摘要：worthy of the name的含义是“名副其实”，如【例句1】No composer was considered worthy of the name until he had written an opera. (没有一位作曲家在写歌剧之前被认为配

worthy of the name的含义是“名副其实”，如

【例句1】No composer was considered worthy of the name until he had written an opera. (没有一位作曲家在写歌剧之前被认为配得上这个名字。)[牛津高级学者辞典]

【例句2】No physician worthy of the name would prescribe this drug to his patients. （没有一位名副其实的医生会给他的病人开这种药。）

【例句3】Any doctor worthy of the name would help an injured man in the street. （任何名副其实的医生都会帮助街上的受伤男子。）

【例句4】Any art critic worthy of the name would know that painting to be a fake. （任何名副其实的艺术评论家都知道那幅画是赝品。）

【例句5】There was not an actor worthy of the name in that play. （那出戏里没有一个配得上这个名字的演员。）

【例句6】Any artist worthy of the name can draw better than that. （任何一个名副其实的艺术家都能画得比这更好。）

worthy of the name是个短语，虽然作定语，但并不适合放在名词前面。

放在名词后面的worthy of the name，带定件词的the name, 就是只被worthy短语修饰的那个名。

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