worthless的意思|worthless的解释-里氏词典

worthless ['wә:θlis]

a. 无价值的, 无益的, 无足轻重的

[法] 无价值的, 无用的

worthless

[ adj ]

lacking in usefulness or value

<adj.all>

a worthless idler

morally reprehensible

<adj.all>

would do something as despicable as murder

ugly crimes

the vile development of slavery appalled them

a slimy little liar

Worthless \Worth"less\, a. [AS. weor[eth]le['a]s.]
Destitute of worth; having no value, virtue, excellence,
dignity, or the like; undeserving; valueless; useless; vile;
mean; as, a worthless garment; a worthless ship; a worthless
man or woman; a worthless magistrate.

'T is a worthless world to win or lose. --Byron.
※ -- {Worth"less*ly}, adv. -- {Worth"less*ness},
n.

Under the currency union, East Germans had their wages converted from nearly worthless East German marks to West German marks at an artificially high 1-1 exchange.
East Germans worry about their savings becoming worthless under a monetary union with West Germany and have been withdrawing funds.
On Friday it issued a more detailed response, saying the bonuses totaled only $260 million, about 25 percent of it paid in company stock that's now almost worthless.
Sen. Alan Cranston said Monday he would introduce legislation to allow investors to sue the government if they fail in other efforts to recover losses from worthless junk bonds sold at Lincoln Savings & Loan Association.
It accuses Citibank of misrepresentation and, in the case of the SGL note, knowingly passing a 'worthless' instrument.
In addition, some 23,000 Lincoln customers bought $250 million in worthless bonds, purchases which critics say could have been avoided if government regulators had closed the thrift down at the time.
The works are so famous they are worthless on the open market. But authorities said it was urgent that the works be found quickly.
Like the worthless deeds offered by hucksters to unwary immigrants, the Russian bonds were considered for years to be worth little more than the paper they were printed on, of interest only to collectors.
Sam Arvin gathered thousands of pull tabs from aluminum cans to help people suffering from kidney failure, only to learn what other would-be do-gooders have learned before: that the tabs are worthless.
Victims of the worst thrift failure in history told a House committee today they were duped into investing their life savings in what they were told were federally insured securities, only to learn later they were worthless junk bonds.
The cramped wooden houses and shops of an earlier era, virtually worthless except for historical value, are being bulldozed under and replaced by new structures, he said.
The stock soon became virtually worthless and investors sued, claiming they had been defrauded.
Federal authorities are investigating a scam against banks by customers paying off loans using worthless certified drafts drawn on Mexican banks.
"When-issued" Vista shares, a stake in Lomas's Texas landholdings that were spun off to investors, are quoted at about $3 bid; analysts say they're worth only about 35 cents. Lomas's old shares, deemed nearly worthless, stopped trading Thursday.
But it should certainly alleviate any travel agency or consumer fears that travelers would be left with worthless tickets if indeed the carrier ever did stop flying.
Some FDA critics say relaxing the agency's current system will risk releasing potentially poisonous or worthless drugs.
"I am hoping some kind person, it doesn't matter who, will provide some food," said the withered peasant, standing in the middle of his worthless crop.
Tristar's ad, with a toll-free telephone number for sales information, was worthless unless aired immediately following the segment on "PM Magazine," according to Tristar's lawyer, James Crummett of Philadelphia.
For its part, American maintains that assigning values to free tickets is futile; a free ticket may be worthless to a flier fed up with traveling.
The interests later proved worthless, and Mr. Dahl and the other investors sued Mr. Pinter.
Perhaps because this is not an entirely worthless film.
The shares are worthless under the company's pending Chapter 11 reorganization plan.
Currently, the koruna, or crown, is worthless outside Czechoslovakia.
But it is worthless without a clear sense of direction.
"It was my fault," he said, explaining that he had failed to check a crucial stress point in the rock. "It's absolutely worthless now.
Remittances from the 300,000 or more Jordanians working in Kuwait have been made almost worthless, and the future of Jordanians working in other Gulf states is in doubt.
Modrow also urged East Germans to keep their money in the banks. East Germans, worried about their savings becoming worthless under a monetary union with West Germany, have been withdrawing their funds from banks.
As a result, the ruble is becoming worthless, citizens are resisting working for nothing, and production is falling.
A hairline crack in the wrong place, he says, can be enough to make an instrument virtually worthless.
Klausner had described the $5 million bail as 2 percent of the alleged $250 million in losses to people who invested in worthless bonds through Irvine-based Lincoln Savings and Loan, owned by American Continental Corp., which Keating headed.

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