noun [专属名词]优秀品质，价值；优点，长处；<英>（成绩等级）良好；事实真相，是非曲直；善行，善事
The plan is entirely without merit.
verb [vi. 不及物动词]值得，应受；应受赏（或罚）
He said he had done nothing wrong to merit a criminal investigation.
mer(看作marry) + it → 嫁给它， 值得 → 值得
单词造句:
The plan is entirely without merit.
He said he had done nothing wrong to merit a criminal investigation.