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demerit

noun
🔊/diːˈmerɪt/
🔊/diːˈmerɪt/
(formal)
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  1. [usually plural] a fault in something or a disadvantage of something过失；缺点；短处
    • the merits and demerits of the scheme这个方案的优缺点
  2. (North American English) a mark on somebody’s school record showing that they have done something wrong（学校给学生记的）过失分
    • 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。🔊🔊
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    3. Word Originlate Middle English (also in the sense ‘merit’): from Old French desmerite or Latin demeritum ‘something deserved’, neuter past participle of demereri, from de- ‘thoroughly’ (also understood in medieval Latin as denoting reversal) + mereri ‘to merit’.