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demerit 音標拼音: [dim'ɛrət] n. 缺點,短處,過失 缺點,短處,過失 demerit n 1: a mark against a person for misconduct or failure; usually given in school or armed forces; " ten demerits and he loses his privileges" 2: the quality of being inadequate or falling short of perfection; " they discussed the merits and demerits of her novel"; " he knew his own faults much better than she did" [ synonym: { demerit}, { fault}] [ ant: { merit}, { virtue}] Demerit \ De* mer" it\, n. [ F. d[' e] m[' e] rite demerit ( in sense 2), OF. demerite demerit ( in sense 1), fr. L. demerere to deserve well, LL., to deserve well or ill; de- merere to deserve. See { De}-, and { Merit}.] 1. That which one merits or deserves, either of good or ill; desert. [ Obs.] [ 1913 Webster] By many benefits and demerits whereby they obliged their adherents, [ they] acquired this reputation. -- Holland. [ 1913 Webster] 2. That which deserves blame; ill desert; a fault; a vice; misconduct; -- the opposite of { merit}. [ 1913 Webster] They see no merit or demerit in any man or any action. -- Burke. [ 1913 Webster] Secure, unless forfeited by any demerit or offense. -- Sir W. Temple. [ 1913 Webster] 3. The state of one who deserves ill. [ 1913 Webster]
Demerit \ De* mer" it\, v. t. [ Cf. F. d[' e] m[' e] riter to deserve ill. See { Demerit}, n.] 1. To deserve; -- said in reference to both praise and blame. [ Obs.] [ 1913 Webster] If I have demerited any love or thanks. -- Udall. [ 1913 Webster] Executed as a traitor . . . as he well demerited. -- State Trials ( 1645). [ 1913 Webster] 2. To depreciate or cry down. [ R.] -- Bp. Woolton. [ 1913 Webster]
Demerit \ De* mer" it\, v. i. To deserve praise or blame. [ 1913 Webster]
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