worthy to和worthy of除表示“值得的”的意义外,还有“配得上,相称的”等意思。前者后通常接被动不定式,间或接主动不定式。后者后通常接名词(但不能接有关钞票数目的名词)或动名词的被动形式,有时也接动名词主动形式。例如:It is a thing worthy to be seen.这件东西值得一看。Nothing occurred worthy of being mentioned.没有发生什么值得一提的事。She is worthy of this necklace.她是配得上这条项链的。 worthwhile是形容词,可用作表语,其主语可以是名词,代词,动名词或不定式;它亦可用作定语。此外,worthwhile还可以分开,在while前加物主代词。例如:It is worthwhile visiting Hangzhou.杭州值得一游。This is a worthwhile experiment.这是一项值得进行的实验。It is worth our while to read the book.我们读这本书是值得的。 3、war, battle, fight war“战争”解,每个war之中可以包含许多次的battle。battle作“战役”解,指在war进行之中的各次战役及大的战斗。fight作“作战,战斗”解,一个battle之中可以包含多次的fight,尤指短兵相接的肉搏战。这一组词不但可表示具体的战争和战斗,亦可用于抽象意义。例如:Russia was beaten in the war with Japan.在与日本的战争中,俄国被打败了。He led the battle against poverty and disease.他领导着这一场与贫困和疾病斗争的战役。There had been two or three sea fights between the two countries.这两个国家已有过两三次海战了。 |