demerit

大学

n. 缺点, 短处, 过失

发音

其它 /dɪˈmɛɹɪt/

词形变化

demerits 复数 demerits demerited demeriting demerits 三单 demeriting 现在分词 demerited 过去式 demerited 过去分词

教材释义与例句

名词

缺点，短处；过失

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A quality of being inadequate; a disadvantage, a fault.

    短处

    缺点

    可数 不可数
  2. 2.

    A mark given for bad conduct to a person attending an educational institution or serving in the army.

    记过

    可数 不可数

    A few of you have followed in the path of the perfect West Point graduate, Robert E. Lee, who never received a single demerit in four years. Some of you followed in the path of the imperfect graduate, Ulysses S. Grant, who had his fair share of demerits, and said the happiest day of his life was "the day I left West Point." (Laughter.)

  3. 3.

    That which one merits or deserves, either of good or ill; desert.

    可数 不可数
v.
  1. 1.

    To deserve.

    古体 及物
  2. 2.

    To depreciate or cry down.

    古体 及物

词汇关系

名词

同义词 1

fault

反义词 1

merit

上位词 5

worth mark brand stain stigma

相关短语

demerit point 扣分 demerit points demerit good demerit goods

词源

From Middle English demerit, demerite, from Old French desmerite (modern French démérite) and its etymon Latin dēmeritum. By surface analysis, de- + merit.

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