Demerit

(noun.) the quality of being inadequate or falling short of perfection; 'they discussed the merits and demerits of her novel'; 'he knew his own faults much better than she did'.

(noun.) a mark against a person for misconduct or failure; usually given in school or armed forces; 'ten demerits and he loses his privileges'.

整理:昆廷

• Now since it is granted there is a delight or uneasiness still attending merit or demerit of every kind, this is all that is requisite for my purpose. 戴维·休谟. 人性论.
• The merit and demerit of actions frequently contradict, and sometimes controul our natural propensities. 戴维·休谟. 人性论.
• Mrs. Norris, whose attachment seemed to augment with the demerits of her niece, would have had her received at home and countenanced by them all. 简·奥斯汀. 曼斯菲尔德庄园.
• I must have been very ill employed, if I could not leave its merits and demerits as a whole, to express themselves on its being read as a whole. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 小杜丽.
• I immediately began to discuss the merits and demerits of Frederick with my usual and abrupt frankness. 哈里特·威尔逊. 哈里特·威尔逊回忆录.
• Everything natural, probable, reasonable, was against it; all their habits and ways of thinking, and all her own demerits. 简·奥斯汀. 曼斯菲尔德庄园.

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