They are not your merit system, they are not your system of worth You are who you say you are by your actions.
它们不是你的功绩系统， 它们不是你的价值系统。你是你通过自己的行为所说的那个人。
美国历史
By 1920 they were able to report ten states with civil service commissions and the merit system well intrenched in more than three hundred municipalities.
The merit system is the process of promoting and hiring government employees based on their ability to perform a job, rather than on their political connections. It is the opposite of the spoils system.
近义、反义、联想词
近义词
n.
system, system of rules
反义词
n.
spoils system
英英词典
merit system n.
the system of employing and promoting civil servants on the basis of ability