merited

英 [ˈmerɪtɪd]

美 [ˈmerɪtɪd]

v.  应得; 值得
merit的过去分词和过去式

GRE

柯林斯词典

• N-UNCOUNT 良好品质;价值
  If something hasmerit, it has good or worthwhile qualities.
  1. The argument seemed to have considerable merit...
     这个论点似乎颇有价值。
  2. Box-office success mattered more than artistic merit...
     票房上的成功比艺术价值更重要。
  3. Your feature has the merit of simply stating what has been achieved.
     你这篇专题文章的可取之处是简明扼要地道出了取得的成就。
• N-PLURAL 优点;长处;优势
  Themeritsof something are its advantages or other good points.
  1. They have been persuaded of the merits of peace.
     他们被劝服，认识到了和平的好处。
  2. ...the technical merits of a film...
     一部电影技术上的长处
  3. It was obvious that, whatever its merits, their work would never be used.
     很明显，无论他们的作品有何优点都永远不会被采用。
• VERB 值得;应受到
  If someone or somethingmeritsa particular action or treatment, they deserve it.
  1. 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。
  2. Such ideas merit careful consideration.
     这样的想法值得斟酌。
• PHRASE 根据事物本身的情况(来评价)
  If you judge something or someoneon meritorontheirmerits, your judgment is based on what you notice when you consider them, rather than on things that you know about them from other sources.
  1. Everybody is selected on merit...
     每个人都是凭个人才能入选的。
  2. 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。

英英释义

adj

• properly deserved
  1. a merited success
  Synonym:deserved

双语例句

• "Between the possibility of being hanged in all innocence, and the certainty of a public and merited disgrace, no gentleman of spirit could long hesitate"( Robert Louis Stevenson).
  “在有可能被无辜绞死和一定要公开并丢脸之间，有灵魂的先生们决不会长久地犹豫不决”（罗伯特·路易斯·斯蒂文森）。
• He gave the project his blessing; his decision merited the approval of any sensible person.
  他的决定得到所有明智人士的认同。
• So he found a mentor within the company who agreed with Mr. Eddleman that his performance and leadership ability merited the promotion.
  因此，他在公司内部找了一名与他意见一致的导师，认为他凭借自身业绩和领导能力理应升职。
• He got what was coming to him. not merited or deserved.
  他受到应得的报应。不应得的或不应当的。
• This "wage premium" reflects the extent to which workers have been able to extract more pay than is merited by their qualifications.
  这一“工资溢价”反映的是工人所获得的薪酬要比其能力所应得的多出多少。
• The crime I'd committed that merited throwing me out of the neighborhood?
  我犯了什么使他们要把我撵走的罪过吗？
• That brave deed merited a better reward.
  这种勇敢的行为应该得到更好的奖赏。
• The accident merited only a small paragraph in the local paper.
  这个意外事件只值得在本地报纸上登一小段。
• Minutes from the March 18 rate-setting meeting noted that several members of the Federal Open Market Committee expected a move to be merited in June given the improved economic outlook.
  3月18日议息会议的会议纪要指出，联邦公开市场委员会（FOMC）几名成员认为，考虑到经济前景已经改善，预计6月份加息举措的时机就会成熟。
• He was literally putting more money into some of the former colonies of the former Soviet empire than the US government, so that merited treating him as someone with a very high impact.
  他在前苏联一些殖民地投入的钱确实比美国政府还多，因此视他为极具影响力的人物是应当的。