Everybody has his own merits and demerits. One should never think that he is perfect while others are all good for nothing.

每个人都有自己的优点和缺点，不要把别人都看成百无一是，把自己看成十全十美。

Demerits were given to students for late attendance at prayers.

祷告会上迟到的学生被记过了。

You'll get three demerits if you're caught smoking on school grounds.

在校内抽烟一经发现将被记过失分三分。

They should know their merits and demerits and their choices must give play to their strengths whilst circumvent weaknesses.

他们应该知道自己的长处和短处，做出的选择要扬长避短。

That is to say, they should know their merits and demerits and their choices must give play to their strengths whilst circumvent weaknesses.

也就是说，要知道自己的长处和短处，做出的选择要扬长避短。

He already has three demerits on his record.

他已被记过三次。

Each has its own merits and demerits.

它们各有特点，也都存在不足。

They discussed the merits and demerits of her novel.

他们讨论了她的小说的优缺点。

What's more, each college has its merits and demerits.

更重要的是，每个学校都有其优点和缺点。

Both males and females have their merits and demerits.

男性和女性有他们的优点和记过。

You can judge of its merits and demerits for yourself.

你可以自己判断它的优劣。

Many people's philosophy with work is: no merits, no demerits.

许多人的工作理念是：不求有功，但求无过。

We debated for an hour on the merits and demerits of his plan.

我们花了一个小时讨论他的计划的优点和缺点。

However, a 100% mortgage has its share of merits and demerits.

不过，有100%的按揭也有自己的优点和缺点。

Please tell me the merits and demerits of adopting this method.

请告诉我采用这种方法的优缺点。

To be a monastic out of ignoble reasons creates demerits and is unwise!

如果想出家是出于不光彩的原因，则只会生成过错，而且是不明智的！

Ebooks have loads of demerits, especially as they are marketed to libraries.

电子书有很多缺点，特别是被卖给图书馆时。

If you love someone, you must love all about him including merits and demerits.

爱一个人就要爱他的一切，包括优点和缺点。

Researches and modification to the new vibrating screen are made on its demerits.

对新型振网筛使用中存在的结构缺陷进行研究与改进。

Therefore, it is quite clear that second-hand transaction has merits as well as demerits.

因此，现在非常清楚明了看到了二手交易的优缺点。

Eg: Nonetheless, I am still in favor of space travel, for its merits far outweigh demerits.

尽管如此，我还是赞成太空探险，因为它的好处远远大于坏处。

Mike hit the nail on the head in his speech on the demerits of the existing housing policy.

迈克在演讲中，一针见血地指出了当前房屋政策的弊端。

In this essay I will make a tentative analysis of the merits and demerits of modern technologies.

例：在这篇文章中我会试探的分析现代科技的好处和坏处。

The merits, the demerits and application of each method are discussed, and some useful conclusions are given.

讨论了各自的优缺点及其适用范围，得出了若干有益的结论。

Collecting all the merits and demerits prevailing in other cities, it enlarges them, bringing extreme play to them.

它几乎具有别的城市的一切优点和缺点，而且把它们一起放大，推向极致。