喜樂美語
  1. 1aC1/ɪnˈvæljəbəl/ · /ɪnˈvæljuəbəl/極有用；非常寶貴

    Extremely useful in helping you do something.

    示範例句 · Example

    Your advice has been invaluable to us.

    逐字你的建議對我們一直是極有用的。

    「invaluable」是英文裡「對做事幫助非常大」的形容詞，比 valuable 更強——valuable 是很有用，invaluable 是極有用、幾乎少不了。常見說法：invaluable to us、invaluable for / in doing something、invaluable experience / help / source。How can we think of invaluable？核心畫面可以想成「幫助大到幾乎算不出價錢」；注意：它不是「沒有價值」——那個意思要用 valueless 或 worthless。

    常見搭配

    • invaluable to somebody / something

      對某人或某事極有幫助

      extremely useful for a person or group

      Leo's calm ideas were invaluable to the group.

    • invaluable for / in doing something

      對做某事極有用

      extremely useful when you are doing an activity

      A clear checklist is invaluable for finishing homework on time.

    • invaluable experience

      非常寶貴的經驗

      experience that helps you a great deal later

      Volunteering at the animal shelter gave Sam invaluable experience.

    • invaluable help

      非常寶貴的幫助

      help that is extremely useful

      We could not have finished without Hana's invaluable help.

    • an invaluable source (of information / ideas)

      極寶貴的（資訊／點子）來源

      something that gives you extremely useful information or ideas

      The class wiki is an invaluable source of study notes.

    • an invaluable contribution

      非常寶貴的貢獻

      help or work that is extremely useful to a group effort

      Ren made an invaluable contribution to the class play.

    • an invaluable resource / asset

      極寶貴的資源／資產

      a person or thing that is extremely useful to keep

      Ms. Chen is an invaluable resource for new teachers.

    意思相反

    uselessworthlessvalueless

core核心畫面

Picture help so useful that you cannot say what it was worth — not because it was worth little, but because no figure would cover it. The in- here does not mean 'not valuable'; it means the value cannot be measured, which is why the word is one of the warmest ways English has to thank someone.

可以想成：某個幫助好用到你說不出它值多少——不是因為不值錢，而是因為沒有一個數字說得完。這裡的 in- 不是「沒有價值」，而是「價值無法計算」。也因為這樣，這個字是英文裡相當溫暖的一種道謝方式。

容易混在一起的字在訂閱裡。容易混在一起的字需要訂閱帳號。

同家族的字

比較級 more invaluable最高級 most invaluable

意思相反

uselessworthlessvalueless

原始詞典資料2 筆記錄

以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，摘錄並精簡格式，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。

invaluableadj/ɪnˈvælju(ə)bl̩/

  • 1

    Having great or incalculable value.

    • You are a very strange creature by way of a friend!—always wanting me to play and sing before anybody and everybody! If my vanity had taken a musical turn, you would have been invaluable; but as it is, I would really rather not sit down before those who must be in the habit of hearing the very best performers.
    • Colonel Cathcart bewailed the miserable fate that had given him for an invaluable assistant someone as common as Colonel Korn. It was degrading to have to depend so thoroughly on a person who had been educated at a state university.
  • 2

    obsoleteNot valuable; valueless; worthless.

    • The money I have received is so invaluable a sum that I have forborne as yet to pay it in, and am heartily sorry that I cannot better advance His Majesty's service.
    • It would be an interesting, and far from an invaluable labour, to trace the history of the murrains, or cattle diseases of former days, and there causes and effects.

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