meritorious

形容词 meritorious:

1. deserving reward or praise
   同义词：meritable

1. He was praised for his meritorious service.
   他由于出色地工作而受到称赞。
2. He wrote a meritorious theme about his visit to the cotton mill.
   他写了一篇关于参观棉纺织厂的有价值的论文。

mer.i.to.ri.ous

adj.（形容词）
Deserving reward or praise; having merit.
值得嘉奖的：值得奖励或称赞的；具有价值的

来源：
Middle English
中古英语
from Latin meritôrius [earning money]
源自 拉丁语 meritôrius [挣钱]
from meritus [past participle of] merôre [to earn] * see merit
源自 meritus [] merôre的过去分词 [挣得] *参见 merit

【引伸】
mer.ito.riously
adv.（副词）
mer.ito.riousness
n.（名词）