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worth
adjective 형용사
(MONEY)
B1
having a particular value, especially in money:
Our house is worth £200,000.
Heroin worth about $5 million was seized.
informal
having a particular amount of money:
She must be worth at least half a million.
be worth it
to be of reasonable or good value for the price:
Four days' car hire costs £150, which is well worth it for the freedom it gives you.
추가 예
"I paid £2,000 for this car." "You've been had, mate. It's not worth more than £1,000."
Thieves broke the shop window and carried off jewellery worth thousands of pounds.
Buying those shares was a very far-sighted move - they must be worth ten times their original value now.
Any painting by Van Gogh is worth a fortune.
The country exports goods worth $600 million per annum.
■ be worth sth
B1
to be important or interesting enough to receive a particular action:
I think this matter is worth our attention.
When you're in Reykjavík, the National Museum is worth a visit.
추가 예
be worth having/doing sth
to be important or useful to have or do:
There's nothing worth reading in this newspaper.
If you are a young, inexperienced driver, it is worth having comprehensive insurance.
It's worth remembering that prices go up in February.
■ worth it
enjoyable enough or producing enough advantages to make the necessary effort, risk, pain, etc. seem acceptable:
It was a long climb to the top of the hill, but it was worth it for the view from the top.
Don't tire yourself out, Geri, it's really not worth it.
After the plastic surgery I had two black eyes and my face was very swollen. But I knew it would be worth it.
Forget him, sweetheart, - he's just not worth it.
Worth or worthwhile?
Grammar > Easily confused
출처: English Grammar Today
Worth and worthwhile are adjectives.
Worth is only used after verbs such as be, seem, look (as a predicative adjective). It means ‘having a particular value’, especially in money:
A:
I wonder how much the house is worth?
B:
About half a million, probably.
To be worth doing something is a common expression. It means that something is useful or important enough to do:
A:
I haven’t had a reply to my email to Jane. Is it worth phoning her, do you think? (Would it be useful to phone her?)
B:
You could try, I suppose.
We decided it wasn’t worth going all the way to London to buy books we could get on the Internet.
To be worth it means ‘to be of reasonable or good value for the price’:
A business class ticket cost £2,000, but it was worth it for such a long flight. It was very comfortable.
We use worthwhile before a noun (as an attributive adjective) or after verbs such as be, seem, look (as a predicative adjective). It means ‘useful’, ‘important’ or ‘good enough to be a suitable reward for the money or time spent or the effort made’:
Do you think working in a supermarket is a worthwhile career for a highly intelligent person?
We had thought of buying a bigger car, but we didn’t think it was worthwhile, since there’s just the two of us.