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merited

/mer-it/US // ˈmɛr ɪt //UK // (ˈmɛrɪt) //

值得的,值得一提的是,有功,值得

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : claim to respect and praise; excellence; worth.
    • : something that deserves or justifies a reward or commendation; a commendable quality, act, etc.: The book's only merit is its sincerity.
    • : merits, the inherent rights and wrongs of a matter, as a lawsuit, unobscured by procedural details, technicalities, personal feelings, etc.: The case will be decided on its merits alone.
    • : Often merits. the state or fact of deserving; desert: to treat people according to their merits.
    • : Roman Catholic Church. worthiness of spiritual reward, acquired by righteous acts made under the influence of grace.
    • : Obsolete. something that is deserved, whether good or bad.
v.有主动词 verb
  1. 1
    • : to be worthy of; deserve.
v.无主动词 verb
  1. 1
    • : Chiefly Theology. to acquire merit.
adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : based on merit: a merit raise of $25 a week.

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Examples

  • Wasielewski said about 20 teams asked about Wright — his 6-foot-2, 215-pound frame alone merited interest — but numbers and highlights weren’t enough.

  • The data also suggests that China has a fairly broad definition of which populations merit “emergency-use” immunizations.

  • With some reservations, Pauli saw merit in Jung’s expanded definition.

  • Google did not achieve its position on any such market by competing on the merits.

  • A lawsuit filed in the Michigan courts by the campaign last week was dismissed by a state Court of Claims judge who said the suit lacked merit.

  • And there were enough of them in Soviet times that they merited their own shout-out?

  • Whatever fulsome cliché of brilliance you want to attach to Hoffman is merited.

  • In the Western media, the Chea and Samphan trials have barely merited a mention.

  • No word on if this outrageous sum, which Stewart raised for Hurricane Sandy relief, merited a smile from the famously surly star.

  • Freedom House found that the new developments merited just a one point increase.

  • Naturally, the picture was not perfect, but it well merited the flattering reception which it received.

  • How well they have merited that Degree of Confidence is left to the impartial World to determine.

  • Half an inch taller than Kerry, she fully merited the compliment designed by that trite apothegm, "a fine woman."

  • This event gave Grace Darling the notoriety which her noble conduct so well merited.

  • This unheard-of despotism, this horrible political perjury, was certainly not merited by the good and generous Brazil.