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Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary de·serve (de·served ; de·serv·ing) ETYMOLOGY Middle English, from Anglo-French deservir, from Latin deservire to devote oneself to, from de- + servire to serve DATE 13th century transitive verb : to be worthy of : merit deserves another chance intransitive verb : to be worthy, fit, or suitable for some reward or requital have become recognized as they deserve — T. S. Eliot • de·serv·er noun English Etymology deserve late 13c., from O.Fr . deservir, from L. deservire "serve well," from de- "completely" + servire "to serve." From "be entitled to because of good service" (s sense found in L.L.), meaning generalized c.1300 to "be worthy of."http://O.Fr Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary-牛津双解-OALD7 ☞ deserve de·serve / di5zE:v; NAmE di5zE:rv / verb (not used in the progressive tenses 不用于进行时) if sb / sthdeserves sth, it is right that they should have it, because of the way they have behaved or because of what they are 值得；应得；应受 ▪ [VN] You deserve a rest after all that hard work. 辛苦劳累那么久,你该休息一下了。 The report deserves careful consideration. 这报告应该给予认真考虑。 One player in particular deserves a mention. 有一名运动员特别值得表扬。 What have I done to deserve this? 我做了什么事应该得到这种待遇呢？ ▪ [V to inf] They didn't deserve to win. 他们不该赢。 He deserves to be locked up for ever for what he did. 他做了这样的事,应该终身监禁。 ▪ [also V -ing] IDIOMS ▪ sb de7serves a 'medal (informal) used to say that you admire sb because they have done sth difficult or unpleasant (用以夸奖某人完成了艰巨任务)应给某人授勳 ▪ 7get what you de'serve | de7serve all / everything you 'get (informal) used to say that you think sb has earned the bad things that happen to them 罪有应得 ⇨ more at turn n. Oxford Collocations Dictionary for Students of English deserve verb ADV. certainly, really, surely You really deserve a medal! | justly, richly, rightly, truly He finally received the recognition that he so richly deserved. | fully, thoroughly This hotel fully deserves its four-star grading. | hardly, scarcely It's true she made a mistake but she hardly deserves to lose her job. PREP. for She deserves some reward for all her hard work. PHRASES deserve better His work received only a tiny mention in the journal; he deserves better. | well deserved At last she managed to have a well-deserved rest. OLT deserve verb ⇨ deserve Webster's Third New International Dictionary, Unabridged de·serve \də̇zərv, dēˈ-, -zə̄v, -zəiv\ verb (-ed/-ing/-s) Etymology: Middle English deserven, from Old French deservir, from Latin deservire to serve zealously, from de- + servire to serve — more at serve transitive verb 1. a. : to come to be rightfully worthy of, to be fairly entitled to, or to be able to claim rightfully by virtue of actions done or qualities displayed < we have the poetry we deserve, just as we have the painting we deserve — Herbert Read > < rebels deserve no consideration — Kenneth Roberts > < a people indifferent to their civil liberties do not deserve to keep them — W.O.Douglas > also : to be so circumstanced as to undergo as one's just due :have due as requital < a drunken driver deserves to have his driving license suspended > < he deserves to lose because of his unsportsmanlike tactics > b. : to be rightfully qualified (as by excellence, utility, wrongness, or other special character) to have or receive : qualify for on the basis of right or justice < a laboratory that hardly deserved the name > < the question deserves dispassionate consideration — Vera M. Dean > < what crimes deserve the death penalty? > < that his country's new society deserved all his energies — Jay Leyda > < acute and liberating observations which deserve to be widely disseminated — M.R.Cohen > 2. obsolete : to be or prove of service to : benefit 3. : to win by reason of worthy performance or earn by reason of untoward performance < they cannot command prosperity or continuing employment, but they are certainly doing their best to deserve them — Sam Pollock > < I do not know how he had deserved our disrespect — Mary Austin > 4. obsolete : to give in return intransitive verb 1. : to be worthy, fit, suitable for some reward or requital : have acted in a worthy way < that the Tudor translators have become recognized as they deserve — T.S.Eliot > < as one who had deserved well of his country — G.L.Dickinson > 2. obsolete : to be of service Synonyms: earn , merit , rate : deserve may suggest one's being rightfully entitled to reward for actions done or qualities exhibited in particular situations calling for special notice or evaluation < if he [Dr. Johnson] inserts the poems of some who can hardly be said to deserve such an honor — William Cowper > < liberty is easier to win than to deserve, and if it is treated as either a license or a vacuum, the police will come or the walls will fall in — Curtis Bok > < a second point deserves renewed emphasis — Zechariah Chafee > earn may suggest a due reward or recompense according to a systematic or regulated plan of evaluation < since he has not missed any hours of work I suppose that he has earned his salary, but from the caliber of his work I do not think that he deserves it > < advanced work … by men already graduates of theological schools earns the degree of Master or Doctor of Theology — Official Register of Harvard University > More certainly than the others in this set earn suggests previous sustained expenditure of energy, effort, and time < we had earned that right … no group of men can grant other men rights of any kind; they are achieved — H.D.Skidmore > merit may be used in reference to lasting traits, rather than sustained action, more readily than earn < the idle politicos of the country do not merit our trust, but her zealous partisans have earned it > merit highly stresses the fact of worthiness fit for reward or consideration but implies less about the fact of being rewarded than the others of this group < a boost which in a sense it does merit — T.S.Eliot > < if hope's familiar whispers merit faith — William Wordsworth > rate in this sense may stress the idea of being fit or suited for some special reward or consideration in addition to what is officially earned and paid or conferred through rank, status, or connection < important statesmen in the United Sates have usually rated eulogistic titles — E.C.Smith > < not that I rated the governor's suite on my own — Bennett Cerf > |
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