demerit

英 [diːˈmerɪt]

美 [diːˈmerɪt]

n.  过失; 缺点; 短处; (学校给学生记的)过失分

复数：demerits　

IELTSTEM8

BNC.36436 / COCA.29765

牛津词典

noun

• 过失；缺点；短处
  a fault in sth or a disadvantage of sth
  1. the merits and demerits of the scheme
     这个方案的优缺点
• （学校给学生记的）过失分
  a mark on sb's school record showing that they have done sth wrong
  1. You'll get three demerits if you're caught smoking on school grounds.
     在校内抽烟一经发现将被记过失分三分。

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 过失;缺点
  Thedemerits ofsomething or someone are their faults or disadvantages.
  1. ...articles debating the merits and demerits of the three candidates.
     就 3 位候选人的优缺点进行辩论的文章

英英释义

noun

• the quality of being inadequate or falling short of perfection
  1. they discussed the merits and demerits of her novel
  2. he knew his own faults much better than she did
  Synonym:fault
• a mark against a person for misconduct or failure
  1. ten demerits and he loses his privileges

双语例句

• Demerit point system [ licensed food premises] He takes the cake for chutzpah!
  违例扣分制度〔持牌食肆〕他的放肆真是超人一等。
• What do you think about your merit and demerit?
  你认为你有哪些优点、缺点？
• Experiences of pleasure and of pain are the fruits of merit and demerit, respectively.
  喜乐和痛苦的经验分别是善行和恶行的结果。
• This article analyses in more detail several important theories which decide the ex-change rate, pointing out that each has its merit and demerit.
  本文对决定汇率的几种重要的理论进行了较为详细的分析，指出每种理论的优点和缺陷；
• This article analyses the demerit of the traditional financial management under network economy and comes up with some new views about the contents of the financial management innovation and solutions to realize the innovation.
  本文剖析了网络经济下传统财务管理的弊端，并就财务管理创新的内容和实现对策提出了新的见解。
• The paper analyzes the demerit of conventional reliability evaluation method of function substitute model ( FSM).
  针对功能替代模型的定义，分析了原有的可靠性评估方法存在的不足。
• Aurum ( Au) and Platinum ( Pt) doping techniques are widely used to fabricate the fast recovery diodes ( FRD), and both of them have merit and demerit.
  掺金和掺铂技术被广泛地应用于制造快恢复二极管中，这两种技术各具优缺点。
• Finally, we dissect the merit and demerit and applicability of existing regressive analysis methods by analyzing the practical seismic problems.
  通过对实际地震问题分析，剖析了现有回归分析方法的优缺点和适用条件。
• Merit and demerit analysis of measurement and payment mode in Guangzhou metro construction
  广州地铁建设计量支付方式利弊分析
• The review focused on the merit and demerit, developments prospect in the treatment of effluent.
  着重介绍了各种方法的优缺点和进展。