What is immodesty in the Eastern ethics has thus become an advantage in reality. So there is some merit in the Western way one can hardly survive, let alone thrive, without highlighting one's own achievements and potentials

在东方人看来是不谦虚的作法,从现实结果看,西方的作风是占优势,不突出自己的成就,就不能生存,也不能发挥本身的才华。

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On the wall of the parlor was splashed his certificate of merit

在客厅的墙上高悬着他的奖状。

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I may claim the merit of having originated the suggestion that the will should be looked for in the box

在箱子里找遗嘱,是我提议的;这一点,我可以自居首功。

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A store having the merit of being open late.

这个商店的优点是很晚才打烊

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The man had some merit , but much unconscionable evil in him

这家伙是有些长处的,但是也有着不少丧天害理的地方。

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That is, the chief criminals shall be punished without fail, those who are accomplices under duress shall go unpunished and those who perform deeds of merit shall be rewarded

这就是首恶者必办,胁从者不问,立功者受奖。

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These include the International Trade Commission, the Board of Contract Appeals, the Patent and Trademark Office, and the Merit Systems Protection Board.

这些法院是国际贸易委员会,合同上诉局,专利及商标办公室,及功绩制保护局。

属类：时事政治-美国政治-联邦政府

The contention is without merit .

这一论点没有法律依据。

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The practice is remarkably widespread, reaching almost all but the 30 or so ivy and other elite colleges that ban merit -based financial aid

这种做法极其普遍,除了禁止依据成绩颁发补助金的约30所常青藤名牌大学和另一些精英大学之外,其他学校都实行了这一做法。

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As a top manager, he should appoint none but people on their merit .

作为一位总经理,他应该任人为贤。

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