看美剧学英语实用表达：Worth sb's while
Worth sb's while: if it is worth your while to do something, you can get some benefit or advantage from doing it even though it may take some time or effort. As in It's not worth their while when most of their profits go in taxes.中文释义：意思是在某人或某事上花的钱、时间或努力是值得的。be worth sb's while (to do/doing sth.) 值得某人花时间（钱）去做某事. 拓展worthwhile, worthy,worth的用法区别：worthwhile表示“值得的，值得干的，值得花时间/金钱/精力的"，可作定语、表语或宾补。worth表示“值，值得”，可用表语或后置定语，其后一定要有名词或动名词作宾语，但不能接不定式。worthy表示“应得，配得上，值得”，常作表语或后置定语，后接不定式，或of加名词或动名词。例句：Some people feel it's not worth their while working if they can get money from the state. （有些人觉得要是可以从国家那里拿到钱就没有必要去工作。）
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