worth、worthy、worthwhile的用法区别

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worth、worthy、worthwhile的用法区别

这三个词都是形容词，都有“值得的”的意思，但用法或搭配关系不同。

1. worth是一个只能作表语的形容词，意思为“值 的”、“相当于 的价值的”、“有 价值的”、“值得 的”。由于它类似介词，须在后面接名词、或主动形式的动名词作宾语。例如：

This second-hand car is worth $2000 at the most.

The exhibition is worth a visit/visiting.

It’s not worth getting angry with him.

2. worthy可作表语，也可作定语。作定语时意思为“有价值的”、“值得尊敬的”、“应受到赏识的”；用作表语时意思为“值得 的”、“应得到 的”，其后接of sth.，也可以后接to do sth.，例如：

Guangzhou is worthy of a visit/ to be visited.

He said he was not worthy to accept such honor

The school has educated many worthy young people.

3. worthwhile与worthy一样，既可作表语，又可作定语。表示某事因重要、有趣或受益大而值得花时间、金钱或努力去做，一般做“值得的”、“值得做的”、“有意义的”解。用作表语时，可接动名词或动词不定式。例如：

The Summer Palace is worthwhile going / to go to have a visit.

Helping old people is a worthwhile activity.

Thank you for your worthwhile suggestion.

练习：用worth、worthy、worthwhile填空

It’s not _______ my time.

This is a _____ book.

This book is ____ reading.

This book is _____ of being read.

This book is ________to be read.

This good film is _______ seeing twice.

I will do some _______ reading during the summer vacation.

She is not __________ to talk to a man like you.

It is ________ improving the rate of production.