形容詞 meritorious:

1. deserving reward or praise
   同義詞：meritable

1. He was praised for his meritorious service.
   他由于出色地工作而受到稱贊。
2. He wrote a meritorious theme about his visit to the cotton mill.
   他寫了一篇關(guān)于參觀棉紡織廠的有價值的論文。

mer.i.to.ri.ous

adj.（形容詞）
Deserving reward or praise; having merit.
值得嘉獎的：值得獎勵或稱贊的；具有價值的

來源：
Middle English
中古英語
from Latin meritôrius [earning money]
源自 拉丁語 meritôrius [掙錢]
from meritus [past participle of] merôre [to earn] * see merit
源自 meritus [] merôre的過去分詞 [掙得] *參見 merit

【引伸】
mer.ito.riously
adv.（副詞）
mer.ito.riousness
n.（名詞）