merit
英 ['merɪt]
美['mɛrɪt]
- n. 优点，价值；功绩；功过
- vt. 值得
- vi. 应受报答
词态变化
复数: merits;第三人称单数: merits;过去式: merited;过去分词: merited;现在分词: meriting;
中文词源
merit 功绩，才能，优点
来自古法语merite,工资，奖励，神的赐予，来自拉丁语merere,挣得，赚取，应得，来自PIE*smer,分配，划分，部分，词源同polymer,emeritus.字面意思即赚取自己应得的部分，引申词义奖品，精神奖励，神的礼物，并抽象化为功绩，才能，优点等。
英英释意
- 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"
英文词源
- 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.
同义词辨析
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，指人的美德。
perfection： 指达到了理想或完美的程度。
考试真题
- Small signs may indicate great changes to come and therefore merit attention.
出自-2017年6月阅读原文
- It merits intensive study.
出自-2015年12月阅读原文
- 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月阅读原文
- For the trainees,the programs also offer a great way to earn merit badges.
2018年高考英语北京卷 阅读理解 阅读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年考研阅读原文
- 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年考研阅读原文
- 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年考研阅读原文
- Reform has been vigorously opposed, perhaps most notoriously in education, where charter schools, academies and merit pay all faced drawn-out battles.
2012年考研真题（英语一）阅读理解 Section Ⅱ
- Unfortunately, the long-term costs of using simple quantitative metrics to assess researcher merit are likely to be quite great.
2020年考研真题（英语一）翻译 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年考研真题（英语一）阅读理解 Section Ⅱ
词组搭配
judge (或consider) something on its merits
assess something solely with regard to its intrinsic quality rather than other external factors
根据内在品质判断（或考虑）
实用场景例句
- a work of outstanding artistic merit
- 具有杰出艺术价值的作品
牛津词典
- The plan is entirely without merit.
- 这个计划毫无价值。
牛津词典
- I want to get the job on merit .
- 我要凭才能得到这份工作。
牛津词典
- We will consider each case on its (own) merits (= without considering any other issues, feelings, etc.) .
- 我们将根据每件事情本身的情况来考虑。
牛津词典
- They weighed up the relative merits of the four candidates.
- 他们对四名候选人各自的优点作了比较。
牛津词典
- He claims that their success was not merited.
- 他声称他们不应该获得成功。
牛津词典
- The case does not merit further investigation.
- 这个案子不值得进一步调查。
牛津词典
- The argument seemed to have considerable merit...
- 这个论点似乎颇有价值。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- Box-office success mattered more than artistic merit...
- 票房上的成功比艺术价值更重要。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- They have been persuaded of the merits of peace.
- 他们被劝服，认识到了和平的好处。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- ...the technical merits of a film...
- 一部电影技术上的长处
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- He said he had done nothing wrong to merit a criminal investigation...
- 他说自己没有干坏事，不应该受到刑事调查。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- Such ideas merit careful consideration.
- 这样的想法值得斟酌。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- Everybody is selected on merit...
- 每个人都是凭个人才能入选的。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- Each case is judged on its merits.
- 每个案件都是按照案件本身的特点判定的。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- I really feel that the oneself is not devoid of any merit!
- 我真的觉得自己并不是一无是处的!
期刊摘选
- The subject may merit a brief explanatory note.
- 这题目也许要个简明的注释.
《现代汉英综合大词典》
- There are several limitations to our study which merit further discussion.
- 我们的研究存在一些局限值得进一步讨论。
期刊摘选
- Promotion should be based on merit, not seniority.
- 提升应看人的才能, 而不能以新老来划线.
期刊摘选
- The engineer got a medal from the mayor for his merit to the city construction.
- 工程师凭着自己对城市建设的贡献,得到了市长办法的奖章.
期刊摘选
- This paper presented the merit of adaptive threshold with the more advantageous pointwise variance method.
- 本文分析了自适应阈值的优点,进而提出逐点噪声方差法在去噪方面有更强的优势.
期刊摘选
- That does not detract from his merit.
- 那没有贬低他的功绩.
《现代英汉综合大词典》
- Honour is a reward of merit.
- 荣誉是功绩的报偿.
期刊摘选
- Awes the Reese special department weighs the world the right and wrong merit.
- 奥斯里斯专司衡量人间的是非功过.
期刊摘选
- In fact, some of the reasons offered by those who backed the speaker had merit.
- 实际上, 一些支持发言人的人提出的某些理由也有可取之处.
期刊摘选
- Used dangerous weapon as a result of him of course, merit arrives punish.
- 当然由于他使用了危险武器, 应受到制裁.
期刊摘选
- The book has no artistic merit its sole aim is to titillate.
- 那书毫无艺术价值,只是撩拨情欲.
期刊摘选