useful, important, or good enough to be a suitable reward for the money or time spent or the effort made

She considers teaching a worthwhile career. 她把教书看成是一项值得从事的事业。

The time and expense involved in keeping up to date with all the changes has been worthwhile. 为跟上所有这些变动而花费的时间和费用是值得的。

If you need him on this project, you've got to make it financially worthwhile for him (= you will have to pay him a suitable amount of money for the amount of work involved). 如果你需要他参与这个项目，你就得适当付给他钱，让他觉得值得一做。