考研Reform has been vigorously opposed, perhaps most egregiously in education, where charter schools, academies and merit pay all faced drawn-out battles.

改革遭到了强烈反对，也许最令人震惊的是在教育领域，特许学校、学院和绩效工资都面临着旷日持久的斗争。

2012年考研阅读原文

高考For the trainees,the programs also offer a great way to earn merit badges.

对于受训人员来说，这些项目还提供了一个获得奖章的好方法。

2018年高考英语北京卷 阅读理解 阅读B 原文

四级Small signs may indicate great changes to come and therefore merit attention.

小的迹象可能预示着巨大的变化，因此值得关注。

2017年6月阅读原文

考研Unfortunately, the long-term costs of using simple quantitative metrics to assess researcher merit are likely to be quite great.

不幸的是，使用简单的定量指标来评估研究人员的价值，其长期成本可能相当大。

2020年考研真题（英语一）翻译 Section Ⅲ

六级More and more scholarships are based on merit, not need.

越来越多的奖学金是基于成绩，而不是需求。

2011年6月阅读原文

六级But Schweitzer contends the "mounting causal evidence" linking goal-setting and harmful behavior should be studied to help spotlight issues that merit caution and further investigation.

但Schweitzer认为，应该研究将目标设定和有害行为联系起来的“越来越多的因果证据”，以帮助聚焦值得谨慎和进一步调查的问题。

2012年6月阅读原文

考研Vaux says that Science’s idea to pass some papers to statisticians “has some merit, but a weakness is that it relies on the board of reviewing editors to identify ‘the papers that need scrutiny’ in the first place”.

沃克斯说，科学将一些论文交给统计学家的想法“有一些优点，但缺点是它首先依赖于审查编辑委员会来确定‘需要审查的论文’”。

2015年考研阅读原文

考研Vaux says that Science's idea to pass some papers to statisticians "has some merit, but a weakness is that it relies on the board of reviewing editors to identify ‘the papers that need scrutiny'in the first place".

沃克斯说，科学将一些论文交给统计学家的想法“有一些优点，但缺点是它首先依赖于审查编辑委员会来确定“需要审查的论文”。

2015年考研真题（英语一）阅读理解 Section Ⅱ

考研Reform has been vigorously opposed, perhaps most notoriously in education, where charter schools, academies and merit pay all faced drawn-out battles.

改革遭到强烈反对，也许最臭名昭著的是在教育领域，特许学校、学院和绩效工资都面临着旷日持久的斗争。

2012年考研真题（英语一）阅读理解 Section Ⅱ

四级Now there is another reason to merit the wisdom of the ages: scientific evidence indicates that those with trusting hearts will live longer, healthier lives.

现在，还有另一个理由值得时代的智慧：科学证据表明，那些有着信任之心的人会活得更长、更健康。

1992年1月大学英语四级(CET-4)真题

四级It would be nice if we all received automatic pay increases equal to our merit, but “nice” isn’t a quality attributed to most organizations.

如果我们都能自动加薪，那就太好了，但“好”并不是大多数组织的品质。

2003年12月大学英语四级(CET-4)真题

四级If you can give your boss something he or she needs (a new client or a sizable contract, for example) just before merit pay decisions are being made, you are more likely to get the raise you want.

如果你能在做出绩效工资决定之前给老板一些他或她需要的东西（例如，一个新客户或一份可观的合同），你更有可能得到你想要的加薪。

2003年12月大学英语四级(CET-4)真题

四级But with low-income students projected to make up an ever-larger share of the college-bound population in coming years, some schools are re-examining whether that aid, typically known as “merit aid”, is the most effective use of precious institutional dollars.

但随着低收入学生预计在未来几年将在上大学的人口中占越来越大的比例，一些学校正在重新审视这种援助，通常被称为“择优资助”，是否是宝贵的机构资金的最有效使用。

2009年12月大学英语四级考试真题

四级George Washington University in Washington, D. C. , for example, said last week that it would cut the value of its average merit scholarships by about one-third and reduce the number of recipients(接受者), pouring the savings, about $2.5 million, into need-based aid.

例如，位于华盛顿特区的乔治华盛顿大学上周表示，该校将把平均成绩奖学金的价值削减约三分之一，并减少获得奖学金的人数(接受者), 将节省下来的约250万美元投入到基于需求的援助中。

2009年12月大学英语四级考试真题

四级Now, Hamilton College in Clinton, N. Y. , says it will phase out merit scholarships altogether.

现在，位于纽约州克林顿市的汉密尔顿学院表示，将完全取消奖学金。

2009年12月大学英语四级考试真题

四级Not all colleges offer merit aid; generally, the more selective a school, the less likely it is to do so.

并非所有的大学都提供奖学金；一般来说，一所学校越有选择性，就越不可能这样做。

2009年12月大学英语四级考试真题

四级For small regional colleges that struggle just to fill seats, merit aid can be an important revenue-builder because many recipients still pay enough tuition dollars over and above the scholarship amount to keep the institution running.

对于那些难以填补名额的小型地区性大学来说，助学金可能是一个重要的收入来源，因为许多受助者仍然支付了超过奖学金金额的足够学费来维持学校的运转。

2009年12月大学英语四级考试真题

四级But for rankings-conscious schools in between, merit aid has served primarily as a tool to recruit top students and to improve their academic profits.

但对于介于两者之间的注重排名的学校来说，助学金主要是作为招收顶尖学生和提高学术利润的工具。

2009年12月大学英语四级考试真题

四级Studies show merit aid also tends to benefit disproportionately students who could afford to enroll without it.

