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| 1 | C usually plural an advantage or good quality that something has 长处；优点；良好品质 |
| I can see very little merit in this approach. 我看不出这种方法有什么可称道之处。 |
| +of Viktor and Katya were arguing the merits of independence as I sat down. 我坐下时维克多和卡塔娅正在争论独立的好处。 |
| To me, one of the great merits of the book is its attention to detail. 对我来说，注重细节是这本书的一大优点。 |
| | 1a | U the good qualities of something that make you admire it or think it is valuable 价值 | | He’ s not a great writer, though his work does have some literary merit. 尽管他的作品的确有一些文学价值，但他还算不上一个伟大的作家。 | | The argument isn’ t without merit. 这场争辩不是没有价值的。 | | be of merit Their ideas are of some merit but there are better ways. 他们的想法有一些价值，但是有更好的方法。 | |
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| 2 | C a mark that a school student gets as a reward for good work or behaviour （学校对学业或表现优异学生的评分）优，优秀 |
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| - | on (sb’ s/sth’ s) merit
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| according only to how good someone or something is , not for any other reason |
| 根据（某人/某物的）品质 |
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| The successful candidate will be chosen on merit alone. 将单凭人品来挑选成功的候选人。 |
| judge sb/sth on their own merits We should judge her on her own merits rather than on her father’ s position in the company. 我们应该根据她自身的品质而不是根据她父亲在公司的地位来判断她。 |
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