n.优点（merit的复数）；功绩；是非曲直
merils───梅里尔斯
meris───n.(Meris)（美）梅里斯（人名）
merit───n.优点，价值；功绩；功过；vt.值得；vi.应受报答
demerits───过失；缺点
emeritas───adj.（尤指女性从大学）退休后保留头衔的，荣誉退休的；n.荣誉退休的女性；n.(Emerita)（匈）埃梅里塔（人名）
emeritus───adj.（尤指大学教师）退休后保留头衔的，名誉退休的；n.名誉退休者
emerita───adj.（尤指女性从大学）退休后保留头衔的，荣誉退休的；n.荣誉退休的女性；n.(Emerita)（匈）埃梅里塔（人名）
emeriti───荣誉退休者（emeritus的复数形式）
mercats───墨卡茨
They chatted about the relative merits of London and Paris as places to live.───他们闲聊伦敦与巴黎作为居住地各自相对的优点。
I am still not fully persuaded of the plan's merits.───我还不能完全信服这个计划的优点。
I am ready to judge any book on its merits.───我会根据每本书自身的性质来对其进行评判。
The test results indicate that this system has sevearl merits such as simple operation, s security and stability, easy to be extended.───测试结果表明，该系统操作简单、安全可靠、扩展性好。
Whatever the merits of these points, they were not what these characters were saying only a few years ago about bankers or wealth creation.───不管这些观点价值何在，他们不像政客们几年前对银行家和财富创造的评价。
Promoting the merits of a new mortgage-backed debt instrument is not the easiest sell at the moment.───在当前的环境下，对于一种新的有抵押支持债券价值的推销可不是一个容易的买卖。
Politicians give maybe the prime example of the battle between the comparative merits of imagination versus that of experience.───政治家为“想象力和经验谁更占上风”这场争辩提供了最显著的例子。
Now if all that sounds as if I'm simply flogging the ideological merits of the FSUW, well, you're dead right.───如果综上所述，我听起来只是在出售FSUW的意识形态优点，那么你太有才了。
The boys at the top of the form were marked down, as the gap between them and the rest did not reflect their true merits.───该年级名列前茅的几个学生的分数已压低了，因为他们同其他学生之间的分数差距并不反映他们的真正成绩。
TV has its merits and demerits.
Everybody has his merits and faults.
Each man has his merits and demerits.
These so - called merits are often offset by its undesirable effects.
He has his merits.
We will consider each case on its merits .
The merits of the scheme are quite obvious.
You should judge of its merits and faults for yourself.
We need to consider the merits and demerits of the plan.