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merits

US // (ˈmɛrɪts) //

好处,优点,功绩,好处是

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Definitions

  1. 1
    • : the actual and intrinsic rights and wrongs of an issue, esp in a law case, as distinct from extraneous matters and technicalities
    • : on its merits on the intrinsic qualities or virtues

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Examples

  • So, the arrival of a foreign journalist in Belgika merits a town meeting.

  • The government has blocked every opportunity to challenge this case on its merits.

  • He criticized rather than praised the merits of powerful government, but he did so with unequivocal certainty.

  • U.S. schools will receive funding and “customers” regardless of their merits (or lack thereof).

  • I could bring concepts to her and have them considered on their merits.

  • He must trust to his human merits, and not miracles, for his Sonship is of no value in this conflict.

  • Monotheism is strictly inconsistent with the supremacy of “merits” which is the very soul of Oriental religion.

  • It was wise in him to do so, and thus to draw men's thoughts from Planner's faults to his own unquestioned merits.

  • It still, I am glad to hear, runs an honorable and profitable course, which its merits well deserve.

  • The Act of 1896 was one of considerable importance to British Railways and, therefore, merits a few words.