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However, the demerit is that it can take an awfully long time to reach a consensus the larger the number of people involved.
但是，缺点是为达成共识，需要花相当长的时间，其中还会牵涉到相当多的人。
Page after page reveals a writer or a novel unread, and therefore a demerit on the great report card of one’s cultural life.
一页接着一页揭示出一个作者或者一本没有读过的小说，因此某人的文化生活的伟大的报告卡上就有了污点。
Rooney will certainly fancy his chances, of course, although DeMerit's work will no doubt be shared by the equally uncompromising US national captain, Carlos Bocanegra, formerly of Fulham.
理所当然，鲁尼肯定想抓住这个机会，然而德莫雷特毫无疑问会和同样坚定的美国国家队队长卡罗斯·博卡内格拉,原富勒姆队队长一起工作。

You will note that both of them insist that the students must know about merit and demerit goods.
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It uses a technique that we call a demerit score based credit scheme.
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Never did either country have gold reserves to back all of the currency they issued, and to this reviewer that was a merit as opposed to a demerit.
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A demerit is a mark against someone, or on someone's record, for having done something bad or wrong.
The demerits of something or someone are their faults or disadvantages.