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

• To be sure, one might have doubted, after the wayward and impatient existence she had led, whether she merited a haven of peace at last.
  的确，有人可以怀疑，在她度过了任性的、急躁的一生后，到末了她配不配得到和平的安息之处。
• That brave deed merited a better reward.
  这种勇敢的行为应该得到更好的奖赏。
• When the Deepwater Horizon rig exploded in April, killing 11, it did not, at first, attract the attention it merited, probably because we thought it would be swiftly dealt with.
  该公司深水地平线（DeepwaterHorizon）钻井平台4月发生爆炸，导致11人丧生。一开始，这一事故并未引起应有的重视，很大的原因是人们以为问题很快会得到解决。
• This grace cannot be merited; it proceeds solely from the love and mercy of God.
  此宽限期不能功勋，它的收益，因此单从爱与慈悲的上帝。
• Yes, young man, Italy owes to you an undertaking which has merited the applause of the universe.
  是的，年轻人，意大利由于有了你们，得以成就这项寰宇称颂的伟业。
• 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。
• This is reverting back to a position where they want to tell the market it should be pretty much on standby for a change in monetary policy as and when the Fed thinks it is merited.
  此举标志着美联储回到原来的立场，希望告诉市场：市场基本上应当随时准备好迎接货币政策的变化&只要美联储认为改变政策是可取的。
• 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。
• Since then, while the firm remained small, it had achieved a merited reputation for high-quality prescription products.
  从那以后，尽管公司还是小企业，但在制造高质量的处方药品方面已是声誉卓著。
• 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。