浅谈worth和worthy的用法
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谈谈worth和worthy的用法worth和worthy作形容词，都可以作“值得的”解，但其用法有差异，请比较下面例句中worth和worthy的主要用法区别：
1.The film is worth seeing.
2.The film is worthy of being seen.
3.It’s worth while to see (seeing) the film.
4.The film is worthy to be seen.
以上例句意思一样（都可以译作“这部电影值得一看”），但句型结构迥然不同。
例1表明worth后要用动名词的主动形式表示被动意义。例2则说明worthy后应加of（of可以省略）再接动名词被动形式。例3告诉我们（it is）worth后要加while也能跟动名词的主动形式。例4表明worthy后可直接跟不定式的被动形式。在语法功能上，例3中的it为形式主语，而不不定式动名词短语才是真正主语，因此，该句还可以转换为：To see (seeing) the film is worth while. (说明：不及原句自然。)例4中的不定式却与前面的worthy一道用作表语（说明：worth和worthy都不能单独作表语）。
请读者还要注意：
A．表示某物值多少钱通常用worth而不用worthy：The TV set is worth $500.
B．worth 为表语形容词，因而只能作表语，而worthy既可作表语又可作定语：He is a worthy man.
C．worth后可直接跟名词（一般限于表示消耗量，价值以及表示动作的名词）,而worthy后须有of才能跟名词：
The book is worth notice. 这本书值得注意。
His deed is worthy of praise. 他的行为应受到赞扬。
D．表示“很值得”，要用well修饰，不可用very修饰：The story is well worth listening to. 这个故事很值得一听。
E．表示“值得被某人…”,不说“worth某人’s-ing”,可以用下列句型：
It is worth our while to see the play.
It is worth while for us to see the play.
The play is worthy to be seen by us.
Exercises: Translate the following sentences into Chinese.
1.The dictionary is worth more than ten dollar.
2.Is the film worth seeing again?
3.It is worth while to try/trying this experiment.
4.It worth their while to read/reading the book.
5.His work is worth praising.
→His work is worthy to be praised.
→His work is worthy of being praised.
→His work is worthy of praise.
→It is worth while(for us)to praise his work
→It is worth our while to praise his work.
→It is worth while praising his work.
→It is worth our while praising his work.
6.The gold watch is worthy of (配得上)her.
7.I don’t think Tom is worthy of his name, but I believe John is
a worthy leader.
8.Is the History Museum well worth a visit?
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