merit
merit 英 [ˈmerɪt] 美 [ˈmɛrɪt]
n. 优点，价值；功绩；功过 vt. 值得 vi. 应受报答
进行时:meriting 过去式:merited 过去分词:merited 第三人称单数:merits 名词复数:merits
- Merit means "worthiness or excellence." If you receive a certificate of merit in school, you are being recognized for doing a good job. As a verb, merit means "deserve." Your certificate might merit a prominent place on your bulletin board!
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- n. 优点，价值；功绩；功过
- vt. 值得
- vi. 应受报答
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1. You have to look at each case on its own merit.
但是你要从它本身的价值去看每一件事情。
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2. History affords us lessons that merit attention.
历史给我们提供了值得注意的借鉴。
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3. These denials are without merit and depend on looking at cash assets and ignoring liabilities.
但这些否认是毫无价值的，因为只看到现金资产，而忽略了负债。
- merit (n.) c. 1200, "spiritual credit" (for good works, etc.); c. 1300, "spiritual reward," from Old French merite "wages, pay, reward; thanks; merit, moral worth, that which assures divine pity," and directly from Latin meritum "a merit, service, kindness, benefit, favor; worth, value, importance," neuter of meritus, past participle of merere, meriri "to earn, deserve, acquire, gain," from PIE root *(s)mer- (2) "to get a share of something."
- merit (v.) late 15c., "to be entitled to," from Middle French meriter (Modern French mériter), from merite (n.), or directly from Latin meritare "to earn, yield," frequentative of merere, mereri "to earn (money);" also "to serve as a soldier" (see merit (n.)). Related: Merited; meriting.
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