merit

英 ['merɪt] 美 ['merɪt]

• n. 优点；功绩；价值
• v. 值得；应得

双解释义

n. (名词)

1. [U]功勋,功劳; 价值

   the quality of deserving praise, reward

2. [C]长处,优点

   a good quality

详尽释义

n. 名词

1. 功绩，功劳，成就，功勋，荣誉，奖赏
2. 价值，优点，长处
3. [常用复数]功罪
4. 是非曲直，事实真相
5. 良好的品质，美德
6. 记功分
7. 【律】法律意义，法律依据
8. 优异的成绩
9. 值得赞扬的特点，美点

v. 动词

1. 有...的价值
2. 值得...，应受…
3. 应受赏（罚），应受报答
4. 【宗】积德

abbr. 缩略词

1. =Medical Relief International 国际医疗救护组织

英英释义

Noun:

1. any admirable quality or attribute;

   "work of great merit"
   

2. the quality of being deserving (e.g., deserving assistance);

   "there were many children whose deservingness he recognized and rewarded"
   

Verb:

1. be worthy or deserving;

   "You deserve a promotion after all the hard work you have done"
   

例句

用作名词 (n.)

1. This method at least had the merit of simplicity.
   这种办法至少有简单明了的优点。
2. Charms strikes the sight, but merit wins the soul.
   美貌吸引目光,优点赢得心灵。
3. That will subtract nothing from his merit.
   那将无损于他的功绩。
4. Promotion should be based on merit alone.
   晋升应完全根据功绩。
5. I want to get the job on merit.
   我要凭才能得到这份工作。
6. This is a proposal of some merit.
   这是个有价值的建议。

用作动词 (v.)

1. His new achievements merit our attention.
   他取得的新成就值得关注。
2. The case does not merit further investigation.
   这个案子不值得进一步调查。
3. He doesn't merit his punishment.
   他不应该受到这样的惩罚。

常见句型

用作名词 (n.)

1. He reached his present senior position through sheer merit.
   他全靠他的功绩才达到今天的地位。
2. His merit will get its reward.
   他的功劳会得到报偿的。
3. The picture shows much artistic merit.
   这幅画有很高的艺术价值。
4. One of her many merits is absolute reliability.
   她的长处之一就是绝对可靠。
5. The committee are looking at the merits and demerits of the proposal.
   委员会正在评判该提议的优缺点。
6. There is great merit in dealing fairly with your employees.
   公正地对待你的雇员有极大好处。

经典引文

• I had had scholarships..without any godfather's help but purely on my own merit.

  出自： C. Achebe

• A single book, one that we feel to have some special merit, not an obvious bestseller but one..deserving our support.

  出自： C. Milne

• Did they think that men doe merit rewards in heaven by the workes they performe on earth?

  出自： R. Hooker

• I asked whether the story was really interesting enough to merit being put on paper.

  出自： R. Dahl

• He had been harsh..to Peter, who had surely done nothing to merit such treatment.

  出自： A. Harding

• This iron doesn't merit a recommendation.

  出自：Which?

词汇搭配

用作名词 (n.)

动词+～

• compare merit 比较优点
• recognize merit 承认功绩

形容词+～

• artistic merit 艺术价值
• intrinsic merit 内在的价值
• real merit 确有价值
• relative merit 相对优点

介词+～

• according to merit 根据成绩

～+介词

• the merit of being clear 清晰的优点

词语用法

1. merit作名词统指“优点”，属于抽象名词；
2. merit也可以表示一个具体的优点，且有复数形式merits。

   This book has not much merit.
   This book has many merits.

词义辨析

n. (名词)

merit, value, virtue, worth

• 这几个词都可以表示“价值”。merit通常指人为价值,所评论的事物本身也许比真实的价值高; value指“价值,意义”,含有excellent的意味; virtue通常指对人、物的“好处,优越性”; worth通常指人们估计的价值比其本身的价值高。

merit，virtue，perfection

• 这些名词均可表示“优点、长处”之意。
• merit指有值得赞扬的优点，但不一定是出类拔萃。
• virtue指人或物的优点长处，或指人的美德。
• perfection指达到了理想或完美的程度。

词源解说

• ☆ 1300年左右进入英语，直接源自古法语的merite；最初源自拉丁语的meritum，意为获取。

近反义词

【近义词】

• value
• virtue
• worth

【反义词】

• demerit