deserves
基本解释
- vt.应受;值得
词源解说
- 13世纪晚期进入英语,直接源自古法语的deservir;最初源自古典拉丁语的deservire:de (完全的) + servire (服务),意为因服务而享受的权力。
用法辨析
- deserve指某人因行为,品行,才干而“应受,应得”,其宾语常是奖赏、批评、惩罚等词,也可指某物因具有某些特点而“值得…”,其宾语常是关注、研究、考虑等词, deserve通常不用于进行体。
- deserve后常跟不定式,也可跟表示被动意义的名词。He deserves to succeed. The old man deserves looking after.
- deserve后可跟名词,但中间不加介词of。He deserves a reward.
- deserving现在分词作形容词时,后面必须要跟介词of。He is deserving of a reward.
- deserve well of和deserve ill of均为习惯用于,两者中的of都不可省略。He deserves well of the people. 他为人民立了功。
- deserve后可跟that从句,从句中用should。Does he deserve that you should treat him like this? 他值得你那样对他吗?
v. (动词)
英汉例句
- He deserves a reward for his efforts.
他积极努力,值得奖赏。 - He deserved to be punished.
他应受惩罚。 - The boy richly deserves whipping.
这孩子活该挨鞭。 - He didn't really deserve she should be so kind to him.
他确实不值得她对他那么好。