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

单词

demerit

释义

demerit /dē- or di-merˈit/

noun

A fault or defect esp in a person
A mark given for a fault or offence, esp in schools or the army, etc (N American)
Lack of merit
Desert, merit (obsolete)

ORIGIN: L dēmerērī, dēmeritum to deserve fully, later understood as to deserve ill, from dē- fully, and merēri to deserve

demeritorˈious adjective

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