1640s, from un- (1) "not" + past participle of merit (v.).
"An ingenuous mind feels in unmerited praise the bitterest reproof. If you reject it you are unhappy, if you accept it you are undone." [Walter Savage Landor, "Imaginary Conversations"]
雙語(yǔ)例句
1. In fact the pressure comes from subjective feelings and the aftermath of the unmerited reaction.
真正的壓力來(lái)自主觀的感受,或者反應(yīng)不當(dāng)所帶來(lái)的后果.
來(lái)自互聯(lián)網(wǎng)
2. Nothing but contempt is due to those people who ask us to submit to unmerited oppression.