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

• The traditional research methods& model testing method and the empirical formula method, have the demerit of cost high, and speed slow, applicable range small and data unreliable.
  传统的研究方法&模型试验法和经验公式法分别具有成本高、速度慢和适用范围小，数据不可靠等缺点。
• Whoever violates the school regulations will be given a demerit.
  违反校规者将给予记过处分。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• This demerit has been overcome due to the appearance of switched Ethernet.
  交换式以太网的出现使这一问题得到了改善。
• This paper analyzed the merit and demerit of existing disassembly program methods by summarizing the research fruits of scholar in the country and world.
  本文通过总结国内外研究学者的研究成果和新的研究进展，分析了现有的拆卸规划方法的优缺点。
• 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；
• 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
• The new system has a hundred merits and not a single demerit.
  新制度有百利而无一害。