worth是一个雅思常考词汇，这个词的常用解释为n. 价值a. 值…的， 价值…的， 值得…的，这个词在很多英文原版小说中怎么应用呢，今天小编就带您了解一下。
在费奥多尔·陀思妥耶夫斯基的《白痴》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- But I had a little diamond pin, and this I sold to a travelling pedlar; he gave me eight francs for it it was worth at least forty.
-- A question flashed through his mind as to whether the game was really worth the candle.
在荷马的《伊利亚特》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- From it there waved a hundred tassels of pure gold, all deftly woven, and each one of them worth a hundred oxen.
-- But the son of Saturn made Glaucus take leave of his wits, for he exchanged golden armour for bronze, the worth of a hun-dred head of cattle for the worth of nine.
-- A physician is worth more than sev-eral other men put together, for he can cut out arrows and spread healing herbs.'
-- His head, mouth, and nostrils reached the ground long before his legs and knees could do so, and Ajax shouted to Polydamas say-ing, 'Think, Polydamas, and tell me truly whether this man is not as well worth killing as Prothoenor was: he seems rich, and of rich family, a brother, it may be, or son of the knight Antenor, for he is very like him.'
-- It will be worth much money to him.'
在赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯的《隐形人》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- "Still, I daresay in my pocket " "You told me three days ago that you hadn't anything but a sovereign's worth of silver upon you."
-- Now the Greek I thought you " "Of course," said Mr. Bunting, taking out and wiping his spectacles and feeling suddenly very uncomfortable for he had no Greek left in his mind worth talking about; "yes the Greek, of course, may furnish a clue."
-- This is worth while.'
在拉迪亚德·吉卜林的《丛林故事》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- The worth of a bull is little, but Bagheera's honor is some-thing that he will perhaps fight for,' said Bagheera in his gentlest voice.
-- Is not that worth a little beating?'
-- 'There there!That was worth a little bruise,' said the brown bear tenderly.
-- At the end of six months what Kotick did not know about deep-sea fishing was not worth the knowing.
-- 'It was a long dive, but it was worth it.'
在詹姆斯·费尼莫尔·库柏的《最后的摩根战士》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- If you had daylight, it would be worth the trouble to step up on the height of this rock, and look at the perversity of the water.
-- Had it been now a catamount, or even a full-size panther, I would have embellished a perfor-mance for you worth regarding.
-- Your venerable father knew no differ-ence between his children; but I Alice, you will not be offended when I say, that to me her worth was in a degree obscured ' 'Then you knew not the merit of my sister,' said Alice, withdrawing her hand; 'of you she ever speaks as of one who is her dearest friend.'
-- Five words of plain and comprehendible English are worth just now an hour of squalling.'
在威廉·萨默塞特·毛姆的《月亮和六便士》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- "Supposing you're never anything more than third-rate, do you think it will have been worth while to give up everything?
-- "Looking back on the last five years, do you think it was worth it?"
-- Some day those pictures will be worth more than all you have in your shop.
-- What are they worth now?"
-- But there were a hundred as good painters as Monet who couldn't sell their pictures at that time, and their pictures are worth nothing still.
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