merit

US [ˈmerɪt]
UK ['merɪt]
  • n.价值；优点；功绩；美德
  • v.值得；应得
  • Web长处；功劳；优异
Plural Form：merits  Present Participle：meriting  Past Tense：merited  

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merit
n.
1.
[u]
优点；美德；价值the quality of being good and of deserving praise, reward or admiration
a work of outstanding artistic merit
具有杰出艺术价值的作品
The plan is entirely without merit.
这个计划毫无价值。
I want to get the job on merit .
我要凭才能得到这份工作。
2.
[c][usupl]
值得赞扬（或奖励、钦佩）的特点；功绩；长处a good feature that deserves praise, reward or admiration
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。
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。
3.
[c]
（学校考试或作业的）良好a mark/grade in an exam or for a piece of work at school or university which is excellent
4.
[c]
（在校操行好而获得的）良好a mark/grade given as a reward for good behaviour at school
v.
1.
~ (doing) sth
应得；值得to do sth to deserve praise, attention, etc.
He claims that their success was not merited.
他声称他们不应该获得成功。
The case does not merit further investigation.
这个案子不值得进一步调查。

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1.
Speaking in Moscow, Jeremy Huck, president of BP Russia, said the company believed the actions were "without merit" .
BP俄罗斯总裁杰里米•哈克（JeremyHuck）在莫斯科表示，该公司相信以上行动“毫无道理”。
BP é luó sī zǒng cái jié lǐ mǐ • hā kè ( JeremyHuck ) zài mò sī kē biǎo shì , gāi gōng sī xiāng xìn yǐ shàng xíng dòng " háo wú dào lǐ " 。
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2.
I derive from it a gratification which those who are conscious of having done all that they could to merit it can alone feel.
这表明同胞们甚为嘉许我的公职行为，我对此感到心满意足，而唯有竭尽全力做了值得夸奖的工作的人，才能有这种感受。
zhè biǎo míng tóng bāo men shèn wéi jiā xǔ wǒ de gōng zhí xíng wéi , wǒ duì cǐ gǎn dào xīn mǎn yì zú , ér wéi yǒu jié jìn quán lì zuò le zhí de kuā jiǎng de gōng zuò de rén , cái néng yǒu zhè zhǒng gǎn shòu 。
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3.
During the campaign, Barack Obama said he would consider an overhaul or "complete repeal" of the merit pay system.
巴拉克。奥巴马说他可能会考虑全面更新绩效评奖系统或者“完全废除”。
bā lā kè 。 ào bā mǎ shuō tā kě néng huì kǎo lǜ quán miàn gēng xīn jì xiào píng jiǎng xì tǒng huò zhě " wán quán fèi chú " 。
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4.
Civil society "is stronger in Egypt than I had known, " and its long-standing and "articulated set of institutions" merit support, she said.
她说，埃及的公民社会比她原来所了解的要强，埃及行之已久的“独特的机制”应该得到支持。
tā shuō , āi jí de gōng mín shè huì bǐ tā yuán lái suǒ liǎo jiě de yào qiáng , āi jí xíng zhī yǐ jiǔ de " dú tè de jī zhì " yīng gāi dé dào zhī chí 。
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5.
Dye printing towel merit artistic, variety more changeable, after the shortcoming washes the variety to be easy to draw back.
印花毛巾优点美观、花色较多变化，缺点洗涤后花色易退。
yìn huā máo jīn yōu diǎn měi guān 、 huā sè jiào duō biàn huà , quē diǎn xǐ dí hòu huā sè yì tuì 。
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6.
Southeast University Law School Professor Zhang Malin that merit, Rio Tinto and BHP Billiton have long to realize that this point.
东南大学法学院张马林教授认为，按道理来说，力拓和必和必拓早就该认识到这点。
dōng nán dà xué fǎ xué yuàn zhāng mǎ lín jiào shòu rèn wéi , àn dào lǐ lái shuō , lì tuò hé bì hé bì tuò zǎo jiù gāi rèn shi dào zhè diǎn 。
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7.
Imperial College London on the 24th June said it had a high proportion of foreign students as it chose on "merit" rather than nationality.
伦敦帝国理工学院（ImperialCollegeLondon）6月24号表示，该院外国学生的比例非常高，因为它选择学生时更看重“个人才能”而不是国籍。
lún dūn dì guó lǐ gōng xué yuàn ( ImperialCollegeLondon ) liù yuè èr shí sì hào biǎo shì , gāi yuàn wài guó xué shēng de bǐ lì fēi cháng gāo , yīn wèi tā xuǎn zé xué shēng shí gèng kàn zhòng " gè rén cái néng " ér bú shì guó jí 。
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8.
People have a certain kind of "merit" in mind when they speak glowingly of a meritocracy, and that kind of merit tends to run in the family.
当人们称赞一个精英体制时，他们脑海中存在着某种“优点”，而那种“优点”往往在家族中流传。
dāng rén men chēng zàn yī gè jīng yīng tǐ zhì shí , tā men nǎo hǎi zhōng cún zài zhe mǒu zhǒng " yōu diǎn " , ér nà zhǒng " yōu diǎn " wǎng wǎng zài jiā zú zhōng liú chuán 。
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9.
We were very fortunate to be able to work with Her, so how could we not try our best and thus waste the merit that God had bestowed on us?
我们有幸跟著明师弘法，怎能不尽心尽力？枉费上帝赐予的福报。
wǒ men yǒu xìng gēn zhù míng shī hóng fǎ , zěn néng bù jìn xīn jìn lì ? wǎng fèi shàng dì cì yǔ de fú bào 。
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10.
Merit tends to be measured by the number of training courses they have attended rather than by their competence.
对他们的考评也只能看他们参加培训的次数，而非实际能力。
duì tā men de kǎo píng yě zhǐ néng kàn tā men cān jiā péi xùn de cì shù , ér fēi shí jì néng lì 。
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