词汇 | worthless |
释义 | worthlessWord family noun worth worthlessness worthy unworthiness adjective worth worthless worthwhile worthy ≠ unworthy worthfuladverbworthlessly worth·less /ˈwɜːθləs $ ˈwɜːrθ-/ ●○○ adjectiveadj 1 VALUEsomething that is worthless has no value, importance, or use 无价值的;没用处的 OPP valuable The house was full of worthless junk. 这房子里堆满了没有用的东西。 The information was worthless to me. 这些资料对我毫无用处。 2 BAD PERSONa worthless person has no good qualities or useful skills 〔人〕一无是处的,不中用的 SYN useless His parents had made him feel worthless. 他父母让他觉得自己一无是处。 —worthlessness noun [uncountableU] She struggled to overcome her feelings of worthlessness. 她竭力不让自己觉得自己一点用也没有。 Examples from the Corpus worthless• The jewellery turned out to be completely worthless.• There was a real danger that these bonds would become worthless.• Is everything I did for Miss Elizabeth worthless and am I foolish to expect more of her?• He thought praying and other religious acts were worthless and hypocritical in the absence of active service to the needy.• I wanted to pay for the coffee, but I found that all I had was a couple of worthless coins.• a completely worthless exercise• They're worthless, of course they are, or else why do you think the state government let you have them.• I'm afraid this banknote is a forgery; it's just a worthless piece of paper.• Was it not buying businesses and influence abroad with worthless pieces of paper?• When he died, all my uncle left me was a worthless plot of land.• And so it was I lost my worthless virginity. From Longman Business Dictionary worthlessworth·less /ˈwɜːθləsˈwɜːrθ-/ adjectiveadj having no value or importance Inflation made the old Argentinian currency virtually worthless. a completely worthless exercise |
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