demerit

名词 demerit:

1. a mark against a person for misconduct or failure; usually given in school or armed forces
2. the quality of being inadequate or falling short of perfection
   同义词：fault

de.mer.it

n.（名词）

A quality or characteristic deserving of blame or censure; a fault.
错处，过失：应受谴责或批评的品质或性格；过失
Absence of merit.
缺点：美德的缺失
A mark made against one`s record for a fault or for misconduct.
记过：因某人的过失或行为不检点而在其档案中作的标记

来源：
Middle English demerite [offense]
中古英语 demerite [冒犯]
from Old French desmerite
源自 古法语 desmerite
from Latin dômeritum [from neuter past participle of] dômerôre [to deserve]
源自 拉丁语 dômeritum [] 源自dômerôre的中性过去分词 [应得]
dô- [de-]
dô- [前缀，表示.离开，除去.]
merôre [to earn] * see merit
merôre [获得] *参见 merit

【引伸】
demer.ito.rious
demer.ito.riously
adv.（副词）