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deserve verb deserve ♦︎ earn ♦︎ meritThese words are all used when it is right that sb/sth should have sth, because of the way they have behaved or because of what they are. 这些词均表示应该得到。PATTERNS AND COLLOCATIONS 句型和搭配◆to deserve / earn a rest / drink◆to deserve / merit a mention◆to deserve / merit attention / consideration / recognition◆to really / certainly deserve / earn / merit sth◆to hardly deserve / merit sth■ deserve [transitive] (not used in the progressive tenses 不用于进行时) if sb/sth deserves sth, it is right that they should have it, because of the way they have behaved or because of what they are 应得；值得；应受◆You deserve a rest after all that hard work.你辛苦劳累了那么久，该休息一下了。◆The report deserves careful consideration.这份报告值得认真考虑。◆What have I done to deserve this (= this bad treatment)?我做错了什么，竟这样对我？◆They didn't deserve to win (= they did not play well enough).他们不该赢。◆He deserves to be locked up for ever for what he did.他做了这种事就应该终身监禁。 see also undeserved ⇨ unjustified ▸ sb's deserts idiom ◆The family of the victim said that the killer had got his just deserts when he was jailed for life.受害人家属说，那杀人犯被终身监禁是罪有应得。ⓘ Sb's (just) deserts are usually sth unpleasant that they deserve because of sth bad that they have done. * sb's (just) deserts通常指某人因做了坏事而应该受到的惩罚。■ earn [transitive] (used especially in the perfect tenses 尤用于完成时) to deserve sth pleasant because of sth good that you have done 赢得；博得；应得◆I need a drink. I think I've earned it, don't you?我需要喝杯酒。我觉得这是我应得的，你说是不是？◆She's having a well-earned rest this week.她本周休假，这是完全应该的。NOTE 辨析 Deserve or earn? Deserve can be used to talk about either sth pleasant sb should have for doing sth good, or a punishment sb should have for doing sth bad. Earn is only used to talk about sth pleasant you should have for doing sth good. Note that you say that sb deserves sth, but that they have earned it. * deserve既可指某人因做了好事而应得到好的待遇，也可指因做了坏事而应受惩罚；earn则仅指因做了好事而应得到好的待遇。注意要说sb deserve sth，但说sb has earned sth。■ merit / /ˈmerɪt/ / [transitive] (not used in the progressive tenses 不用于进行时) (formal) to deserve praise or attention 应得（赞赏）；值得（注意）◆He claims that their success was not merited.他声称他们不应该获得成功。◆The case does not merit further investigation.这个案子不值得进一步调查。ⓘ Merit is often used to talk about things (rather than people) that deserve attention. * merit的主语常为事物，而不是人。 see also merit ⇨ value noun 1 |