| 词组 | worthy of the name |
| 释义 | Idiom worthy of the name Theme: GOOD deserving to be so called; good enough to enjoy a specific name.There was not an actor worthy of the name in that play.Any art critic worthy of the name would know that painting to be a fake. worthy of the nameHaving earned the right to a particular title or designation due to one's skill, integrity, reputation, etc. No physician worthy of the name would prescribe this drug to his patients. There wasn't a single theatre critic worthy of the name in the audience, judging by the totally biased, copy-pasted reviews the play received the next morning. worthy of the namedeserving to be so called; good enough to enjoy a specific designation. There was not an actor worthy of the name in that play. Any art critic worthy of the name would know that painting to be a fake. worthy of the nameDeserving a name or description, as in Any artist worthy of the name can draw better than that. This expression uses worthy of in the sense of "deserving by reason of merit," a usage dating from about 1300. worthy of the ˈname(also worth the ˈname) (formal) deserving to be called good: Any doctor worthy of the name would help an injured man in the street. |
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