The plan is entirely without merit.

这个计划毫无价值。

The case does not merit further investigation.

这个案子不值得进一步调查。

The argument seemed to have considerable merit.

这个论点似乎有相当大的价值。

Surely such weighty matters merit a higher level of debate?

这样重要的事情值得进行更高级别的讨论吧？

"It's of no great literary merit," he said, almost apologetically.

“它不具有重要的文学价值，”他几乎抱歉地说道。

History affords us lessons that merit attention.

历史给我们提供了值得注意的借鉴。

Sell nothing that has unique artistic merit or scientific value.

不要出售任何具有独特艺术价值或科学价值的东西。

One school attributes English's great success to the sheer weight of its merit.

有一所学校把英语的巨大成功完全归功于它的优点。

Unfortunately the long-term costs of using simple quantitative metrics to assess researcher merit are likely to be quite great.

不幸的是，使用简单的定量指标来评估研究人员的价值的长期成本可能是相当大的。

Unfortunately, the long-term costs of using simple quantitative metrics to assess researcher merit are likely to be quite great.

不幸的是，使用简单的量化指标来评估研究人员价值，其长期成本可能会相当大。

I want to get the job on merit.

我要凭才能得到这份工作。

Selection is based solely on merit.

选拔唯贤。

Should promotion be based on merit or seniority?

提拔一个人应当看业绩，还是看资历？

He said he had done nothing wrong to merit a criminal investigation.

他说他没有做错任何事，不应该受到刑事调查。

Wang's courage won him several honors, including a National May Day Labor Medal and 11 Citations of Merit.

王的勇气为他赢得了许多荣誉，包括一枚全国五一劳动奖章和11项嘉奖。

Queen Victoria wrote her a letter to say thanks, She was given the honor—Order of Merit, becoming the first woman to receive it.

维多利亚女王给她写了一封信表示感谢，她被授予荣誉勋章——功绩勋章，成为第一个获得该勋章的女性。

At the same time, it would expand its 28-year-old merit program.

与此同时，它还将扩大它的已有28年历史的奖励项目。

I jumped the highest; but in this world merit seldom meets its reward.

我跳得最高；但在这个世界上，功劳难得有回报。

As tuitions continue to increase, the line between merit and need blurs.

随着学费的不断增加，给予嘉奖和满足需要之间的界线越来越模糊。

That's one reason Allegheny College doesn't plan to drop merit aid entirely.

这也是阿勒格尼学院不打算完全取消奖学金的原因之一。

And, as tuitions continue to increase, the line between merit and need blurs.

而且，随着学费的不断增加，给予嘉奖和满足需要之间的界线越来越模糊。

Artistic merit scholarships require that applicants excel in a given artistic area.

艺术奖学金要求申请者在某一特定艺术领域有突出表现。

Now, Hamilton College in Clinton, N.Y., says it will phase out merit scholarships altogether.

现在，纽约州克林顿市的汉密尔顿学院表示将逐步取消所有的奖学金。

"We're playing the merit game," acknowledges Tom Lancaster, associate dean for undergraduate education.

“我们在玩比谁更优异的游戏。”负责本科教育的副院长汤姆·兰卡斯特承认道。

To earn a Plant Science merit badge, a scout can choose between agronomy, horticulture, or field botany.

要获得植物科学奖章，侦察员可以在农学、园艺学或野外植物学之间进行选择。

"Board members of public companies should be chosen solely on the basis of merit and experience," he says.

“上市公司的董事会成员应该完全根据业绩和经验来挑选。”他说。

Not all colleges offer merit aid; generally, the more selective a school is, the less likely it is to do so.

不是所有的大学都会提供奖学金；一般来说，越挑剔的学校越不可能这样做。

Studies show merit aid also tends to benefit disproportionately students who could afford to enroll without it.

研究表明，绝大部分奖学金也逐渐流入那些没有奖学金也有能力支付学费的学生囊中。

In social sciences, this is known as examining "near misses" and "narrow wins" in areas where merit is subjective.

在社会科学中，人们称之为在主观评价的领域考察“侥幸”和“险胜”现象。

Between 1995-96 and 2003-04, institutional merit aid alone increased 212%, compared with 47% for need-based grants.

在1995-96年到2003-04年间，仅机构绩效奖学金一项就增长了212%，而基于需求的奖学金增长了47%。