

wot (6r£, non-standard, often humorous) a way of writing "whaf, used to show that sb is speaking very informal English (what的一种写法，表示说话者用极不正规的英 语___)■什么：‘Wot’s going on?’'he shouted. ‘“出 了什么 事r”他喊道。

wotcha /'wDtXa; NAmE 'wartja/ exclamation (BrE, informal) used as a friendly way of saying hello to a person 你好i;.嗨：Wotcha Dave—thariG/of coming•你

好V戴夫，谢谢光临。

would /strong form wud; weak form wad; ad/ modal verb {short form ^ /d/, negative would not, short form wouldn^/'wudnt/)

1 used as the past form of will when reporting what sb has said or thought ( will的垃去式，用于转述）将，将

■会：He said he would be here at eight o^fclock (- His words were: ‘I will be there at eight o’clock.’)•他说他将 在八点钟到达这里。◊ She osfced (T J wouW /idp.她问我 是否会帮忙。◊ They toW me that they probabZy wouldn’t come.彳i们对我说戒们费奪本舍来。² used for talking about the result of an event that you imagine (■带出想 象的结果）：She’d Zoofc'better with shorter hair.—留短 轰会显得好看些。◊ "you went to see him, he wouid be deZighted•倘若你去看望他，他会高兴的。◊ffunyup/ft would be a shame to miss the beginning of the play.

儿！要是错过这出戏的开场就太可借了。◊ She’d be a/ooZ to accept ft (土 if she accepted).她倘若接受，那她就是个 傻瓜。3 used for describing a possible action or event that did not in fact happen, because sth else did not happen first (表示岢能发生的事情没有发隹;是因为之 前另一件事没有发生）就会：/// had seeh t/ie advertise- ment in time I would have applied for the job.

时看到了这则广肯，我就应聘那份工作了。OlTieywouZd never have met if she hadn^}t gone to Emma's party. M 如果不f参加埃玛的聚会，他们就永远不会相会。

4 so that/in order that sb/sth 〜used for saying why sb does sth说明动机）：She burned the letters so that her husband wouW never read them.她把那些信都烧了 以便永远不让她丈夫看见。5 wish (that) sb/sth〜used for.saying what you want to happen 秦达愿望:-)会， 将会：i" wish you’d be quiet/or a .minute.我希望你会安 静一会儿。6 used to show that sb/sth was not willing of refused to do sth (_::表示不愿意She wouldn^ change it, even though she knew it was wrong.

道这错了，她也不肯改变。◊ My car wouldn’t start this morm’rig.今天早晨義如汽车怎么也发动不起来。7 used to ask sb politely to do sth (客气地请求）：WouWyou mind Zeavi'ng us atone/or a/ew mmutes?你不介意让我 ■们单独待一会■吧？' ◊. WouZd you open t/ie door/or me, pZedse? 你给我开门好吗？. 8 used in polite offers or invitations (客建议或邀请）：WouWyou Hfce a sandwich?您来―，个三病治好吗？. ◊ Wou〖d you have dinner with me on Friday? "if你呈期五和我一起用餐好 吗？ 9 〜like, love, hate, prefer，etc. sth/(sb) to do stfi | ~ rather do sth/sb did sth used to say what you like, love, hate，etc•(表示愿意、喜欢、不愿意等）：rcHove a cojQfee•我想喝杯咖啡。.◊ J’d be on〖y too giadto. 我非 常愿意帮忙。.◊ J’d hate you to t/iinfc J was criricizin^ you. 我可不愿意让你认为我是在批评你。◊■Td rather come with you.我倒愿意和你一起去。◊ J’d rat/ier you ■ came with us•我私愿;i你和我们乐儿去10 ~ imagine, say, think, etc. (that) ... used to give opinions that you are not certain about (提出拿不准的看法 : I would imagine the job will take about two days.

大概需要两天左右的时间吧。◊ J’d say he was about/(/ity. 我猜他五十岁 Jt下。.11 I wou丨d ... used to give advice (‘出忠告■) : I wouldn^ have any more to drink, if I wereyou.我要是你的话，我就不会再喝酒了： 12 used for talking about things that often happened in the past (带出过去.常见的情况）总是，老是333 USED TO: When my parents were away, my grandmother would take care 〇/me•我父母外出的时候，总是祖母照看我。◊ He’d aiways be t/iejiirst to oj^er to heZp.他总是第一个主 动提出帮忙。13 (usually d/5flpprav/>7g)，used for talking