demerit

英 [diːˈmerɪt] 美 [diːˈmerɪt]

n. 缺點，短處；過失

[ 複數 demerits ] ^[1] 

柯林斯英漢雙解大詞典

demerit /diːˈmɛrɪt/ TEM4

1.N-COUNT A demerit is a mark against someone, or on someone's record, for having done something bad or wrong. 過失 [美國英語] [正式]

2.N-COUNT The demerits of something or someone are their faults or disadvantages. 缺點 [正式] [usu pl, usu with poss] ^[1] 

merit and demerit 優缺點

record a serious demerit 記大過

Demerit Goods 劣價財 ; 無益品 ; 不名譽財

record a demerit 記過

Demerit Points 過失點數

Major demerit 記大過

sense of merit and demerit 能產生功過感 ^[1] 

1、Give a demerit basically satisfactory. 記過基本上令人滿意。

2、Punishments: Warning, demerit recording and dismissing 處罰分為：警告、記過、辭退三種

3、The amendment has imposed tougher punishment on those who take the demerit points of others. 該修正案對那些替代記分的人施加了更嚴厲的懲罰。 ^[1]