deserve
verb[Tnot continuous]
uk/dɪˈzɜːv/us/dɪˈzɝːv/B1
to haveearnedor to be given something because of the way you havebehavedor thequalitiesyou have:
值得;应得After all that hardwork, you deserve aholiday.干了那么多活儿,你该休假了。
Chris deservesourspecialthanksfor all hisefforts.我们应该特别感谢克里斯所付出的心血。
Ihopethey get thepunishmentthey deserve.我希望他们受到应有的惩罚。
[+ to infinitive]Theycertainlydeservedtowinthatgame.他们当然应该赢得那场比赛。
- They deservepraisefor alltheirhardwork.
- Theproposalsthat you have putforwarddeserveseriousconsideration.
- Abusinessaspoorlymanagedas that one doesn't deserve tosucceed.
- You shouldtreatthoseremarkswith thecontemptthat they deserve.
- He was a goodstrongleader, she said, who deserved his party'sunreservedsupport.
Deserving and deserved
- birthright
- come
- comeuppance
- deserts
- deserved
- deservedly
- deserving
- getyourjust desertsidiom
- had it coming (toyou)idiom
- hard-earned
- just
- merit
- serve
- undeserved
- undeservedly
- undeserving
- undeservingly
- unmerited
- well earned
- worthy
Idioms
someonedeserves a medal
he/shedeserves whatever/everythinghe/shegets