Merit

(noun.) any admirable quality or attribute; 'work of great merit'.

整理:威廉

• General Canby was an officer of great merit. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U．S．格兰特的个人回忆录.
• Come forward, modest merit! 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
• It cannot promote health nor ease pain; it makes no increase of merit in the person; it creates envy; it hastens misfortune. 本杰明·富兰克林. 富兰克林自传.
• There's no great merit in that, sir, said Mrs. Clements simply. 威尔基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
• Nor, in my opinion, has any man less merit for having, in general, natural virtuous inclinations. 本杰明·富兰克林. 富兰克林自传.
• There was no other merit in this, than my having sense enough to feel my deficiencies. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 远大前程.
• None of the direct affections seem to merit our particular attention, except hope and fear, which we shall here endeavour to account for. 戴维·休谟. 人性论.
• His merits in this respect resemble those of Kepler in astronomy. 李贝. 西洋科学史.
• That was to be expected of a man of his merits. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
• I hate to dwell long on any subject, unless indeed it were the merits of these my most interesting and valuable memoirs! 哈里特·威尔逊. 哈里特·威尔逊回忆录.
• He had been to the Opera, and knew the merits of the principal actors, preferring Mr. Kean to Mr. Kemble. 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷. 名利场.
• If it fails on its merits, he doesn't worry or fret about it, but, on the contrary, regards it as a useful fact learned; remains cheerful and tries something else. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
• The lawyers have twisted it into such a state of bedevilment that the original merits of the case have long disappeared from the face of the earth. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.
• Every Christmas Day, he retorted, as he now retorted, It's no more than your merits. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 远大前程.
• Then they stood on the bank shivering, and so chagrined and so grieved, that they merited holiest compassion. 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.
• Her honest ostentatious nature made the sharing of a merited dishonor as bitter as it could be to any mortal. 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
• But he may have merited it. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
• Excuse me, my Lady, Sir Leicester considerately interposes, but perhaps this may be doing an injury to the young woman which she has not merited. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.
• His complexion was white with agitation, and he looked as if fearful of his reception, and conscious that he merited no kind one. 简·奥斯汀. 理智与情感.
• Paul would not stand any prolonged experience of this sort of dialogue I knew; but he certainly merited a sample of the curt and arid. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 维莱特.
• I should say she merited the distinction. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.

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