固定說法：配得上某樣東西
這兩個意思都靠後面的 of 才成立：把秤上的東西跟一個標準或一個人比，看夠不夠得上。少了 of，worthy 不會表達這個比較。
worth being treated as · adjective · C1
Good or important enough to deserve to be thought about or treated in a certain way.
值得（被…）
核心畫面
Picture weighing something to see if it comes up to a line: is there enough here to deserve respect, attention, support? Worthy is the verdict that it does come up to the line. English then hangs several fixed phrases on that verdict, including a joking one people use to praise a friend.
可以想成：把一樣東西放上秤，看它夠不夠得上某條線——夠不夠格被敬重、被認真看待、被支持。worthy 就是「夠得上」…更多收起
可以想成：把一樣東西放上秤，看它夠不夠得上某條線——夠不夠格被敬重、被認真看待、被支持。worthy 就是「夠得上」的那個判斷。英文在這個判斷上掛了好幾個固定說法，其中一句還是朋友之間開玩笑用的。From the picture
口語誇張：我不配
把「夠不夠格」拿來反過來說自己不夠格，用誇張的姿態稱讚對方。這是整句固定的玩笑話，語氣輕鬆，不是真的在貶低自己。
joking: not worthy · adjective · C1
Used in a joking way to say you feel it is a great honour to be near someone very skilled or famous.
（開玩笑）我不配／甘拜下風
名詞：地方上的要人
把形容詞當名詞用，指「那些夠格被敬重的人」。因為說法有點老派，用起來常帶著一點揶揄的笑意。
notable person · noun · C1
An important person who should be respected, often mentioned in a slightly joking way.
名流／要人
Also in this word
deserving respect · adjective · C1
Deserving respect because of being good, skilled, or important.
值得敬重的
deserving support · adjective · C1
Trying to help other people, and so deserving support.
有意義的／值得支持的
原始詞典資料9 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
Worthyname
- 1
A surname.
- 2
A hamlet in Porlock parish, Somerset, England (OS grid ref SS8548).
worthyadj詞源 1/ˈwɜː.ði/
- 1
Having worth, merit, or value.
- These banished men that I have kept withal / Are men endued with worthy qualities
- This worthy mind should worthy things embrace.
- 2
Admirable or honourable.
- that such iron moulds as these shall have autority to knaw out the choicest periods of exquisitest books, and to commit such a treacherous fraud against the orphan remainders of worthiest men after death, the more sorrow will belong to that haples race of men, whose misfortune it is to have understanding.
- 3
Deserving, or having sufficient worth.
- 1 And I saw in þe right hand of him that sate on the Throne, a booke written within, & on the backeside, sealed with seuen seales. 2 And I saw a strong Angel proclaiming with a loude voice; Who is worthy to open the booke, and to loose the seales thereof? 3 And no man in heauen, nor in earth, neither vnder the earth, was able to open the booke, neither to looke thereon. 4 And I wept much, because no man was found worthy to open, and to reade the booke, neither to looke thereon.
- [I]t is a deed of higheſt charitie to help undeceive the people, and a vvork vvorthieſt your autoritie, […]
- 4
Suited; suitable; befitting.
- No, Warwick, thou art worthy of the sway.
- […] whose shoes I am not worthy to bear.
worthynoun詞源 1/ˈwɜː.ði/
- 1
A distinguished or eminent person.
- That worthy one day, in our absence, being caught in the act of culpable talpicide, was rebuked by his mistress for disobeying his master's orders.
- 2
a good, wise and virtuous person.
- Confucius and Mencius are revered as the sages and worthies of Confucianism.
worthyverb詞源 2/ˈwɜː.ði/
- 1
To render or treat as worthy.
- And put upon him such a deal of man, That worthied him, got praises of the king […]
- After having duly paid his addresses to it, he generally spends some time on the marble slab in front of the looking-glass, but without showing the slightest emotion at the sight of his own reflection, or worthying it with a song.
資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。