deserve meaning in English
vt.
应受，该得，值得，当。 deserve attention [sympathy] 值得注意[同情]。 He deserves his fate. 他命该如此。
vi.
应受赏[罚]。 deserve to be rewarded [punished] 该奖[罚]。 deserve ill [well] of 有罪[功]于(He has deserved well of his country. 他有功于国家)。
Examples
- The argument just mentioned deserves elaboration .
上述论点值得推敲。 - They deserved every cent they made .
他们所挣的每一分钱都是应得的。 - That man deserves to be well licked .
那个人应当被人狠狠揍一顿。 - He richly deserved the punishment he received .
他受到的处罚是罪有应得。 - It deserves more attention than it receives .
世人应该更加注意这件事才好。