values

1. N-UNCOUNT 重要性;有用性;益处
   The value of something such as a quality, attitude, or method is its importance or usefulness. If you place a particular value on something, that is the importance or usefulness you think it has.
   1. The value of this work experience should not be underestimated...
      这种工作经验的重要性不应该被低估。
   2. Further studies will be needed to see if these therapies have any value...
      这些治疗是否有效需要进行进一步的研究。
   3. Ronnie put a high value on his appearance.
      龙尼非常注重自己的外表。
2. VERB 认为…重要;重视;珍视
   If you value something or someone, you think that they are important and you appreciate them.
   1. I've done business with Mr Weston before. I value the work he gives me...
      我以前和韦斯顿先生有过业务往来，我很重视他给我的业务。
   2. If you value your health then you'll start being a little kinder to yourself.
      如果你重视自己的健康，你就要开始对自己好一点。
3. N-VAR 价值
   The value of something is how much money it is worth.
   1. The value of his investment has risen by more than $50,000...
      他投入的资本已经增值了5万多美元。
   2. The company's market value rose to $5.5 billion...
      该公司的市值涨到了55亿美元。
   3. The country's currency went down in value by 3.5 per cent...
      这个国家的货币贬值了3.5%。
   4. That cup is priceless. You can't put a value on it.
      那个杯子价值连城，无法定价。
4. VERB 给…估价;给…定价
   When experts value something, they decide how much money it is worth.
   1. Your lender will then send their own surveyor to value the property...
      然后贷款方会派他们自己的评估员来对房产进行估价。
   2. I asked him if he would have my jewellery valued for insurance purposes...
      我问他能否给我的珠宝进行保险估价。
   3. Spanish police have seized cocaine valued at around $53 million.
      西班牙警方查获了一批价值约5,300万美元的可卡因。
5. N-UNCOUNT 等值;等价;物有所值
   You use value in certain expressions to say whether something is worth the money that it costs. For example, if something is or gives good value, it is worth the money that it costs.
   1. The restaurant is informal, stylish and extremely good value...
      这家餐厅氛围轻松，装修雅致，而且价格非常公道。
   2. Both offer excellent value at around £90 for a double room...
      两家的双人客房都报出了大约90英镑的超值价格。
   3. This wine highlights the quality and value for money of South African wines.
      这种酒突出显示了南非产葡萄酒优异的性价比。
6. N-PLURAL 价值观;道德标准
   The values of a person or group are the moral principles and beliefs that they think are important.
   1. The countries of South Asia also share many common values...
      南亚各国也有许多相同的价值观。
   2. The Health Secretary called for a return to traditional family values.
      卫生部部长呼吁传统家庭价值观的回归。
   3. ...young Muslims who feel little sympathy for the values of their adopted country.
      与所移居国家的价值观格格不入的年轻穆斯林们
7. N-UNCOUNT 重要特点，显著特点（用于其他名词后）
   Value is used after another noun when mentioning an important or noticeable feature about something.
   1. The script has lost all of its shock value over the intervening 24 years...
      时隔24年后，这个剧本已经完全失去了震撼力。
   2. Having a mid-morning party certainly adds novelty value.
      在上午10点左右开派对一定会增加新鲜感。
8. （数）值
   A value is a particular number or quantity that can replace a symbol such as 'x' or 'y' in a mathematical expression.
9. See also: face value

1. Victorian values are much misunderstood
   维多利亚时代的价值观受到了严重误解。
2. Assign the letters of the alphabet their numerical values — A equals 1, B equals 2, etc.
   给字母表里的每个字母赋予相应的数值——A等于1，B等于2，等等。
3. Their marriage is a delicate balance between traditional and contemporary values
   他们的婚姻在传统和现代价值观之间保持着微妙平衡。
4. Free enterprise, he argued, was compatible with Russian values and traditions
   他认为自由企业制并不违背俄罗斯的价值观和传统。
5. They want to work in an organisation whose values are congruent with their own.
   他们想在一个符合自己价值观的机构里工作。
6. Most media coverage disapproves of the travellers 'lifestyle and values.
   大多数媒体报道都不赞成那些旅行者的生活方式和价值观。
7. The regime served as a crucible for the forging of right-wing ideas and values.
   该政权成为右翼思想和右翼价值观形成的熔炉。
8. We need to offer young people drifting into crime an alternative set of values
   我们需要给那些无意间犯了罪的年轻人灌输另一套价值观。
9. In 1990, we were all earnestly assured that property values could only go up.
   1990年时我们都得到信誓旦旦的保证说房地产只可能升值。
10. We can only try to hold fast to the age-old values of honesty, decency and concern for others
    我们只能努力坚守那些古老的价值观：诚实、正派、关心他人。
11. I realize there's no consensus on what are male or female values.
    我意识到人们对什么是男性价值观和什么是女性价值观并无共识。
12. Its cash crisis has been fostered by declining property values.
    地产贬值引发了现金危机。
13. Steve really values your friendship more than anything else.
    史蒂夫真的把你的友谊看得比其他任何东西都重要。
14. The National Party is lifting its profile as socially conservative guardian of traditional values.
    国家党正在提升自己作为持社会保守立场的传统价值观捍卫者的形象。
15. Religious values can often differ greatly from humanistic morals.
    宗教价值观常常和人本主义道德观相去甚远。
16. Great care was taken to inculcate the values of nationhood and family.
    花费了很多心力反复灌输国家与家庭观念。
17. New York is the ultimate manifestation of American values.
    纽约是美国价值观的终极体现。
18. Take a hundred and twenty values and calculate the mean.
    取120个值计算平均数。
19. They mouthed the values of family, religion and charity, but demonstrated the opposite in their private lives.
    他们大谈家庭、宗教和慈善的价值，但他们在个人生活中的表现却恰恰相反。
20. She has some old-fashioned values and can be a strict disciplinarian.
    她的观念比较保守，有时过于严格地奉行纪律。
21. She values the platonic friendship she has had with Chris for ten years.
    她珍惜自己和克里斯之间长达10年的柏拉图式的友情。
22. If you've owned property for several years, the probability is that values have increased
    如果一处房产已经拥有多年，有可能它已经增值了。
23. Halsey was identified as a leading proponent of the values of progressive education.
    哈尔西被认为是进步教育价值观的主要拥护者。
24. This reflects attitudes and values prevailing in society
    这反映了社会上盛行的态度和价值观。
25. She lived entirely by spiritual values, in a world of poetry and imagination.
    她追求精神上的满足，完全生活在一个诗歌和想象的世界里。
26. America values its economic leadership, and the political and military strength that goes with it
    美国重视其经济领导地位以及随之产生的政治和军事实力。
27. They do agree Africa could teach America a thing or two about family values
    他们一致认为，在家庭价值方面，非洲可以教给美洲很多。
28. Moral values cannot be taught in a vacuum
    道德价值观的教育不能脱离实际。
29. The Health Secretary called for a return to traditional family values.
    卫生部部长呼吁传统家庭价值观的回归。
30. I never had any toys, my father thought that they would warp my personal values
    我从来没有任何玩具，我父亲认为它们会扭曲我的价值观。

noun

1. beliefs of a person or social group in which they have an emotional investment (either for or against something)
   1. he has very conservatives values