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However, the demerit is that it can take an awfully long time to reach a consensus the larger the number of people involved.
但是，缺點(diǎn)是為達(dá)成共識，需要花相當(dāng)長的時(shí)間，其中還會(huì)牽涉到相當(dāng)多的人。
Page after page reveals a writer or a novel unread, and therefore a demerit on the great report card of one’s cultural life.
一頁接著一頁揭示出一個(gè)作者或者一本沒有讀過的小說，因此某人的文化生活的偉大的報(bào)告卡上就有了污點(diǎn)。
Rooney will certainly fancy his chances, of course, although DeMerit's work will no doubt be shared by the equally uncompromising US national captain, Carlos Bocanegra, formerly of Fulham.
理所當(dāng)然，魯尼肯定想抓住這個(gè)機(jī)會(huì)，然而德莫雷特毫無疑問會(huì)和同樣堅(jiān)定的美國國家隊(duì)隊(duì)長卡羅斯·博卡內(nèi)格拉,原富勒姆隊(duì)隊(duì)長一起工作。

You will note that both of them insist that the students must know about merit and demerit goods.
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It uses a technique that we call a demerit score based credit scheme.
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Never did either country have gold reserves to back all of the currency they issued, and to this reviewer that was a merit as opposed to a demerit.
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A demerit is a mark against someone, or on someone's record, for having done something bad or wrong.
The demerits of something or someone are their faults or disadvantages.