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the quality of being good and of deserving praise or reward 优点；美德；价值 a work of outstanding artistic merit 具有杰出艺术价值的作品 - without merit
The plan is entirely without merit. 这个计划毫无价值。 - on merit
I want to get the job on merit. 我要凭才能得到这份工作。 He was awarded a certificate of merit for his piano playing. 他因钢琴演奏获得了一张奖状。
Extra ExamplesFilms are given a rating of one to five stars according to merit. 电影根据优劣评为一到五星等。 I can see no merit in excluding the child from school. 我看不出开除这个孩子的学籍有什么好处。 Prizes are awarded entirely on merit. 奖项完全根据表现来颁发。 She proved her merit as a serious actress. 她证明了自己作为一名严肃演员的价值。 She was elected on personal merit. 她靠自己的才能当选了。 The winners are ranked in order of merit. 获胜者按照成绩排序。 There is lots of merit to the idea. 这个想法有许多优点。 There is some merit in his argument. 他的论据中有些可取之处。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- considerable
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a good feature that deserves praise or reward 值得赞扬（或奖励、钦佩）的特点；功绩；长处 We will consider each case on its (own) merits (= without considering any other issues, feelings, etc.). 我们将根据每件事情本身的情况来考虑。 They weighed up the relative merits of the four candidates. 他们对四名候选人各自的优点作了比较。
Extra ExamplesI began to question the merits of these new technologies. 我开始质疑这些新技术的优点。 We need to assess the merits of both proposals before making our decision. 作出决定之前，我们需要对两个提案的优缺点进行评估。 Whatever the artist's individual merits, he really can't compete with the great painters. 无论艺术家个人的功绩如何，他真的比不上伟大的画家。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- considerable
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- [countable] (British English)
a grade in an exam or for a piece of work at school or university that is very good （学校考试或作业的）良好 Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- considerable
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a special mark or award given as a reward for good behaviour at school （在校操行好而获得的）良好 Other schools already have merit systems in place that reward good behaviour and attitudes. 其他学校已经建立了奖励良好行为和态度的奖励制度。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- considerable
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Word OriginMiddle English (originally in the sense ‘deserved reward or punishment’): via Old French from Latin meritum ‘due reward’, from mereri ‘earn, deserve’.