是Worth 还是 worthwhile

Worth和worthwhile都是形容词.

Worth的用法

Worth仅用在系动词 be, seem, look之后，做表语类的形容词，意思是有某类特别的价值，尤其是“钱”的价值。

A: I wonder how much the house is worth? 我想知道这房子值多少钱。

B: about half a million, probably. 大概50万吧。

有一种表达To be worth doing something很常用. 意思是某事某东西很有用或很重要，应该去做。

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

我给简的电子邮件还没有得到回复。你觉得给她打电话值得吗?

B: You could try, I suppose. 我想你可以试试。

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

我们觉得不值得大老远跑到伦敦去买能从网上买到的书。

This cake was worth my money.

这个蛋糕值得我花钱。

How much is that car worth?

那辆车值多少钱？

另一个短语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.

一张商务舱机票要2000英镑，但对于这么长的飞行来说，这是值得的，非常舒服。

Worthwhile的用法

我们在使用worthwhile时候，可以把它放在前面作为定语，或者放在系动词be, seem, look的后面做表语。含义是“有用的”，“重要的”，或者是“足够好，值得奖励或花钱，花时间努力去做”。

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

你认为对于高智商的人来说，在超市工作是值得的职业吗?

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

如果你在高中努力学习，这是值得的，因为这样做将帮助你进入一所好大学。

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

我们本想买一辆大一点的车，但我们认为不值得，因为只有我们两个人。

It was worthwhile to contribute.

这是值得贡献的。