易混词语辨、练、析
一、 worth; worthy; worthwhile
1. I paid 15 yuan for the vase. Do you think it is __________ th e money?
2. It is an idea that’s __________ consider ing.
3. The thieves stole $ 1 million __________ of jeweler.
4. The plan is __________ to be carefully considered.
5. The __________ gentleman donated 500 million dollars to the poor people.
6. It’s __________ taking / to take the trouble to explain a job fully to new employees.
Key:1. worth 2. worth 3. worth 4. worthy 5. worthy 6. worthwhile
【简析】 worth 作动词时意思是“值……”，后面需要接名词或动名词。接名词时，名词往往是表示钱数或相当于钱数的名词，如price, money等，也可以接相当于“代价”的比喻性名词；在接动名词时，要用主动形式表示被动意义 (如1、2)；另外，worth还可用作名词，用在表示数量、持续时间等名词的后面（如 3）；
