| 单词 | demerit |
| 释义 | demerit —demeritorious /di mer'i tawr"ee euhs, -tohr"-/, adj. —demeritoriously, adv. /di mer"it/, n. 1. a mark against a person for misconduct or deficiency: If you receive four demerits during a term, you will be expelled from school. 2. the quality of being censurable or punishable; fault; culpability. 3. Obs. merit or desert. [1350-1400; ME ( < OF desmerite) < ML demeritum fault, n. use of neut. ptp. of L demerere to earn, win the favor of (de- taken in ML as privative, hence pejorative). See DE-, MERIT] |
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