demerit
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++de·mer·it /diːˈmerɪt/ noun [countable] 1 formalGOOD POINT OR CHARACTERISTIC a bad quality or feature of something 缺点，短处demerit of The merits and demerits (=the good and bad qualities) of this argument have been explored. 对这一论点的优缺点已经作了探讨。2. American EnglishSES a mark showing that a student has behaved badly at school 过失〔学生在校行为不良的记录〕 → merit
Examples from the Corpus
demerit• With the particular merits and demerits of these proposals I am not here directly concerned.• And Lord Hodson was concerned primarily with the substantive merits and demerits of the Bill, not with its legal technicalities.• You get demerits if you miss a meeting or come late to dinner without calling beforehand.• We sort of kept this demerit scoreboard for the last eight years, until we ran out of space.de·mer·it nounChineseSyllable
Corpus a quality bad or of feature
demerit
de‧mer‧it /diːˈmerət, diːˈmerɪt/
noun [countable]
1. formal a bad quality or feature of something
demerit of
The merits and demerits (=the good and bad qualities) of this argument have been explored.
2. American English a mark showing that a student has behaved badly at school ⇨ merit
de‧mer‧it /diːˈmerət, diːˈmerɪt/
noun [countable]1. formal a bad quality or feature of something
demerit of
2. American English a mark showing that a student has behaved badly at school ⇨ merit