Mérito in english
pronunciation: merət part of speech: noun
méritos = brownie points.
Example: Dudes who 'call' themselves feminists are almost always after brownie points -- it's fucking embarrassing.mérito = merit ; credit ; claim to fame.
Example: Much will be said later about the merits and drawbacks of the various types of index and approaches to indexing.Example: The ideal was forever etched in his consciousness from the day Crane uttered it: a good librarian working anywhere is a credit and benefit to libraries everywhere.Example: Not one, but five towns use albino squirrels as their claims to fame, and none is particularly happy about the others.more:
» atribuir el mérito a = credit .
Example: While he cannot be credited with shaping the library in terms of selecting the book stock, he maintained and cared for it diligently for many years.» atribuirse el mérito = take + (the) credit (for) .
Example: And he isn't one to squander an opportunity to take credit for an operation that will piss off Washington.» atribuirse el mérito de Algo = claim + credit for .
Example: This paper discusses ways in which library staff become demotivated, including rigid hierarchies, ignoring staff, brushing aside suggestions, and claiming credit for their ideas.» aumento salarial por méritos = merit salary increase .
Example: Successful achievement on the part of the employee can be reinforced by providing external rewards such as promotions and merit salary increases.» digno de mérito = meritorious .
Example: An employee will remain at the same step even if the scale changes, since otherwise his previous reward for meritorious or continuous service would be withdrawn.» exageración de los méritos de Algo = overselling .
Example: One of the challenges confronting librarians today is the overselling of high tech benefits in general and the hyperbole of the Net in particular.» exagerar los méritos de Algo = oversell .
Example: Has the library and information profession, by oversell and too narrow development programmes, encouraged exaggerated expectations in developing countries as to the power of information in problem solving?.» falta de mérito = unworthiness .
Example: Unworthiness can mask itself as humbleness.» ganarse Algo por + Posesivo + propios méritos = earn + Nombre + on + Posesivo + (own) merit(s) .
Example: He even makes her realise that she does not have to sleep with her boss to get promotion but can earn it on her own merits.» hacer méritos = earn + Posesivo + stripes ; earn + credit for .
Example: She earned her stripes by starting as an office assistant and quickly jumped into dispatching trucks and eventually managing all of the freight for a large wholesale lumber company. Example: One respondent rather ruefully told us, 'In a way, I am delighted but they are so busy earning credit for the school that I am seriously worried about our ability to cover our own needs.» llevarse el mérito = take + (the) credit (for) .
Example: And he isn't one to squander an opportunity to take credit for an operation that will piss off Washington.» mérito + atribuirse a = credit + be due to ; credit + go to ; be to the credit of .
Example: Much credit for this is due to Sharr's organisation and planning expertise. Example: Much of the credit for this goes to Apple Computer Community Network Grants in the early 80s. Example: It is much to the credit of the British government that in the current reorganisation of local government it has insisted that public libraries be controlled by the top-tier authorities, those responsible for education and other major services.» mérito + deberse a = credit + be due to ; credit + go to ; be to the credit of .
Example: Much credit for this is due to Sharr's organisation and planning expertise. Example: Much of the credit for this goes to Apple Computer Community Network Grants in the early 80s. Example: It is much to the credit of the British government that in the current reorganisation of local government it has insisted that public libraries be controlled by the top-tier authorities, those responsible for education and other major services.» méritos = brownie points [Expresión usada generalmente en plural] .
Example: Dudes who 'call' themselves feminists are almost always after brownie points -- it's fucking embarrassing.» méritos profesionales = merit .
Example: But when merit, as determined by the performance evaluation, becomes the basis for salary increases, the employee is much more concerned with work performance.» no dar el mérito merecido = go + unsung [ ] .
Example: There may be many excellent community information services whose praises have gone unsung and it may seem that my choice has been based on a rather hit-or-miss method = Puede que existan muchos servicios de información ciudadana excelentes a los que no les haya dado el mérito merecido y puede que parezca que el método que he seguido en mi selección sea poco científico.» no recibir el mérito merecido = go + unsung [ ] .
Example: There may be many excellent community information services whose praises have gone unsung and it may seem that my choice has been based on a rather hit-or-miss method = Puede que existan muchos servicios de información ciudadana excelentes a los que no les haya dado el mérito merecido y puede que parezca que el método que he seguido en mi selección sea poco científico.» por méritos = meritorious .
Example: An employee will remain at the same step even if the scale changes, since otherwise his previous reward for meritorious or continuous service would be withdrawn.» por + Posesivo + propios méritos = on + Posesivo + own merit(s) .
Example: She wanted to climb the success ladder on her own merits of intellect and ability.» quitar el mérito a Algo = belittle .
Example: Citing a renowned author merely to gain personal respectability for an otherwise mediocre piece of research belittles the work of the cited author.» quitarle mérito = obscure + the fact .
Example: But no litany of caveats should be allowed to obscure the fact that on-line searching has added a major weapon to the reference librarian's arsenal.» quitar mérito = detract from .
Example: These symbols always detract from the automatic ordering.» reconocer el mérito de Alguien = get + Posesivo + due(s) .
Example: Tinseltown's leading men never get their dueon the red carpet.» subida salarial por méritos = merit increase .
Example: 'She's also on to look into the matter of merit increases and faculty evaluation,' she coughed discreetly.» tener mérito = be meritorious .
Example: A minority consider that fiction deserves the same attention as non-fiction, on the grounds that 'The brothers karamazov' is quite as meritorious as, say, 'The Little Madeleine'.