They thought seven million dollars was too much to pay for a worthless piece of frozen land.

VOA: special.2010.02.11

That's $1 more than it costs now in the market, so the options are worthless unless the price of the stock goes up.

这样每股就要比市场价多花费一美元,除非股票价格增长了,否则这个期权就是没有价值的

耶鲁公开课 - 金融市场课程节选

They became almost worthless because they were investing in subprime debt and the value of the debt collapsed and so these collapsed as well.

它们变的分文不值,因为它们投资次级债务,而这些债券价格一落千丈,所以这些银行也跟着倒下

耶鲁公开课 - 金融市场课程节选

For example, if something is for the birds, it is worthless or not very interesting.

VOA: special.2010.06.13

And it's worthless, it's sheer garbage if it isn't supported by adequate kind of technique.

如果没有足够的技巧的支持,一切都会变得毫无价值，变成彻头彻尾的垃圾。

麻省理工公开课 - 电影哲学课程节选

Businessmen and rich landowners had put their money in Confederate bonds, now completely worthless.

VOA: special.2010.01.14

He comments about automobiles. What he suggested is that the new invention is worthless. It's really a great line that touch our hearts. It's true that automobiles carry people flow but really humanity in society might actually be moving backwards.

他评论汽车，他表达的意思是,这个新发明是没有价值的,这真是一句触动人心的话,汽车确实载着人们去往各处,但是社会中的人性事实上却好似在倒退。

麻省理工公开课 - 电影哲学课程节选

The buyers were left with worthless holes in the ground.

VOA: special.2009.11.08

We never sell the wine before its time, something like that. On television, in different acting roles, he would take any worthless role in somebody's movie just because there was such a large fee, and he will pour that into his movies.

之前人们对这种酒闻所未闻，在电视上，在饰演,不同的角色时，他在一些电影中做不起眼的角色,因为这可以,赚到一大笔钱，然后可以投到自己的电影中。

麻省理工公开课 - 电影哲学课程节选

Existing shares become worthless.

VOA: special.2009.01.30