merit
- n. 優(yōu)點,價值;功績;功過
- vt. 值得
- vi. 應受報答
詞態(tài)變化
中文詞源
來自古法語merite,工資,獎勵,神的賜予,來自拉丁語merere,掙得,賺取,應得,來自PIE*smer,分配,劃分,部分,詞源同polymer,emeritus.字面意思即賺取自己應得的部分,引申詞義獎品,精神獎勵,神的禮物,并抽象化為功績,才能,優(yōu)點等。
英英釋意
- 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"
英文詞源
- 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 allot, assign" (cognates: Greek meros "part, lot," moira "share, fate," moros "fate, destiny, doom," Hittite mark "to divide" a sacrifice).
Sense of "worthiness, excellence" is from early 14c.; from late 14c. as "condition or conduct that deserves either reward or punishment;" also "a reward, benefit." Related: Merits. Merit system attested from 1880. Merit-monger was in common use 16c.-17c. in a sense roughly of "do-gooder." - 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 mereri "to earn (money);" also "to serve as a soldier" (see merit (n.)). Related: Merited; meriting.
同義詞辨析
merit, virtue, perfection
這些名詞均可表示"優(yōu)點,長處"之意。
merit: 指有值得贊揚的優(yōu)點,但不一定是出類拔萃。
virtue: 指人或物的優(yōu)點長處,指人的美德。
perfection: 指達到了理想或完美的程度。
考試真題
- Small signs may indicate great changes to come and therefore merit attention.
出自-2017年6月閱讀原文
- It merits intensive study.
出自-2015年12月閱讀原文
- But Schweitzer contends the "mounting causal evidence" linking goal-setting and harmful behavior should be studied to help spotlight issues that merit caution and further investigation.
出自-2012年6月閱讀原文
- For the trainees,the programs also offer a great way to earn merit badges.
2018年高考英語北京卷 閱讀理解 閱讀B 原文
- Reform has been vigorously opposed, perhaps most egregiously in education, where charter schools, academies and merit pay all faced drawn-out battles.
出自-2012年考研閱讀原文
- Vaux says that Science’s idea to pass some papers to statisticians “has some merit, but a weakness is that it relies on the board of reviewing editors to identify ‘the papers that need scrutiny’ in the first place”.
出自-2015年考研閱讀原文
- In all, the study concludes that whereas prosecutors should only evaluate a case based on its merits, they do seem to be influenced by a company’s record in CSR.
出自-2016年考研閱讀原文
- Reform has been vigorously opposed, perhaps most notoriously in education, where charter schools, academies and merit pay all faced drawn-out battles.
2012年考研真題(英語一)閱讀理解 Section Ⅱ
- Unfortunately, the long-term costs of using simple quantitative metrics to assess researcher merit are likely to be quite great.
2020年考研真題(英語一)翻譯 Section Ⅲ
- Vaux says that Science's idea to pass some papers to statisticians "has some merit, but a weakness is that it relies on the board of reviewing editors to identify ‘the papers that need scrutiny'in the first place".
2015年考研真題(英語一)閱讀理解 Section Ⅱ
詞組搭配
judge (或consider) something on its merits
assess something solely with regard to its intrinsic quality rather than other external factors
根據(jù)內(nèi)在品質判斷(或考慮)
實用場景例句
- a work of outstanding artistic merit
- 具有杰出藝術價值的作品
牛津詞典
- The plan is entirely without merit.
- 這個計劃毫無價值。
牛津詞典
- I want to get the job on merit .
- 我要憑才能得到這份工作。
牛津詞典
- We will consider each case on its (own) merits (= without considering any other issues, feelings, etc.) .
- 我們將根據(jù)每件事情本身的情況來考慮。
牛津詞典
- They weighed up the relative merits of the four candidates.
- 他們對四名候選人各自的優(yōu)點作了比較。
牛津詞典
- He claims that their success was not merited.
- 他聲稱他們不應該獲得成功。
牛津詞典
- The case does not merit further investigation.
- 這個案子不值得進一步調查。
牛津詞典
- The argument seemed to have considerable merit...
- 這個論點似乎頗有價值。
柯林斯高階英語詞典
- Box-office success mattered more than artistic merit...
- 票房上的成功比藝術價值更重要。
柯林斯高階英語詞典
- They have been persuaded of the merits of peace.
- 他們被勸服,認識到了和平的好處。
柯林斯高階英語詞典
- ...the technical merits of a film...
- 一部電影技術上的長處
柯林斯高階英語詞典
- He said he had done nothing wrong to merit a criminal investigation...
- 他說自己沒有干壞事,不應該受到刑事調查。
柯林斯高階英語詞典
- Such ideas merit careful consideration.
- 這樣的想法值得斟酌。
柯林斯高階英語詞典
- Everybody is selected on merit...
- 每個人都是憑個人才能入選的。
柯林斯高階英語詞典
- Each case is judged on its merits.
- 每個案件都是按照案件本身的特點判定的。
柯林斯高階英語詞典
- I really feel that the oneself is not devoid of any merit!
- 我真的覺得自己并不是一無是處的!
期刊摘選
- The subject may merit a brief explanatory note.
- 這題目也許要個簡明的注釋.
《現(xiàn)代漢英綜合大詞典》
- There are several limitations to our study which merit further discussion.
- 我們的研究存在一些局限值得進一步討論。
期刊摘選
- Promotion should be based on merit, not seniority.
- 提升應看人的才能, 而不能以新老來劃線.
期刊摘選
- The engineer got a medal from the mayor for his merit to the city construction.
- 工程師憑著自己對城市建設的貢獻,得到了市長辦法的獎章.
期刊摘選
- This paper presented the merit of adaptive threshold with the more advantageous pointwise variance method.
- 本文分析了自適應閾值的優(yōu)點,進而提出逐點噪聲方差法在去噪方面有更強的優(yōu)勢.
期刊摘選
- That does not detract from his merit.
- 那沒有貶低他的功績.
《現(xiàn)代英漢綜合大詞典》
- Honour is a reward of merit.
- 榮譽是功績的報償.
期刊摘選
- Awes the Reese special department weighs the world the right and wrong merit.
- 奧斯里斯專司衡量人間的是非功過.
期刊摘選
- In fact, some of the reasons offered by those who backed the speaker had merit.
- 實際上, 一些支持發(fā)言人的人提出的某些理由也有可取之處.
期刊摘選
- Used dangerous weapon as a result of him of course, merit arrives punish.
- 當然由于他使用了危險武器, 應受到制裁.
期刊摘選
- The book has no artistic merit its sole aim is to titillate.
- 那書毫無藝術價值,只是撩撥情欲.
期刊摘選