n.(名词)

1. 功绩，功劳，成就，功勋，荣誉，奖赏
2. 价值，优点，长处
3. [常用复数]功罪
4. 是非曲直，事实真相
5. 良好的品质，美德
6. 记功分
7. 【律】法律意义，法律依据
8. 优异的成绩
9. 值得赞扬的特点，美点

v.(动词)

1. 有...的价值
2. 值得...，应受…
3. 应受赏（罚），应受报答
4. 【宗】积德

abbr.(缩略词)

1. =Medical Relief International 国际医疗救护组织

n.(名词)

1. [U]功勋,功劳; 价值 the quality of deserving praise, reward
2. [C]长处,优点 a good quality

Noun:

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"
   

Verb:

1. be worthy or deserving;

   "You deserve a promotion after all the hard work you have done"
   

1.良好品质;价值
If something hasmerit, it has good or worthwhile qualities.

e.g. The argument seemed to have considerablemerit...
这个论点似乎颇有价值。
e.g. Box-office success mattered more than artisticmerit...
票房上的成功比艺术价值更重要。

2.优点;长处;优势
Themerits of something are its advantages or other good points.

e.g. They have been persuaded of the merits of peace.
他们被劝服，认识到了和平的好处。
e.g. ...the technical merits of a film...
一部电影技术上的长处

3.值得;应受到
If someone or somethingmerits a particular action or treatment, they deserve it.

e.g. He said he had done nothing wrong tomerit a criminal investigation...
他说自己没有干坏事，不应该受到刑事调查。
e.g. Such ideasmerit careful consideration.
这样的想法值得斟酌。

4.根据事物本身的情况(来评价)
If you judge something or someoneon merit oron theirmerits, your judgment is based on what you notice when you consider them, rather than on things that you know about them from other sources.

e.g. Everybody is selected onmerit...
每个人都是凭个人才能入选的。
e.g. 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。

1. 优点：8.您介绍产品时是否能依循特性(feature)、优点(merit)及特殊利益(specificbenfit)的方式?9.您是否能巴里法伯的电话销售妙计 电话销售永远比不上面对面的做买卖容易. 即使你真能在很短时间内打很多电话,惟一能做的也只是与顾客建立融洽关系.

2. 功德：路德与加尔文高举圣经的拣选真理与圣灵工作,从根本打掉天主教错误的靠个人功德(merit)得救论. 然而路德与加尔文只把圣灵的工作局限於信徒的称义得救与成圣生活,而没有应用於福音使命、权能布道与护教上(参<>4:29-30,14:3).

3. 優異：草地早熟禾各品种草坪耐寒指数评分为7.2~8.6差异为1.4分;最高分是康尼(Conni)、优异(merit)为8.6分,最低分是巴林(Balin)为7.2分. 高羊茅各品种草坪耐寒指数评分为6.6~7.8差异为1.2分;最高分是猎狗(Houndog)、凌志(Barlexxus)为7.8分,

This method at least had the merit of simplicity.

这种办法至少有简单明了的优点。

Charms strikes the sight, but merit wins the soul.

美貌吸引目光,优点赢得心灵。

That will subtract nothing from his merit.

那将无损于他的功绩。

Promotion should be based on merit alone.

晋升应完全根据功绩。

I want to get the job on merit.

我要凭才能得到这份工作。

This is a proposal of some merit.

这是个有价值的建议。

His new achievements merit our attention.

他取得的新成就值得关注。

The case does not merit further investigation.

这个案子不值得进一步调查。

He doesn merit his punishment.

他不应该受到这样的惩罚。

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。

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。

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。

The argument seemed to have considerable merit...

这个论点似乎颇有价值。

Box-office success mattered more than artistic merit...

票房上的成功比艺术价值更重要。

They have been persuaded of the merits of peace.

他们被劝服，认识到了和平的好处。

...the technical merits of a film...

一部电影技术上的长处

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。

Such ideas merit careful consideration.

这样的想法值得斟酌。

Everybody is selected on merit...

每个人都是凭个人才能入选的。

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。

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!

The subject may merit a brief explanatory note.

这题目也许要个简明的注释.

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。

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.

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.

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.

That does not detract from his merit.

那没有贬低他的功绩.

Honour is a reward of merit.

荣誉是功绩的报偿.

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.

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.

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.

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.

1. He reached his present senior position through sheer merit.
   他全靠他的功绩才达到今天的地位。
2. His merit will get its reward.
   他的功劳会得到报偿的。
3. The picture shows much artistic merit.
   这幅画有很高的艺术价值。
4. One of her many merits is absolute reliability.
   她的长处之一就是绝对可靠。
5. The committee are looking at the merits and demerits of the proposal.
   委员会正在评判该提议的优缺点。
6. There is great merit in dealing fairly with your employees.
   公正地对待你的雇员有极大好处。

动词+～

• merit">compare merit比较优点
• merit">recognize merit承认功绩

形容词+～

• merit">artistic merit艺术价值
• merit">intrinsic merit内在的价值
• merit">real merit确有价值
• merit">relative merit相对优点

介词+～

• merit">according to merit根据成绩

～+介词

• merit%20of%20being%20clear">the merit of being clear清晰的优点

• I had had scholarships..without any godfather's help but purely on my own merit.

  出自：C. Achebe

• A single book, one that we feel to have some special merit, not an obvious bestseller but one..deserving our support.

  出自：C. Milne

• Did they think that men doe merit rewards in heaven by the workes they performe on earth?

  出自：R. Hooker

• I asked whether the story was really interesting enough to merit being put on paper.

  出自：R. Dahl

• He had been harsh..to Peter, who had surely done nothing to merit such treatment.

  出自：A. Harding

• This iron doesn't merit a recommendation.

  出自：Which?

1. merit作名词统指“优点”，属于抽象名词；
2. merit也可以表示一个具体的优点，且有复数形式merits。

   This book has not much merit.
   This book has many merits.

n.(名词)

merit, value, virtue, worth

这几个词都可以表示“价值”。merit通常指人为价值,所评论的事物本身也许比真实的价值高; value指“价值,意义”,含有excellent的意味; virtue通常指对人、物的“好处,优越性”; worth通常指人们估计的价值比其本身的价值高。

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，或指人的美德。

perfection指达到了理想或完美的程度。

• ☆ 1300年左右进入英语，直接源自古法语的merite；最初源自拉丁语的meritum，意为获取。