英语词汇“merit”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

单词	merit
释义	mer·it I. \ˈmerə̇t, usu -ə̇d.+V\ noun (-s) Etymology: Middle English merite, merit, from Old French merite, from Latin meritum, from neuter of meritus, past participle of merēre, merērī to earn, deserve, merit; akin to Greek meros & meris part, share, moros fate, lot, Latin mora delay — more at memory 1. a. obsolete : reward or punishment earned or deserved : just deserts b. : one's character regarded as the basis of his deserts : laudable or blameworthy traits or actions < opinions of his merit vary > c. : a praiseworthy quality : virtue < but originality, as it is one of the highest, is also one of the rarest, of merits — E.A.Poe > d. : worth or excellence in quality or performance : character or conduct deserving reward, honor, or esteem < she is handsome no longer, and she never had any other merit — W.M.Thackeray > < composed a number of works of merit — H.E.Starr > 2. : spiritual credit or stored moral surplusage regarded as earned by performance of righteous acts and as ensuring future benefits < “she has acquired merit,” returned the lama. “Peradventure it was a nun” — Rudyard Kipling > < had thereby added to a surplus of merit already enriched by what Christ had done — K.S.Latourette > 3. a. merits plural : the intrinsic rights and wrongs of a legal case as determined by matters of substance in distinction from matters of form : the strict legal rights of the parties as distinguished from considerations depending on practice or jurisdiction < the plaintiff … is entitled to have its claim decided here on its merits — T.M.Maddes > b. : legal significance, standing, or importance < the contention is without merit — E.B.Denny > Synonyms: see due, excellence II. verb (-ed/-ing/-s) Etymology: Middle French meriter, from merite, n. *transitive verb* 1. obsolete : reward, requite 2. a. : to be worthy of or entitled or liable to : earn < merited the large sale which they obtained — E.S.Bates > < the man who owned both the lump and the abdomen merited as much consideration as either — Harvey Graham > < merit the penalty of expulsion — Virginia Murphy > b. : to have a claim on (divine mercy or reward) < the supernatural life which Christ merited for us — J.J.Maher > *intransitive verb* 1. obsolete : to gain merit : acquire favor : be entitled to reward or honor < if in my poor death fair France may merit — Francis Beaumont & John Fletcher > 2. : to be or become deserving of good or ill Synonyms: see deserve
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