1.缺点,短处;过失
2.(学校的)记过
1.a mark or record that shows someone has done something wrong
2.a fault or other bad quality
1.In one of the cases, two doctors were given demerits for delaying the transfer of a patient with a fever to a larger hospital.
其中有两名医生由于延误发烧病人转到大医院去治疗而被记过。
2.Drivers who accumulate 15 or more demerits in two years can lose their licences for up to three months.
司机累积扣分达十五分就会被吊销牌照三个月。
3.To be a monastic out of ignoble reasons creates demerits and is unwise!
如果想出家是出于不光彩的原因，则只会生成过错，而且是不明智的！
4.The paper studied the bottom structure of two classical two combination gas lift systems and compared the merits & demerits of them.
本文分析了两种典型的组合举升系统井下结构及其优缺点。
5.You are the only person who just embrace all her demerits completely and never complain in the world.
你们是这个世界上唯一接受她所有缺点却从不抱怨的人。
6.Merits and demerits of each type as well as judgment, prevention and treatment of common production accidents are listed.
并列举了其各自的优缺点，以及常见生产事故的判断、预防与处理。
7.Essentially, give the reader a sense of what's going on, try and give its merits and demerits.
很根本上说，他们要让读者明白书的大致内容，试着列举出书中的优缺点。
8.The merits and demerits of this system were discussed and its vast application prospects were proposed.
在此基础上，讨论了该系统的优点与不足，指出了其广阔的应用前景。
9.The merits and demerits of the two translated versions of the work are also explored with the hope to improve the quality of translation.
在此过程中，本文作者还探讨了两个汉译本中的优点和缺点以期提高翻译质量。
10.In connection with the merits and demerits of the desuperheater, a brief presentation is given of the present status of its use.
结合蒸汽雾化式减温器的优缺点，简要介绍了蒸汽雾化式减温器的应用现状。