1·What we consider "merit" is the result of education, and greater education requires greater income.
我们所认为的“功绩”是教育的结果，并且更高一级的教育要求有更好的收入。
2·He bitterly alleges — with some merit, given his background — that the world has done him wrong, which gives him the right to do the world wrong.
他犀利地辩解——评论他的功绩——介绍他的背景——世界这样对待他是错误的，他有权力纠正这错误。
3·However, in western society (compared to societal perceptions in eastern cultures I've studied) the idea of individual merit is pushed so hard that teamwork, humility and fairness is often forgotten.
但是，在西方社会里(与我学习过的东方社会的社会理念相比较)，个人功绩一个概念被过分推崇了，以至于团队合作，谦逊，公平都被大家遗忘了。
4·He believed that rank should be based on merit and experience, not on nobility.
他认为军阶应根据功绩和经验而定，而不是凭借出身的高低。
5·He was standing on the basis of former plus personal excellence unremitting efforts, make this a verse in the content and form of double coordinates of the merit, finally categorized will never fade.
他是在前人的基础上再加上个人不懈的努力，使七律这一诗体在内容和形式的双重坐标中终于蔚为大观，其功绩永远不可磨灭。
1·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。
2·The merit of "Working Longer", which focuses on America, is that it grasps this thorny issue.
“长时工作”的优点针对于美国社会就是它抓住了这一棘手问题的本质。
3·And although there is no substitute for merit in writing, clarity comes closest to being one.
尽管在写作中，没有什么东西可以称得上优点，但是“清晰”却是一个。
4·The merit of viewing the four as a tetrad rather than selecting only three to form a triangle is that it gives greater prominence to quality.
把这四个变量看成是四元的而不是选出三个组合成三角形，它的优点在于：它给质量上带来了很多显著的帮助。
5·Both of these environments have merit and value, so it is really a matter preference.
这两种环境都各有优点和价值，因此选择哪一种环境只是个人的偏好问题。