单词	worthlessness
释义	worthlessworth‧less /ˈwɜːθləs $ ˈwɜːrθ-/ ●○○ adjective Examples EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES a completely worthless exercise I'm afraid this banknote is a forgery; it's just a worthless piece of paper. The jewellery turned out to be completely worthless. When he died, all my uncle left me was a worthless plot of land. EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS And so it was I lost my worthless virginity. 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. Is everything I did for Miss Elizabeth worthless and am I foolish to expect more of her? There was a real danger that these bonds would become worthless. They're worthless, of course they are, or else why do you think the state government let you have them. Was it not buying businesses and influence abroad with worthless pieces of paper? Thesaurus Longman Language Activatorwithout any value► worthless · When he died, all my uncle left me was a worthless plot of land.· The jewellery turned out to be completely worthless.· I'm afraid this banknote is a forgery; it's just a worthless piece of paper. ► not be worth anything to have no value: · I don't think my stereo is worth anything now, but it was quite expensive when I bought it. Collocations COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADVERB► as · As a member of parliament Mr Berezovsky is theoretically immune from prosecution, but he described this guarantee as worthless.· Out on the stairs a piece of paper as worthless as Chamberlain's prohibited the use of body oils.· All the seers and prophets saw the world as worthless.· Because MI6 possessed no one with any technical qualifications to analyse the Oslo Report it was rejected as worthless and ignored.· You will be as worthless as a piece of dirt on the sole of my shoe. Word family WORD FAMILYnounworthworthlessnessworthyunworthinessadjectiveworthworthlessworthwhileworthy ≠ unworthy 1something that is worthless has no value, importance, or use OPP  valuable:  The house was full of worthless junk. The information was worthless to me.2a worthless person has no good qualities or useful skills SYN  useless:  His parents had made him feel worthless.—worthlessness noun [uncountable]:  She struggled to overcome her feelings of worthlessness.
随便看	pre-eminently pre-empt pre-emption pre-emptive preen pre-existing prefab prefabricated prefabrication preface prefatory prefect prefecture prefer preferable preferably preference preferential preferentially preferment prefigure prefix pregaming pregnancy pregnant

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