Word of the Day：January 13, 2022
meritorious
值得赞扬的
adjective [ˌmerɪˈtɔriəs]
What It Means
Meritorious means "deserving of honor or esteem."
Meritorious 的意思是“有荣耀的或值得尊敬的。
MERITORIOUS in Context
At the gathering, the company's president expressed his gratitude to employees for their meritorious service.
公司聚会上，总裁对优秀的员工表示感谢。
"It's no secret that these companies have a lot on the line here. They're well resourced, and they're going to marshal every argument that they have, meritorious or meritless." — Lina Khan, quoted in The New York Magazine, 27 Oct. 2021
Did You Know?
People who demonstrate meritorious behavior certainly "earn" our respect, and you can use that fact to remember that meritorious comes from the Latin verb merēre, which means "to earn." Nowadays, the rewards earned for meritorious acts are likely to be of an immaterial nature: gratitude, admiration, praise, etc. But that wasn't always so. The history of meritorious recalls a reward more concrete in nature: money. In Latin, meritorious literally means "bringing in money."
表现优秀的人肯定会“earn「赢得」”我们的尊重，您可以利用它记住 meritorious 来自拉丁动词 merēre，意思是“to earn「赢得」”。 如今，meritorious 获得的奖励很可能是： gratitude「感激」、admiration「钦佩」、praise「赞美」等非物质上的。但并非总是如此这般。Meritorious 的历史让人想起一个更具体的奖励：金钱。 在拉丁语中，meritorious 的字面意思是“bringing in money「带来金钱」”。
Quiz
What 5-letter verb beginning with "g" means "to earn (an amount of money) before taxes, expenses, etc., are taken away"?
gross
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