deserving reward or praise 应受奖赏的;值得称赞的 a medal for meritorious conduct. 功勋奖章。 ■(Law, chiefly N. Amer.)(of an action or claim) likely to succeed on the merits of the case (律主北美)(诉讼,要求)可能成功的
派生 meritoriously adverb meritoriousness noun 语源
late Middle English (in the sense 'entitling a person to reward'): from late Latin meritorius (from merit- 'earned', from the verb mereri) + -ous