But beans are used to describe something of very little value in the expression, not worth a hill of beans.

VOA: special.2010.01.31

And even if we accept the valuable container theory, and so we say, " "Hah, you know, being alive per se is worth something as well."

如果我们接受有价值容器理论，我们会说，“活着本身也是有价值的“

耶鲁公开课 - 死亡课程节选

But they were worth something because they did this.

但是他们也是有作用的

耶鲁公开课 - 古希腊历史简介课程节选

So it's a different class of resource not as easy to develop, and not even recognized as something worth pursuing, say,twenty years ago."

VOA: special.2009.10.23

At this point, we say something like, pleasure is worth having for its own sake.

这时我们会说，因为快乐是好的所以值得拥有。

耶鲁公开课 - 死亡课程节选

To look at the dog, you would think he was not worth anything but to sit around and look mean and look for a chance to steal something.

VOA: special.2009.08.29

Then it seems something worth doing.

我觉得还是值得做一些事情的。

普林斯顿公开课 - 人性课程节选

I mean, you could say, well that means the options are really working well because it really motivated the managers and they did something and made the company worth more.

我的意思是,你可以说,这是因为股票期权激励机制起作用了,因为它的确激励了经理们,这些经理为之付出努力并使公司市值更高

耶鲁公开课 - 金融市场课程节选

So you can imagine that adds real excitement and energy to the class and puts a little bit pressure on the professors to make sure that we have something worth coming half way around the world for.

可以想象,为课堂带去的兴奋和活力,也给教授施加了压力，我们要确保,能传授值得绕半个地球赶来学习的知识。

哈佛公开课 - 幸福课课程节选

And yet the concepts go into my interests and people, they are literary and it's a mixture of the two that when I'm looking and if I'm successful - which is, not very much amount of time, I put into my writing, so this is something worth exploring.

这些概念成为我兴趣的一部分,人是文学的,是二者的混合,当我的观察卓有成效时,-这种时候不常见，我就将观察记述下来，这是值得探究的。

麻省理工公开课 - 电影哲学课程节选

Could immortality be something worth having forever?

永生是否值得永远拥有？

耶鲁公开课 - 死亡课程节选

The shield itself, as I've told you is made of a heavy wood, covered by a leather or bronze sheet about three feet across, something in the neighborhood of 16 to 20 pounds worth of shield and gripped as I told you before.

而盾牌,就像我说过的,是由沉重的木材制成,上面包裹有皮革或铜皮,约三英尺宽,大概是十六到二十磅重,就像我刚才所说的,拿起来很费劲

耶鲁公开课 - 古希腊历史简介课程节选