喜樂美語
  1. 1/ˈwɜːrθləs/ · /ˈwɜːθləs/沒有價值的、一文不值的；用在形容人時語氣很傷人

    Worthless means having no value at all - not worth any money, or not useful or important in any way. You can call an object worthless (a worthless old coin nobody wants), or, much more , call a person worthless - meaning you think they have no value as a person. That second use is very , so it's a word to use carefully, especially about people.

    示範例句 · Example

    After the company closed, the shares became completely worthless.

    逐字在那家公司關閉之後，那些股票變得完全沒有價值。

    常見搭配

    • completely worthless

      完全沒有價值

      having absolutely no value at all

      The old contract turned out to be completely worthless.

    • become worthless

      變得一文不值

      to lose all value over time or after an event

      If the machine breaks, all these spare parts become worthless.

    • worthless to someone

      對某人來說毫無用處

      of no use or help to a particular person

      The advice was worthless to me because my situation was different.

    • worthless junk

      沒用的破爛雜物

      things that have no value and should be thrown away

      The drawer was full of worthless junk we never used.

    意思相近

    valuelessuseless无用of no valuejunk

core核心畫面

組成Built from 'worth' (value) plus '-less' (without) - so, literally, 'without value.'

同家族的字

比較級 more worthless最高級 most worthless

意思相近

valuelessuseless无用of no valuejunk

原始詞典資料1 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。

worthlessadj/ˈwɜːθ.ləs/

  • 1

    Having no worth or use; without value.

    • Don’t be a worthless slouch! Go get yourself a job.
    • Lies are as important as truth, for without lies, the truth is worthless.

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