🔍 牛津詞典
🔍 朗文詞典
🔍 劍橋詞典
🔍 柯林斯詞典
🔍 麥美倫詞典
🔍 韋氏詞典 🎯
檢索以下詞典：
(Mr. Ng 不推薦使用 Google 翻譯！)
最近搜尋：
- undeserving 100
- dock 544
- podunk 48
- drunken 122
- nevada 58
- prevalent 195
- cambrian 45
- anomie 57
- altcoin 42
- Prozac 58
- SINO 49
- smoothly 378
- Pile up 10
- conservancies 47
- milometer 56
- oblong 559
- consign 129
- FAINT 167
- black marketeer 91
- casablanca 69
- know better 50
- microscope 530
- timer 173
- tides 53
- perjuries 35
- Compact 72
- bowser 75
- nap 507
- magisterial 75
- archers 50
- negros 44
- Concerns 60
- Celebratory 100
- Iceland 116
- admiral 139
- boycotter 31
- logic 604
- fishable 55
- dimension 581
- a lot of 49
- website 239
- pendant 63
- delay 556
- disparagement 91
- packing 203
- Drill 101
- Mist 15
- racialism 72
- immediately 458
- synthesized 94
- bendlet 43
- whup 104
- dry-cleaning 52
- bider 67
- uproar 157
- residence 524
- chocolate 576
- dusting 102
- Marathon 215
- Sovereign 205
- anti-skid 77
- verbs 30
- anodize 59
- Relaxed 56
- truck 594
- inbreed 46
- first-generation 66
- hospitalization 151
- CHARGE 162
- sparring 37
- in question 10
- biggin 66
- Menu 160
- luck 522
- glare 587
- trollop 58
- unweave 60
- impassable 117
- club 588
- Pocketbook 222
- curbstone 50
- earthling 120
- coin 508
- patrolwomen 41
- crore 80
- sidewalk 143
- sleepiness 43
- ots 52
- deterrent 253
- unparalleled 153
- Scorn 186
- dues 59
- disimagine 57
- primate 113
- prove 539
- earmuffs 58
- serrated 49
- maceration 38
- last 352
- duck egg 43
- Flagship 114
- merry 470
- determinantal 50
- nearby 459
- deceive 530
- modesty 244
- superterrific 53
- reg 128
- dockland 88
- e- 104
- remarry 89
- hunch 401
- capitalize 188
- purify 454
- abdom 34
- detract 148
- naacp 62
- nlrb 55
- antichoicer 41
- tsp 96
- deficiencies 59
- dredge up 84
- kipping 37
- fixed 262
- peelings 38
- penzance 45
- audio 468
- manitoba 118
- scanty 237
- still life 91
- snarl 146
- blabber 70
- punctuate 73
- Cafe 112
- snapshot 114
- backdate 110
- fast-track 99
- parchedness 50
- hydraulically 131
- broad 569
- oscillating 43
- Legendary 207
- dodecagon 36
- leukemia 248
- Gown 166
- bring about 191
- cloverleaves 58
- methylation 7
- cuneiform 112
- postal 89
- Belligerent 125
- tempo 275
- Quick fix 48
- airlift 135
- Plumb 150
- refuse 608
- cohabitation 82
- sonar 77
- touristed 35
- ecosystem 112
- bishopess 46
- for your information 41
- selenic 43
- assassin 126
- Shameful 223
- add on 172
- mustard 164
- respirator 60
- various 496
- context 324
- sander 72
- epicenter 237
- note card 38
- mi 120
- floatiest 32
- logger 55
- small-time 103
- guyanese 107
- breaststroker 46
- narcotic 173
- teenager 513
- nonsense 532
- dresser 104
- aquamarine 177
- papistic 50
- sword 547
- neutrinoless 35
- rumpled 64
- stole 78
- floor-length 61
- suspicion 522
- Reshape 125
- lief 42
- aberystwyth 53
- upsilon 36
- mortalize 49
- necropsies 35
- reproduce 683
- ball up 76
- inventors 39
- hipsterism 47
- fatalistic 88
- pouting 35
- markswoman 67
- algicide 51
- aloud 485
- Outgoing 232
- acid-free 61
- sic 159
- fellable 28
- brick-and-mortar 118
- quintessence 71
- Relapse 21
- bisectionally 49
- incidental 139
- eskimo 72
- kanzu 47
- emphasis 578
- tuberculosis 190
- deified 50
- au fait 90
- fragrance 247
- lgbt 46
- mushroom 556
- blurrily 49
- Perspire 64
- thais 30
- twain 63
- wheedle 85
- vivid 573
- phoenician 58
- preselect 55
- gigot 44
- onside 66
- Promoter 9
- gossipy 173
- saunter 106
- battleax 47
- deadly 477
- pei 45
- infect 458
- get up 98
- engrossingly 32
- afghani 53
- cringe 222
- appearance 634
- mahout 57
- happenstance 70
- amylase 58
- awful 561
- monolith 128
- pizzeria 72
- hysterics 84
- hasty 483
- SIGNIFICANT 78
- shed 586
- prune 173
- roll 569
- liable 511
- cutoffs 55
- Cash 99
- crop 557
- relegation 19
- Trample 5
- kbps 52
- ball 215
- Flush 217
- seller 473
- Outnumber 216
- Over 339
- delivery 556
- kneel 677
- disgust 537
- jealous 568
- Family 114
- mechanical 492
- palaeontologist 44
- sweetmeat 72
- reckon 195
- bookkeeper 222
- greening 139
- margarin 38
- manxwomen 40
- fire-eater 99
- commit 609
