第三種看法：worthy of既能接動名詞的被動形式；又能接動名詞的主動形式

1. 姚林生編著《大學英語詞匯及慣用法》(上海辭書出版社2004年7 月第1版)p834：

worthy of后面偶爾可接動名詞，該接動名詞不一定要用被動語態形式，如：It is a thing worthy of seeing. / He is worthy of filling the post.

2. 李在銘著《現代英語慣用法詞典》(現代出版社1995年5月第1版)p828：

worthy of 后面所接的 verb-ing 不一定要用被動語態形式，例如：

He is worthy of filling the post.

3. 王希山編著《英語形容詞搭配結構詞典》(上海譯文出版社2004年4月第1版)p752：

This book is worthy of publishing.

Their deeds are worthy of being mentioned.

4. 井上義昌編著《英美語慣用法辭典》(湖南師范大學出版社1991年5月第1版) p1562-1563和劉旭寶主編《英美語慣用法實用詞典》(西南交通大學出版社1993年5月第1版)p1378：

There occurred nothing worthy of being mentioned.

He is worthy of filling the post.

It is worthy of being remembered.

筆者贊同第三種看法，即worthy of既能接動名詞的被動形式；又能接動名詞的主動形式。筆者不盲從權威，支持一方否定另一方，而是基于英美語中的真實例證，利用唯物主義的“一切從實際出發”的觀點分析問題、解決問題的。請看例證：

1. BNC(英國國家語料庫http://www.natcorp.ox.ac.uk) 至少有3例包含be worthy of接動名詞的主動形式的例句：

(1) AJ3 54 CRITICAL eyes will be focusing on Arazi at Saint-Cloud today when the French-trained colt will be out to prove he is still worthy of holding favouritism for the premier Classics on both sides of the Atlantic.

(2) AK4 1164 He is worthy of holding office.';

(3) ACY 158 My choice here would include G. ;Leonore; (lemon yellow), G.;Sabu'; (red) and G.; White City; (white) but all are worthy of planting.

至少有14例包含be worthy of接動名詞的被動形式的例句：

(1) AR5 1290 It is an unwritten agreement and if we renege on it, let us not be surprised if our dog loses his respect for us, for we are not worthy of being called Master.

(2) B21 1230 I am worthy of being loved.

(3) ED7 1261 Yet despite what seem to be his `;monstrous'; characteristics the father himself is a person who loves and is worthy of being loved.

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2. BYU: THE OXFORD ENGLISH DICTIONARY(http://corpus.byu/oed/) 至少有1例包含be worthy of接動名詞的主動形式的例句：

1912 In those days a theatrical star was obliged to work his way up to the rungs of the legitimate ladder until he was found worthy of ranking in stellardom...

至少有2例包含be worthy of接動名詞的主動形式的例句：

1802 There is an accentuation of this word upon the second syllable, chiefly confined to the vulgar, which, from its agreeableness to analogy, is well worthy of being adopted by the learned...

1959 …this bibliography is worthy of being placed permanently on the shelf of any statistician.

3. TIME corpus of American English (1923-present) (http://corpus.byu.edu/time) 至少有10例包含be worthy of接動名詞的主動形式的例句：

(1) 1957-04-29  It captures the spirit of Charles M. Russell, and is worthy of representing him to posterity.

(2) 1975-03-17  Anyone who is worthy of having read an economics book knows that our problem is…

(3) 2005-10-16  A trend that's equally worthy of celebrating is the democratization of the documentary,…

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至少有12例包含be worthy of接動名詞的被動形式的例句：

(1) 1923-10-01 Only a noble idea is worthy of being interpreted in that awe-inspiring-spot.

(2) 1943-03-01 …and it is his considered opinion that none was " worthy of being put in the same species, …

(3) 2002-10-21  I would say that such a God is not worthy of being worshipped.

4. BUY CORPUS OF AMERICAN ENGLISH (1990-2008) (Mark Davies, Brigham Young University) http://www.americancorpus.org/：

至少有32 例包含be worthy of接動名詞的主動形式的例句：

1992 But I do think it is something that certainly would be worthy of including in a membership survey.

1996 Any one of her drawings is worthy of winning the prize.

1995 To him, nobody else was worthy of sharing his presence.

2007 She's not worthy of talking and, you know, you asked me the question.

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至少有27例包含be worthy of接動名詞的被動形式的例句：

1990 But I don't think that fixing parking tickets is worthy of being expelled from Congress.

2005 … ,I inquired whether any of them had anything to say that was worthy of being reported in the next day's paper.

2008  Brazil is now worthy of being called a BRIC, " says Riordan Roett, a Brazil expert …

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以上大量例證充分證明了worthy of 既能接動名詞的主動形式，又能接動名詞的被動形式。

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