英语释义

1. a praiseworthy quality virtue
But originality, as it is one of the highest, is also one of the rarest, of merits.
— Edgar Allan Poe

2. character or conduct deserving reward, honor, or esteem also achievement
… he composed a number of works of merit.
— H. E. Starr

3. the qualities or actions that constitute the basis of one's deserts
Opinions of his merit vary.

4. reward or punishment due

5. the substance of a legal case apart from matters of jurisdiction, procedure, or form
The plaintiff … is entitled to have its claim decided here on its merits.
— T. M. Maddes

6. individual significance or justification (see justification sense 1)
The contention is without merit.
— E. B. Denny

7. spiritual credit held to be earned by performance of righteous acts and to ensure future benefits
.,. the Crusades … did serve the desire to gain spiritual merit …
— Jacques Barzun

8. to be worthy of or entitled or liable to earn

9. deserve

10. to be entitled to reward or honor

11. a good quality or feature that deserves to be praised

12. the quality of being good, important, or useful value or worth

13. to deserve (something, such as attention or good treatment) by being important or good

14. the condition or fact of deserving reward or punishment
Students are graded according to merit.

15. worth entry 2 sense 1, value
“Your suggestion has merit,” he said.
— Lloyd Alexander, Time Cat

16. a quality worthy of praise virtue
the merit of honesty

17. to be worthy of or have a right to
Both ideas merit further consideration.

18. the substance of a case apart from matters of jurisdiction, procedure, or form
a ruling on the merits of the case — see also judgment on the merits at judgment sense 1a

19. legal significance, standing, or worth
an argument without merit

片语

accumulate merits阴功积德

potential merits潜在优势

merits and demerits优缺点；利与弊

manifold merits多种优点

scientific merits犯罪学理论的科学价值

Merits attention值得注意

Love Merits友爱优劣

artistic merits艺术价值；艺术水平；艺术成就

merits efficacy功业

relative merits优缺点；相比较而言的优点

英汉例句

• convergence does have some merits then—mainly in cutting costs and increasing efficiency—but the hype is wide of the mark.

  融合还是有一些优点的——主要是降低价格和增加效率——但是这还要大规模的宣传。

• nevertheless, whatever its other merits or defects may be, i can assure my readers that it was not my intention to propound a riddle, or insidiously convey any erudite teaching.

  然而，不管它的别的优点或者缺点是什么，我能告诉读者的就是，我在诗里无意提出一个谜，或者狡狯地传达什么教诲。

• as he states in the preface and first chapter, this is not a definitive reference for any of these areas, each of which merits its own book.

  正如他在序言和第一章说明的，这不是对所有范围给出的最权威的参考，每个优点都在他自己的书里。

• substitution may have its merits in other domains.

  置换的优点可能体现在其他领域。

• readers must make up their own minds on the merits of the arguments this week.

  对于本周辩论各方论点的是非曲直，读者们必须自己拿主意。

• it is time now for us to experience these sites with our own senses. only then can we properly judge the list`s merits and shortcomings.

  现在，该是我们用自己的感官来体验这些景区的时候了，只有那样，我们才能公允地评判出这份榜单的优点和不足。

• this is not to dispute the merits of each case, though some of those decisions looked foolish even at the time.

  尽管有些决定现在看来依然显得愚蠢，但在这里并不是讨论每种案例的优点。

• this article does not debate the merits of the above approaches.

  本文并不是要讨论上述方法的优点。

• everybody has his own merits and demerits. one should never think that he is perfect while others are all good for nothing.

  每个人都有自己的优点和缺点，不要把别人都看成百无一是， 把自己看成十全十美。

• a discussion of the merits of stateful and stateless services, including techniques for the specification and design of services that manage resource state.

  对有状态和无状态服务的优点的讨论，包括对于规范的技术和管理资源状态的服务设计。

• its merits in combat remain to be seen, but at least the ship exists to perform a combat role.

  它在战场上的优点仍有待观察，但至少它的存在是要在战斗中履行一份任务的。

• now voters appear to be evenly split on the merits of the move.

  现在看起来选民在这项行动的优点上分布平均。

• on the orbit, the rabbits habitually inherited the merits of the inhabitants.

  在轨道上，兔子习惯性地继承了居民们的优点。

• they hope to cultivate a new strain that combines all these merits but does not have the defects.

  他们希望培育出一种新的品种，兼有所有这些优点，而没有缺点。

• although these theories appear to contradict one another, each strategy has its merits and may have aspects that are suitable for certain investors.

  虽然这些理念显得跟另外的矛盾，每种策略都有它的优点，并适合了某些特定的投资者。

• the moral of the story is that if your family resolutely refuses wholemeal, you can stop feeling bad about opting for the 「refined」 version of the staff of life, because it has nutritional merits too.

  在道义上的故事是，如果你的家人完全拒绝全麦面包，你可以停止对选择「精制」版本的主食的不好感觉，因为它也有营养优点。

• one of the merits of the book is that it makes it abundantly clear how the language of negotiators from both the rich and emerging worlds often masks hypocritical pandering to special groups.

  这本书的一大优点在于：它非常清晰地展现了发达国家和新兴世界的谈判者们通常是如何通过语言虚伪地迎合各种特殊群体的要求。

• without getting into the merits of either position, it is important to understand the database's default behavior and know how to modify it.

  不要去管这两种观点优劣如何，重要的是理解数据库的默认行为并且知道如何修正。

相似词

distinction区别；差别；特性；荣誉、勛章

excellence优秀；美德；长处

excellency优点，美德；阁下

grace优雅；恩惠；魅力；慈悲

value评价；重视；估价

virtue(Virtue)人名；(英)弗丘

相反词

deficiency缺陷，缺点；缺乏；不足的数额

demerit缺点，短处；过失

disvalue贬值；轻视；反面价值