worth與worthy與worthwhile的區別

三者句中成分不同、修飾語不同、側重點不同。首先看句中成分，worth可用作表語，worthy和worthwhile可用作表語和定語。其次看修飾語，worthy和worthwhile可用very修飾，worth不用very修飾。

worth、worthy、worthwhile的區別

在句子中充當的成分不同

worth可以在句中充當表語，不可以用在名詞前作定語，但是worthy和worthwhile可以在句子中用作表語和定語。

例句：

The movie was definitely worth seeing.

那部電影真的很值得看。

This is a worthy English-Chinese dictionary.

這是一本有價值的英漢詞典。

She is trying to find a worthwhile job.

她正試圖去找一份好的工作。

所使用的修飾語不同

worthy和worthwhile之前可以用副詞veny來進行修飾，但是worth不可以用very來修

飾，可以用well修飾。

例句：

This is a worthwhile career.

這是值得為之奮斗的事業。

Whatever is worth doing at all is worth doing well.

任何值得做的事就值得做好。

側重點不同

woth和worthy后接名詞或相當于名詞的詞，指做某事有一定價值或意義，worthwhile指某事物是值得的，或某事是值得的。

例句：

The bicycle is not worth what you paid for it.

這輛自行車不值得你付出那么多錢。

This task is not worthy of him.

這件工作配不上他。

worth造句

1、I went and bought about six dollars' worth of potato chips.

我去買了價值約六美元的土豆片。

2、It's a long climb to the top, but well worth the effort.

爬到頂上路程很長，雖然費力卻很值得。

3、Both the delicious food and quick, efficient service makes it worth the long queue for a table.

美食加快捷高效的服務，的確值得排長隊等候。

4、Imagine how much your net worth would increase if you could do the same.

如果你也這么做，你該知道可以增加多少凈資產了吧！

5、The worth of a thing is best known by the want of it.

物以稀為貴。