a feature or fact deserving censure 缺点,过失 the merits and demerits of these proposals. 这些建议的优缺点。
(N. Amer.)a mark awarded against someone for a fault or offence (北美)记过
派生 demeritorious [-ˈtɔːrɪəs] adjective 语源
late Middle English (also in the sense 'merit'): from Old French desmerite or Latin demeritum 'something deserved', neuter past participle of demereri, from de- 'thoroughly' (亦作 understood in medieval Latin as denoting reversal) + mereri 'to merit'