deserve

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第三人稱單數:?deserves;過去式:?deserved;過去分詞:?deserved;現在分詞:?deserving;

deserve 應得

de-, 向下，強調。serve, 服務。原指服務所應得的報酬，后詞義通用化。

deserve: deserve: [13] Latin dēservīre meant ‘serve well or enthusiastically’ (it was a compound verb formed from the intensive prefix dē- and servīre ‘serve’). Hence in late Latin it came to mean ‘become entitled to because of meritorious service’, a sense which passed via Old French deservir into English. The more general modern English ‘be worthy of’ developed in the 15th century.
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deserve (v.): early 13c., from Old French deservir (Modern French desservir) "deserve, be worthy of, earn, merit," from Latin deservire "serve well," from de- "completely" (see de-) + servire "to serve" (see serve). From "be entitled to because of good service" (a sense found in Late Latin), meaning generalized c. 1300 to "be worthy of." Related: Deserved; deserving.

1. He does deserve some good luck after so much wretchedness.: 經過這么多苦難之后，他應該行點好運了。

2. His children's books are classics that deserve to be much better known.: 他的兒童書非常經典，應該為更多人所知曉。

3. Clare did not deserve the vilification she had been subjected to.: 克萊爾不該受到這樣的誹謗。

4. Those who seek to grab power through violence deserve punishment.: 企圖通過暴力奪權的人理應受到懲罰.

5. I would deserve to be pitied if I couldn't occupy myself.: 如果我都不能讓自己忙碌起來，那真是太可憐了。