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deserving

/dih-zur-ving/US // dɪˈzɜr vɪŋ //UK // (dɪˈzɜːvɪŋ) //

值得尊敬的,应得的,值得赞扬的,值得信赖的

Related Words

commendable值得赞扬,值得称赞,值得赞扬的,值得称赞的fitting契合,适宜,适宜的,拟合admirable令人钦佩,令人敬佩,令人钦佩的,令人敬佩的due应有的,应付,应有,应得的estimable可估计,可估计的,可以估计,可估算laudable可嘉的,值得称赞的,值得称道的,可嘉needy贫乏的,贫苦,贫乏,贫困praiseworthy可贵的是,可嘉的,可贵的,值得称赞的righteous公正的,正义的,正义,公正rightful应有的,合法的,合法,合理的thankworthy值得感谢,值得感谢的,值得庆幸的是,值得赞赏

Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : qualified for or having a claim to reward, assistance, etc., because of one's actions, qualities, or situation: the deserving poor; a deserving applicant.
    • : meriting; worthy: a criminal deserving of a lifetime sentence.

Synonyms & Antonyms

adj.worthy, meritorious
Synonyms
commendable值得赞扬,值得称赞,值得赞扬的,值得称赞的fitting契合,适宜,适宜的,拟合admirable令人钦佩,令人敬佩,令人钦佩的,令人敬佩的due应有的,应付,应有,应得的estimable可估计,可估计的,可以估计,可估算laudable可嘉的,值得称赞的,值得称道的,可嘉needy贫乏的,贫苦,贫乏,贫困praisable值得称道,值得称赞,值得称赞的,可赞praiseworthy可贵的是,可嘉的,可贵的,值得称赞的righteous公正的,正义的,正义,公正rightful应有的,合法的,合法,合理的thankworthy值得感谢,值得感谢的,值得庆幸的是,值得赞赏

Examples

  • So he tried to find nature, he ends up in a Brooklyn slum, and is plucked from that and goes to one of those schools they have in New York where the deserving poor are given special education.

  • Narrowing down 1000 entries to six mentoring partnerships meant we, unfortunately, weren’t able to match every qualified mentor entry with every deserving mentee application.

  • Her approach doesn’t make her any less deserving of a winner compared to other contestants who take influences from other cuisines.

  • They blame themselves for their weight and judge themselves as inferior and deserving of societal stigma.

  • The mindset shift needs to change to feeling deserving and worthy of the pay you desire.

  • The bailout crybabies of Goldman Sachs, JP Morgan Chase, Wells Fargo, and all the rest are easy targets—and deserving ones, too.

  • Golden Age-of-TV evangelists prate on about which glorified soap operas are most deserving of our rapt attention.

  • A creature deserving of pity and a medical diagnosis that will grant them a special status in society.

  • The Medal of Honor has been awarded only 13 times in more than a decade of conflict while deserving recipients are passed over.

  • There have been too many deserving candidates for it to be any other way.

  • All this will, doubtless, throw a number of deserving persons out of employ.

  • But it is at least deserving of notice, that the very few apparent exceptions to this rule evidently tend to confirm it.

  • Colchester is an interesting town, deserving of much longer time than we were able to stay.

  • Lewis Hayden, of Boston, is well deserving a place among the examples of character here given.

  • She did so many things deserving punishment that the teacher was often perplexed to know what course to take with her.

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