The destruction of defilement, is what real merit is, the highest merit.

灭除烦恼是真正的，最高的功德。

youdao

The sufficiency of my merit is to know that my merit is not sufficient.

我的优点只要够让我知道我的优点不够就好了。

youdao

No one individual has the right to decide the merit of any particular artistic endeavor, nor does the majority have the right to dictate what art has merit to the minority of the population.

没有任何人有权力决定某项艺术成就的价值，多数人也没有权力武断什么艺术对于少数人是有价值的。

youdao

One year after the bombs were dropped on Japan, he received the Presidential Medal of Merit for his work.

VOA: special.2009.06.14

I could never make a merit of being caviare to the crowd the way my quasi-friend Pound does. I want to reach out, if it were a thing I could do by taking thought.

我不能因为创作大众的阳春白雪而夸耀,就像我的半个朋友庞德一样，我希望伸展开来，如果这是我动脑经就能完成的事。

耶鲁公开课 - 现代诗歌课程节选

It is not virtue or merit that determine the quality of your life.

生命没有什么价值或者德行的高下之分

耶鲁公开课 - 古希腊历史简介课程节选

He was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom in the United States and the titles of Commandant of the Legion of Honor in France, Honorary Knight of the British Empire, and both Grande Ufficiale and Cavaliere di Gran Croce of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic.

UNESCO: Detailview | United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization

During its recent inquiry into the efficient delivery of public services, the committee discussed the merit of public bodies spending more money on trying to prevent, rather than deal with, negative social outcomes.

BBC: Finance Committee

Following his arrival the duke was presented with the insignia of a Companion of the Order of Canada and Commander of the Order of Military Merit by the Governor General of Canada, David Johnston.

BBC: Duke of Edinburgh on three-day visit to Canada