- unenthusiastic 66
- Rip off 8
- sensibilities 41
- Taint 50
- tulsa 58
- provide 537
- quarrel 569
- Smile 124
- clump 171
- pajama 88
- chaprasi 34
- incident 529
- access 638
- efficacious 116
- terminate 221
- leprotic 36
- follow-on 115
- diana 39
- rental 169
- filter 521
- feature 708
- quicksand 69
- gleby 48
- dare 652
- achy 169
- dispersedness 52
- Elated 12
- legalise 48
- God 443
- reminiscent 69
- calculi 29
- ide 38
- hall 553
- couch surf 10
- wealthy 582
- base 595
- surf and turf 9
- anemic 175
- wit 1686
- pisces 88
- dodginess 48
- asphyxiation 102
- bucket 608
- pessary 55
- goof 188
- wanderlust 56
- Conservative 451
- sequential 69
- gravitation 179
- shady 468
- berserk 139
- rink 220
- doozy 141
- monopolize 222
- apple pie 99
- europeanize 50
- assegai 57
- homicide 80
- manage 533
- scold 596
- receiver 562
- anginal 50
- Indemnity 10
- Fare 151
- standard 610
- weblog 65
- disengage 146
- drawer 564
- Cart 13
- drizzle 154
- aus 55
- deputation 154
- wood 541
- decade 553
- dukedom 87
- soporifically 50
- ginner 54
- Disappearance 75
- foremost 536
- gadabout 123
- bloom 698
- premature 155
- memphite 36
- pretty 583
- girn 47
- paint 600
- tender 577
- Myth 160
- Stability 138
- cambridge 74
- turd 73
- -ify 153
- basis 514
- brent 45
- thoroughfare 75
- bread-and-butter 85
- alphabet 586
- birth 558
- hypercorrect 47
- least 438
- mammographic 34
- nonalignment 44
- frigidity 127
- moderate 593
- touch-tone 51
- fish finger 105
- Overtake 76
- implies 54
- document 595
- peninsula 503
- melodramatics 67
- vino 101
- suffragist 218
- intern 557
- duration 501
- beside 358
- december 121
- air brake 66
- carib 55
- unfamiliar 273
- pleasing 121
- brassy 143
- cow 740
- cowes 51
- orangeman 49
- Defunct 11
- shrug 525
- moderationist 41
- proctor 83
- awake 542
- mailshot 59
- bronco 119
- proprietorship 187
- collectivise 72
- paralympics 49
- behave 516
- favela 86
- dismiss 599
- Gay 213
- grow into 84
- sun hat 78
- collapse 560
- pile 692
- offer 609
- scourge 100
- SAIL 157
- rush 657
- discernibly 101
- overhasty 53
- mls 55
- express 622
- Afternoon 169
- bandy about 91
- diner 194
- congruent 113
- omitting 38
- reduction 505
- encouraging 276
- tour 699
- carb 172
- poplar 60
- soundproof 84
- stern 497
- Car 238
- vacated 96
- pond 535
- cantor 80
- imagination 543
- imminent 102
- copy editor 128
- bardship 46
- redraw 92
- Gen 138
- augustan 58
- dustup 82
- a-bomb 89
- previous 546
- twinkling 50
- Tact 102
- saltwater 82
- face-off 93
- etiolate 64
- worship 666
- supposedly 187
- geochemistry 81
- Arabia 86
- acidic 138
- gigue 43
- special 511
- recommendable 21
- wading 41
- disputant 101
- subwoofer 89
- offense 349
- lapidist 50
- silence 580
- obey 551
- Jewish 374
- Inhibit 153
- belgium 96
- outspent 47
- toned 92
- realize 651
- claim 617
- Delicate 226
- Pivotal 175
- fidgeter 68
- explosion 530
- ankylosaurus 54
- closeup 90
- ganache 98
- encephalopathy 43
- cane 233
- Scratch 125
- half-assed 110
meritocrat
noun
mer·it·o·crat ˈmer-ə-tə-ˌkrat 
chiefly British
: a person who advances through a meritocratic system
Example Sentences
Recent Examples on the Web Markovits thinks that meritocracy is making everyone miserable, not least the meritocrats themselves. 
Louis Menand, The New Yorker, 23 Sep. 2019 Now, meritocrats transmit privilege by investing in education. Daniel Markovits, Time, 12 Sep. 2019 Lebedev, it can be assumed, is not a pure meritocrat: His friends do better in his enterprises than people who are not his friends. Ed Caesar, Esquire, 15 Sep. 2017
Louis Menand, The New Yorker, 23 Sep. 2019 Now, meritocrats transmit privilege by investing in education. Daniel Markovits, Time, 12 Sep. 2019 Lebedev, it can be assumed, is not a pure meritocrat: His friends do better in his enterprises than people who are not his friends. Ed Caesar, Esquire, 15 Sep. 2017 Word History
Etymology
merit entry 1 + -o- + -crat, after meritocracy
First Known Use
1960, in the meaning defined above
Time Traveler
The first known use of meritocrat was in 1960 👨🏻🏫 Mr. Ng 韋氏詞典 📚 – mw.mister5️⃣.net
切換為繁體中文