n (1)品质，价值，优秀(feature or quality deserving reward or praise)[U]：a man of～有功绩的男子;a woman of～有功绩的妇女;an actor of～功勋演员;She is a person of some～. 她这个人有某些长处。a film/play/painting of (high)～(很)有价值的影片/剧目/油画;a number of works of (high)～许多(很)值得称道的作品;There is no/little/some/a lot of/great～in his work.他的工作没有/几乎没有/有一些/有很多/大有值得表扬之处。I don't think there's much～in its argument.我认为该论据没什么价值。What～is there in telling me about them?告诉我这些有什么意义? a certificate of～奖状;a～badge/award 奖章/优秀奖;〖同〗 value，virtue;〖反〗fault，defect;

(2)功(成)绩优点;长处(fact，action，or quality deserving reward or praise)[C，通常pl]：～s and faults优缺点;The～s of drinking tea/using the computer are quite obvious.喝茶/使用计算机的好处显而易见。Your speech certainly has its～(of being short).你的讲话当然有(简洁的)优点。treat sb according to his～s 按某人的情况对待某人;assess the application/consider the applicant's case/decide sb's claim on its own～s 根据其(本身)情况，评价每一份申请/考虑每个申请人/决定某人的要求;The case will be judged on the～s alone. 这案件只按其事实裁定。

vt(1)值得;应受(deserve，have a right to praise，criticism，etc)[T+n](fml)：The book～s careful study.这本书值得仔细研究。The plan～s serious consideration.这个计划值得认真考虑。The experiment～s close examination. 这项实验值得密切观察。The news～s good celebration. 这个消息值得好好庆祝。It was not important enough to～a special discussion.此事不太重要，无须专门讨论。～punishment/disgrace/promotion/such a reward/all the praise应得到惩罚/蒙受耻辱/应得到晋升/应得到这样的报酬/确实值得赞扬;〖同〗deserve，earn;

→meri′torious adj 值得称赞的，有功的