But one can reject that and still believe in the merit of a system in which people with strong views put their money where their mouth is.
但人们可在拒绝它的同时，仍然相信如下这种制度是有价值的：在该制度下，观点鲜明的人用真金白银来押注自己所持的观点。
In other words, the merit of virtual water is not to give precise figures but to alert people that they might be better off growing different crops, or moving their manufacturing to another country.
换句话说，虚拟水的价值不是提供确切的数据，而是让人们意识到种植不同的作物可能使境况更好，或者把他们的工业转移到其它国家。
In fact, some of the reasons offered by those who backed the speaker had merit.
实际上，一些支持发言人的人提出的某些理由也有可取之处。
In the case of software, contributions should be judged by the merit of the code, not by whether the contributor works for the right company.
就软件来说，贡献程度应该又代码价值来决定，而不是看贡献者是否为“正确的公司”工作。
Put yourself in the shoes of a CIO to determine if your idea has merit, because these are the people who are the decision makers in the industry.
试着以一个CIO的角度来决定是否您的观点有优势，因为他们是这个行业的决策者。
Wellington was tenacious; in that lay his merit, and we are not seeking to lessen it: but the least of his foot-soldiers and of his cavalry would have been as solid as he.
威灵顿顽强，那是他的优点，我们不和他讨价还价，但是他的步兵和骑兵的最小的部分都和他一样坚强。
But while his colleagues struggled with the philosophical implications of their equations, Dirac thought words were treacherous and saw merit only in mathematics.
当时狄拉克的同行们正在为他们的公式的哲学内涵争论不休，而他认为语言是靠不住的，在理论物理上数学有着绝对的优势。
This has the merit of distinguishing between the measures that could be adopted cheaply in a country like India and those that would be more expensive, some of them vastly more.
这有个区别优点，在像印度这样的国家采用的便宜措施和一些高昂的，一些区别更大。
However, in western society (compared to societal perceptions in eastern cultures I've studied) the idea of individual merit is pushed so hard that teamwork, humility and fairness is often forgotten.
但是，在西方社会里(与我学习过的东方社会的社会理念相比较)，个人功绩一个概念被过分推崇了，以至于团队合作，谦逊，公平都被大家遗忘了。
In this case, the information tells you that the users receiving large amounts of mail probably merit closer attention to determine whether they are using their E-mail effectively.
在这个示例中，相关的信息告诉您，需要更加关注那些接收大量邮件的用户，以确定他们是否正有效地使用他们的电子邮件。
Giving alms to monks is one of the main ways to make "merit", so if this is denied the generals, they may lose their chance of advancement in their next life.
向僧侣们布施是“积德”的一种主要方式，所以如果将军们被拒绝无法布施的话，他们也许就会失去在来生得以提升的机会。
Everything they see for the first time is elementary to their sense of beauty and creativity; they see only merit and excellence in the world until educated otherwise.
孩子们初次见到的东西对于他们是形成美感以及创造力的基础。 在接受相关教育之前，他们应当只会看到世上美好的事物。
The rules have the merit of aligning the interests of bank employees with shareholders but European banks say they are being outbid by rivals when they compete for employees in Asia in particular.
这些规则的好处是可以统一银行员工与股东的利益，但是欧洲银行称它们的出价正面临对手的挑战，尤其是在争夺亚洲的员工时体现得更加明显。
I believe there is merit in assessing the performance of an international instrument, like the IHR, when put to an extreme test by a widespread and closely scrutinized infectious disease event.
当类似《国际卫生条例》的国际文书受到范围广泛和严密监视的传染病事件极其严峻的考验时，我认为对其绩效进行评估是有益的。
But as the credit crunch causes firms in America and Europe to flounder for lack of funds, throwing supply-chains into disarray, Japan's trading-company model seems to have some merit.
但随着北美欧洲由于信贷危机所引发的资金短缺而手足无措，使供应链陷入一片混乱之时，日本商事模式似乎有其称赞之处。
Whether the idea, in and of itself, has any merit is not the point here; the objective is to demonstrate a direction that exemplifies how trust can be created between users and advertisers.
这一创意本身是否可行不是问题所在，目的是通过这个例子证明一个方向：怎样在用户和广告商之间取得信任。
As in any significant undertaking, there are many options that might appear to have equal merit in terms of value to the organization.
正如在很多重大的活动中那样，有很多可能的选项看起来对公司好像有同样的价值。
Liang, who currently plays on the European and Japan Tours and is ranked 78th in the world, became the first Chinese player to win the Asian tour's Order of Merit in 2007.
梁文冲目前在欧洲和日本参加巡回赛，世界排名第78位。他2007年夺得亚洲巡回赛奖金榜冠军，成为首个获此荣誉的中国人。
There is a lot of merit in the "debt snowball" concept, which advocates paying off the smallest debt first.
“债务雪球”这个概念有很多优点，它提倡首先偿还最小的债务。
There is a lot of merit in the “debt snowball” concept, which advocates paying off the smallest debt first.
“债务雪球”这个概念有很多优点，它提倡首先偿还最小的债务。
And ifSieger is puzzled by certain aspects of the diet--among other things, the initial phase is so low in fiber that constipation is often aproblem--she finds merit in others.
即使西格尔对这种饮食法的某些方面感到不解——主要是，在初期阶段，纤维摄入过少，往往导致便秘——她也会看到其它方面的优势。
Photograph by Fritz Hoffmann - "Gained merit in battle" reads the epitaph of two of the 231 eminent Shaolin monks honored with shrines in the Pagoda Forest.
弗里茨·霍夫曼摄- - -东方寺院的塔林圣地中有231个高僧的墓碑，其中两个墓碑上写道：“在战斗中学会慈悲”。
But its great merit is that it gets the topic right, sketching the background to a culture in which sensuality defines so much of public life.
但是本书优势是它抓住了话题，它把诱惑的根基描绘成了由感性来主导公众生活的文化。
But its great merit is that it gets the topic right, sketching the background to a culture in which sensuality defines so much of public life.
但是本书优势是它抓住了话题，它把诱惑的根基描绘成了由感性来主导公众生活的文化。
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