功劳gōng láo
contribution; meritorious service [deed]; credit
原声例句
西南联大英文教本
If they fail to do it, they fail in very deed.
如果他们做不到, 他们就真的失败了。
南方与北方(中)
I want to see yo' and touch yo' as in very deed yo' were in my dream'.
我想看到你并触摸你, 就像你在我的梦中一样。
红与黑(四)
I have committed a murder, and I am justly condemned, but the Valenod who has condemned me, is by reason alone of that very deed, a hundred times more harmful to society.
Then we rallied behind our fallen trees, and made head against him, under Sir William—who was made Sir William for that very deed; and well did we pay him for the disgrace of the morning!