Word of the Day：January 13, 2022

meritorious

值得赞扬的

adjective [?mer??t?ri?s]

What It Means

Meritorious means &34;deserving of honor or esteem.&34;

Meritorious 的意思是“有荣耀的或值得尊敬的。

MERITORIOUS in Context

At the gathering, the company&39;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。

&34;It&39;s no secret that these companies have a lot on the line here. They&39;re well resourced, and they&39;re going to marshal every argument that they have, meritorious or meritless.&34; — Lina Khan, quoted in The New York Magazine, 27 Oct. 2021

Did You Know?

People who demonstrate meritorious behavior certainly &34;earn&34; our respect, and you can use that fact to remember that meritorious comes from the Latin verb merēre, which means &34;to earn.&34; Nowadays, the rewards earned for meritorious acts are likely to be of an immaterial nature: gratitude, admiration, praise, etc. But that wasn&39;t always so. The history of meritorious recalls a reward more concrete in nature: money. In Latin, meritorious literally means &34;bringing in money.&34;

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 &34;g&34; means &34;to earn (an amount of money) before taxes, expenses, etc., are taken away&34;?

gross