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

• For the punishment provided by the previous paragraph, three reprimands are equal to one demerit, while three demerits have been given, the seafarer service book shall be withdrawn for three months.
  前项处分，处申诫三次相当记过一次；记过三次者，收回船员服务手册三个月。
• 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。
• 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。
• The Five Tools and Its Merit and Demerit for the Secondary Developing AutoCAD
  AutoCAD五种二次开发工具及其优缺点
• And that's a demerit for your un-tucked blouse.
  你敞开的上衣实在太不入眼了。
• After analysis on the merit and demerit of the two guidelines, the article introduces the specific method of adjusting the transfer price.
  本章对这两种指导原则的优缺点进行分析后，介绍了调整转移定价的具体方法。
• The joint venture company has the right to give warning, record a demerit and reduce salary against those staff and workers who violate the rules and regulations and labor disciplines of the joint venture company.
  合营公司有权对违犯合营公司的规章制度和劳动纪律的职工，给予警告、记过、降薪的处分。
• The new system has a hundred merits and not a single demerit.
  新制度有百利而无一害。
• This system was fit for almost every campus network. After analyzing and comparing each merit and demerit and the application area of them of correlation technology, this system use the methods of Case-based reasoning to diagnosis faults.
  在分析和对比了常用的告警关联技术各自优缺点和适合的应用领域后，本系统采用基于案例的推理方法进行故障诊断。