研究表明，择优录取也往往使那些没有择优录取的学生受益过多。

2009年12月大学英语四级考试真题

四级“As we look to the future, we see a more pressing need to invest in need-based aid,” says Monica Inzer, dean of admission and financial aid at Hamilton, which has offered merit scholarships for 10 years.

“展望未来，我们看到更迫切的需要投资于基于需求的援助，”汉密尔顿大学招生和经济援助系主任莫妮卡·因泽说，该校已经提供了10年的优秀奖学金。

2009年12月大学英语四级考试真题

四级Merit aid, which benefited about 75 students a year, or about 4% of its student body, at a cost of about $ 1 million a year, “served us well,” Inzer says, but “to be discounting the price for families that don’t need financial aid doesn’t feel right any more.

Inzer说，助学金每年约有75名学生受益，约占学生总数的4%，每年花费约100万美元，“对我们很有帮助”，但“为不需要助学金的家庭打折，感觉再也不对了。”。

2009年12月大学英语四级考试真题

四级But merit aid, offered primarily by schools and states, is growing faster, both overall and at the institutional level.

但主要由学校和州提供的奖学金，无论是在总体上还是在机构层面，都增长得更快。

2009年12月大学英语四级考试真题

四级Between 1995-96 and 2003-04, institutional merit aid alone increased 212%, compared with 47% for need-based grants.

1995-96年至2003-04年间，仅机构奖学金就增加了212%，而基于需求的补助金增加了47%。

2009年12月大学英语四级考试真题

四级At least 15 states also offer merit aid, typically in a bid to enroll top students in the state’s public institutions.

至少有15个州也提供奖学金，通常是为了在该州的公共机构招收顶尖学生。

2009年12月大学英语四级考试真题

四级David Laird, president of the Minnesota Private College Council, says many of his schools would like to reduce their merit aid but fear that in doing so, they would lose top students to their competitors.

明尼苏达州私立学院理事会主席David Laird表示，他的许多学校都希望减少他们的助学金，但担心这样做会让顶尖学生输给竞争对手。

2009年12月大学英语四级考试真题

四级“No one can take one-sided action,” says Laird, who is exploring whether to seek an exemption(豁免)from federal anti-trust laws so member colleges can discuss how they could jointly reduce merit aid, “This is a merry-go-round that’s going very fast, and none of the institutions believe they can sustain the risks of trying to break away by themselves.

“任何人都不能采取单方面行动，”Laird说，他正在探索是否寻求豁免(豁免)来自联邦反托拉斯法，这样成员学院就可以讨论如何共同减少奖学金，“这是一个旋转木马，进展非常快，没有一个机构相信他们能够承受试图自行脱离的风险。

2009年12月大学英语四级考试真题

四级A complicating factor is that merit aid has become so popular with middle-income families, who don’t qualify for need-based aid, that many have come to depend on it.

一个复杂的因素是，择优资助在中等收入家庭中非常受欢迎，他们没有资格获得基于需求的援助，以至于许多人开始依赖它。

2009年12月大学英语四级考试真题

四级And, as tuitions continue to increase, the line between merit and need blurs.

而且，随着学费的不断增加，成绩和需求之间的界限也变得模糊了。

2009年12月大学英语四级考试真题

四级That’s one reason Allegheny College doesn’t plan to drop merit aid entirely.

这也是阿勒格尼学院不打算完全取消奖学金的原因之一。

2009年12月大学英语四级考试真题

四级At the same time, it would expand its 28-year-old merit program.

与此同时，它将扩大其已有28年历史的功绩计划。

2009年12月大学英语四级考试真题

四级“Yeah, we’re playing the merit game,” acknowledges Tom Lancaster, associate dean for undergraduate education.

“是的，我们在玩择优录取的游戏，”负责本科教育的副院长Tom Lancaster承认。

2009年12月大学英语四级考试真题

四级A few words about merit-based aid: Merit-based aid is aid offered to students who achieve excellence in a given area, and is generally known as academic, athletic and artistic merit scholarships.

关于择优援助的几句话：

2009年12月大学英语四级考试真题

四级Academic merit scholarships are based on students’ grades, GPA and overall academic performance during high school.

学业成绩奖学金是根据学生的成绩、平均成绩和高中期间的整体学习成绩而定。

2009年12月大学英语四级考试真题

四级These merit scholarships usually help students pay tuition bills, and they can be renewed each year as long as the recipients continue to qualify.

这些优秀奖学金通常帮助学生支付学费，只要获得者继续符合资格，每年都可以续签。

2009年12月大学英语四级考试真题

四级Athletic merit scholarships are meant for students that excel(突出)in sports of any kind, from football to track and field events.

体育奖学金是为那些成绩优异的学生准备的(突出)在任何类型的体育运动中，从足球到田径项目。

2009年12月大学英语四级考试真题

四级Artistic merit scholarships require that applicants excel in a given artistic area.

艺术成就奖学金要求申请人在特定的艺术领域表现出色。

2009年12月大学英语四级考试真题

四级Applying for artistic merit scholarships usually requires that students submit a portfolio(选辑)of some sort, whether that includes a collection of artwork, a recording of a musical performance or a video of them dancing.

申请艺术奖学金通常需要学生提交作品集(选辑)无论是艺术作品集、音乐表演录音还是他们跳舞的视频。

2009年12月大学英语四级考试真题