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meritorious

/mer-i-tawr-ee-uhs, -tohr-/US // ˌmɛr ɪˈtɔr i əs, -ˈtoʊr- //UK // (ˌmɛrɪˈtɔːrɪəs) //

有功,有功的,有功之臣,有功劳

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Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : deserving praise, reward, esteem, etc.; praiseworthy: to receive a gift for meritorious service.

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Examples

  • As you can imagine, a fair amount of the requests are not meritorious.

  • But highest profile does not mean most judicially meritorious.

  • Ibrahim Kalin, and advisor to Erdogan, spoke of a “meritorious isolation” of the country.

  • The Queen was so impressed that she had a watch inscribed to Miss Eagle for ‘meritorious and extraordinary clairvoyance.’

  • Meritorious promotions are now meritorious if you can believe it,” he said.

  • The reforms that Howard advocates, meritorious as they are, require political support to be enacted.

  • He was created baron Tilbury by Charles I for meritorious services.

  • Economy was his strong point and he observed it in his public and private life with meritorious consistency.

  • What is there so superior or so meritorious in the attitude of a religious man towards God?

  • The voluntary renouncement of earthly goods alone is meritorious before God.

  • Verily this is a meritorious deed, and therefore hast thou been delivered into my hands.