4PHRASE 根据事物本身的情况(来评价) If you judge something or someone on merit or on their merits, your judgment is based on what you notice when you consider them, rather than on things that you know about them from other sources. 根据事物本身的情况(来评价)
Everybody is selected on merit.
每个人都是凭个人才能入选的。
Each case is judged on its merits.
每个案件都是按照案件本身的特点判定的。
Quotations
What is merit? The opinion one man entertains of anotherLord Palmerston
ADJECTIVE | VERB + MERIT | MERIT + NOUN | PREPOSITION | PHRASESADJECTIVE➤considerable, exceptional, great, outstanding相當大的/突出的/極大的/顯著的優點▸➤actual, real, true真正的優點◇a lawsuit that lacked any real merit毫無是處的訴訟➤intrinsic固有的優點➤obvious明顯的優點▸➤comparative, relative相對的/比較而言的優點◇We need to consider the relative merits of both makes of dishwasher.我們需要權衡兩種品牌洗碗機相比較而言的優點。➤dubious, questionable可疑的/不確定的優點▸➤individual個體的情況◇Each case should be judged on its individual merits.每一個案都應該依據其自身的是非曲直去判斷。➤personal個人優點◇She was elected on personal merit.她靠自己的才能當選了。➤academic, aesthetic, architectural, artistic, intellectual, legal, literary, musical, scientific, technical學術/美學/建築/藝術/知識/法律/文學/音樂/科學/技術價值◇The movie has no artistic merit whatsoever.這部電影毫無藝術價值。VERB + MERIT➤have有優點;有價值▸➤argue, assess, compare, consider, debate, determine, discuss, evaluate, examine, judge, weigh, weigh up (especially BrE) 辯論優劣;評估優缺點;比較優劣;考慮優缺點;確定優劣;討論優缺點;判斷價值;權衡優劣◇We need to assess the merits of both proposals before making our decision.作出決定之前,我們需要對兩個提案的優缺點進行評估。➤question質疑價值◇I began to question the merits of these new technologies.我開始質疑這些新技術的優點。➤lack缺乏優點◇The play lacked artistic merit.該劇缺乏藝術價值。➤prove證明價值◇She proved her merit as a serious actress.她證明了自己作為一名嚴肅演員的價值。➤acknowledge, appreciate, recognize, see承認/讚賞/認可/看到優點◇She saw the merit in this arrangement.她看到了這種安排的優點。➤find發現優點◇I find no merit at all in any of the arguments.我發現這些爭辯毫無意義。MERIT + NOUN➤award優秀獎◇She received a merit award for outstanding work.她因為工作表現突出獲得了優秀獎。➤badge獎章➤pay (NAmE) 獎金➤increase, raise (both NAmE) 績效加薪◇decisions on merit raises and promotions關於績效加薪和晉升的決定➤scholarship (NAmE) 優秀獎學金➤system (especially NAmE) 獎勵制度◇Other schools already have merit systems in place that reward good work.其他學校已經建立了獎勵學習優秀者的獎勵制度。PREPOSITION➤according to merit根據優劣◇Movies are given a rating of one to five stars according to merit.影片根據優劣按一到五星評級。➤on merit基於優劣◇Prizes are awarded entirely on merit.獎項完全根據表現來頒發。➤merit in⋯中的優點◇There is some merit in his argument.他的論據中有些可取之處。➤merit to⋯的優點◇There is lots of merit to the idea.這個想法有許多優點。PHRASES➤no merit in sth/doing sth⋯沒有優點;做⋯沒有好處◇I can see no merit in excluding the child from school.我看不出開除這個孩子的學籍有什麼好處。◇I found no artistic merit in this film.我沒發現這部影片有任何藝術價值。➤order of merit (BrE) 按成績排列的順序◇The winners are ranked in order of merit.獲勝者按照成績排序。merit
verb
ADVERB➤certainly, clearly當然應受⋯;顯然值得⋯▸➤barely, hardly幾乎不值得⋯◇The question hardly merits an answer.這個問題簡直不值得回答。