The ticket cost me a couple of skins—and its not worth it.

这张票花了我好几块钱—— 花得真不值得。

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Yes, you can clean spark plugs, but in most cases its not worth it.

是的，你可以清洁火花塞，但是大多数时候不值得。

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Its price is determined by what people can be persuaded to pay for it, not any intrinsic worth.

它的价格取决于人们去说服别人购买的价格，没有任何固有价值。

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But now this wisdom is being stood on its head: though it may not be worth shipping cement from Mexico to Europe, know-how and investment can be swiftly poured into any market.

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In any case, while it had to have helped some, most agree that it was not worth its huge cost in adding to budget deficits and the debt.

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If the book is not all it could be, it is still worth reading, though less for answers than for its interesting hypotheses.

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