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 ['
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m ['
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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 .]
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By many benefits and demerits whereby they obliged their adherents , [
they ]
acquired this reputation .
--
Holland .
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2 .
That which deserves blame ;
ill desert ;
a fault ;
a vice ;
misconduct ; --
the opposite of {
merit }.
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They see no merit or demerit in any man or any action . --
Burke .
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Secure ,
unless forfeited by any demerit or offense .
--
Sir W .
Temple .
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3 .
The state of one who deserves ill .
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Demerit \
De *
mer "
it \,
v .
t . [
Cf .
F .
d ['
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m ['
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riter to deserve ill .
See {
Demerit },
n .]
1 .
To deserve ; --
said in reference to both praise and blame .
[
Obs .]
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If I have demerited any love or thanks . --
Udall .
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Executed as a traitor . . .
as he well demerited .
--
State Trials (
1645 ).
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2 .
To depreciate or cry down . [
R .] --
Bp .
Woolton .
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Demerit \
De *
mer "
it \,
v .
i .
To deserve praise or blame .
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