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

• And that's a demerit for your un-tucked blouse.
  你敞开的上衣实在太不入眼了。
• Chapter three is mainly about BT project financial analysis and comparison of different ways of financing merit and demerit.
  第三章主要是对BT项目融资的财务分析，并比较不同融资方式下的优缺点。
• 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。
• Comparison of The Principle of Protection of Reliability And The Principle of Good Faith of Administrative Law; After analysis on the merit and demerit of the two guidelines, the article introduces the specific method of adjusting the transfer price.
  行政法信赖保护与诚实信用两原则比较研究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 new system has a hundred merits and not a single demerit.
  新制度有百利而无一害。
• The merit and demerit of virtual endoscopy are pointed out through compared with traditional endoscope, and the perspective of clinical application of virtual endoscopy is expected.
  通过与传统内窥镜进行比较，指出仿真内镜的优点和缺点，并展望仿真内镜的应用前景。
• 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three reprimands are equal to one demerit, while three demerits have been given, the seafarer service book shall be withdrawn for three months.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。
• 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？
• Decisions on administrative sanctions such as warning, demerit recording and major demerit recording may directly be made by the competent land administration departments at a higher level;
  对于警告、记过、记大过的行政处分决定，上级土地行政主管部门可以直接做出；