Before the internet, renting a surfboard, a power tool or a parking space from someone else was feasible, but was usually more trouble than it was worth
出自-2013年12月閱讀原文
Rachel Botsman, the author of a book on the subject, says the consumer peer-to-peer rental market alone is worth $ 26 billion
出自-2013年12月閱讀原文
Even if they know what the company is up to, they still have no idea what they're paying for Face book because people don't really know what their personal data is worth.
出自-2012年6月閱讀原文
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v-link worth amount
價值;值…錢
If something is worth a particular amount of money, it can be sold for that amount or is considered to have that value.
例句
These books might be worth ￡80 or ￡
90 or more to a collector... 這些書對收藏家而言可能值八九十英鎊或更多。
His mother inherited a farm worth 15,000 dollars a year...
他母親繼承了一處年產值為1.5萬美元的農場。
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COMB in QUANT
(與金額連用)價值…
Worth combines with amounts of money, so that when you talk about a particular amount of money's worth of something, you mean the quantity of it that you can buy for that amount of money.
例句
I went and bought about six dollars' worth of potato chips...
我去買了大約6美元的薯條。
Large numbers of deer now roam the forests and are causing thousands of millions of roubles-worth of damage.
現在大批鹿群在森林里游蕩，造成價值幾十億盧布的損失。
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COMB in QUANT
(與時間連用)可維持…（時間）
Worth combines with time expressions, so you can use worth when you are saying how long an amount of something will last. For example, a week's worth of food is the amount of food that will last you for a week.
例句
You've got three years' worth of research money to do what you want with...
你有可維持3年的研究經費去做自己想做的事。
After an hour and a quarter's-worth of cleansing, toning and pampering, the difference to the way my skin felt was remarkable.
經過1小時15分鐘的清潔、柔膚和精心護理后，我的皮膚摸上去感覺大不一樣。
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v-link worth -ing
值得(擁有)
If you say that something is worth having, you mean that it is pleasant or useful, and therefore a good thing to have.
例句
He's decided to get a look at the house and see if it might be worth buying...
他決定去瞧瞧那座房子，看是否值得買下。
If this was what his job required, then the job wasn't really worth having...
如果這是他的工作所需，那么這份工作真的不值得去做。
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v-link worth n/-ing
具有(某一行動)的價值;值得(做)
If something is worth a particular action, or if an action is worth doing, it is considered to be important enough for that action.
例句
No one is worth a great deal of sacrifice...
沒有誰值得付出重大的犧牲。
I am spending a lot of money and time on this boat, but it is worth it...
我在這艘船上花了很多金錢和時間，但都很值得。
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N-UNCOUNT
(某人的)價值，用處，重要性
Someone's worth is the value, usefulness, or importance that they are considered to have.
例句
He had never had a woman of her worth as a friend...
他從來沒有過像她這樣值得交往的女性朋友。
The team would have need of a driver of his worth.
這支隊伍需要一位他這樣技術水平的司機。
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PHRASE
拼命地; 全力以赴地；熱情高漲地
If you do something for all you are worth, you do it with a lot of energy and enthusiasm.
例句
We both began waving to the crowd for all we were worth...
我們倆開始使勁地朝人群揮手。
Push for all you're worth!
使足勁推！
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PHRASE
盡可能地利用;充分利用
If someone does something for all it is worth, they do it as much as possible and for as long as they can get benefit from it.
例句
You get anywhere with legal aid only by playing the system for all it is worth.
你若想讓法律援助多少發揮點作用，只有充分利用這一制度。
...taking an idea and exploiting it for all it's worth.
選取一種觀點并對其充分加以挖掘
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PHRASE
(尤為避免顯得傲慢)不管好壞，不管有沒有用
If you add for what it's worth to something that you say, you are suggesting that what you are saying or referring to may not be very valuable or helpful, especially because you do not want to appear arrogant.
例句
For what it's worth, my feeling is that ice in whisky is fine...
不管怎么樣，我覺得威士忌放冰很好。
I've brought my notes, for what it's worth.
不管有沒有用，我反正把我的筆記帶來了。
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PHRASE
(行為或活動)值得…去做，對…有好處
If an action or activity is worth someone's while, it will be helpful, useful, or enjoyable for them if they do it, even though it requires some effort.
例句
It might be worth your while to go to court and ask for the agreement to be changed...
上法庭要求對協議進行改動也許對你有益。
You'll find it well worth your while to learn something of each island's special features before visiting them.
你會發現游覽之前先了解一下各島的特色非常有幫助。