It is valuing your worth as the present value of future earnings, not past ones, on the assumption that the future will only refine the present.

它用你未来的所得来衡量你的价值，不是过去的收入，而且还假定你的未来只会比现在更好。

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The present value is what that's worth today.

现值就是指它在今天的价值

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Several analysts have argued that Telekom's parts are worth more than its present market value.

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The value that a company assigned to an executive's stock and option awards for 2012 was the present value of what the company expected the awards to be worth to the executive over time.

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