deserve

verb

1. 值得；应得；应受
   if sb/sth deserves sth, it is right that they should have it, because of the way they have behaved or because of what they are
   1. You deserve a rest after all that hard work.
      辛苦劳累那么久，你该休息一下了。
   2. The report deserves careful consideration.
      这报告应该给予认真考虑。
   3. One player in particular deserves a mention.
      有一名运动员特别值得表扬。
   4. What have I done to deserve this?
      我做了什么事应该得到这种待遇呢？
   5. They didn't deserve to win.
      他们不该赢。
   6. He deserves to be locked up for ever for what he did.
      他做了这样的事，应该终身监禁。

1. VERB 应得;应受;值得
   If you say that a person or thing deserves something, you mean that they should have it or receive it because of their actions or qualities.
   1. Government officials clearly deserve some of the blame as well...
      政府官员显然也应当承担部分责任。
   2. They know the sport inside out, and we treat them with the respect they deserve...
      他们对这项体育运动了如指掌，我们也给予了他们应有的尊重。
   3. These people deserve to make more than the minimum wage...
      这些人应该得到比最低工资更高的报酬。
   4. His children's books are classics that deserve to be much better known...
      他的儿童书非常经典，应该为更多人所知晓。
   5. I felt I deserved better than that...
      我觉得自己不应受到那样的对待。
   6. The Park Hotel has a well-deserved reputation.
      帕克旅馆的名声当之无愧。
2. PHRASE 罪有应得;活该
   If you say that someone got what they deserved, you mean that they deserved the bad thing that happened to them, and you have no sympathy for them.
   1. One of them said the two dead joy riders got what they deserved.
      他们中的一个人说这两名开偷来的车去兜风的人死得活该。

1. Our long-suffering mining communities deserve better than this.
   我们长期受苦受难的采矿群体应该得到比这更好的待遇。
2. 'It's your money. You deserve it.' — 'What's the catch?'
   “这钱归你，你该拿这个钱。”——“搞什么名堂？”
3. Government officials clearly deserve some of the blame as well
   政府官员显然也应当承担部分责任。
4. They know the sport inside out, and we treat them with the respect they deserve
   他们对这项体育运动了如指掌，我们也给予了他们应有的尊重。
5. These people deserve to make more than the minimum wage
   这些人应该得到比最低工资更高的报酬。
6. His children's books are classics that deserve to be much better known
   他的儿童书非常经典，应该为更多人所知晓。
7. I felt I deserved better than that
   我觉得自己不应受到那样的对待。
8. One of them said the two dead joy riders got what they deserved.
   他们中的一个人说这两名开偷来的车去兜风的人死得活该。
9. We can wave goodbye to the sort of protection that people at work need and deserve.
   我们就只能向工作的人所需要且应得的那种保护说拜拜了。
10. They deserve punishment which matches the gravity of their crime
    应当根据罪行的严重性来惩治他们。
11. These young louts deserve to be horsewhipped.
    这些粗野的小子应该用马鞭狠狠抽一顿。
12. Drivers who park their cars illegally, particularly obstructing traffic flow, deserve to be punished.
    非法停车的司机，尤其是那些阻断交通的，应当予以惩处。
13. I would deserve to be pitied if I couldn't occupy myself.
    如果我都不能让自己忙碌起来，那真是太可怜了。
14. The players deserve a pat on the back
    球员们值得表扬。
15. The proposals deserve support as they give priority to the needs of children.
    这些提议值得拥护，因为它们优先考虑了儿童的需求。
16. I don't deserve to be made the scapegoat for a couple of bad results.
    我不应该为一些不好的结果顶罪。
17. Those who seek to grab power through violence deserve punishment
    企图通过暴力夺权的人理应受到惩罚。
18. The parliament didn't deserve to represent the nation's will.
    国会不配代表全国人民的意志。
19. Violent and dangerous yobs deserve to be locked up.
    有暴力行为的危险野小子就应该被关起来。
20. The heroic deeds of Huang Jiguang deserve to be recorded in letters of gold.
    黄继光的英勇事迹值得大书特书。
21. It's very good of you to say so, but I don't deserve such praise.; You flatter me. I wish I could deserve such compliments.
    好说，好说！您太夸奖了。
22. I just don't deserve such praise.
    我可当不起这样的夸奖。
23. I know well how slight is my talent and how superficial my scholarship, and that I do not deserve so much praise.
    深知自己才疏学浅，不称揄扬。
24. They are traitors who have committed towering crimes and deserve more than death.
    他们是罪大恶极，死有余辜的叛徒。
25. You really deserve a good beating, you naughty boy.
    你这个调皮孩子真该打。
26. What should be the punishment?; What punishment do you think you deserve?
    该当何罪？
27. I really don't deserve such an honour ( or a gift).
    愧不敢当。
28. Life measures out its rewards in ways unrelated to how people deserve them.
    生活分送给人们的报酬与人们是否应该得到的无关。
29. If so, I deserve the sorrows and vexations which my disagreeable nature brings down upon me.
    那我之种种不惬于人意而得来烦恼和伤心，也是应该的。
30. You've been working all morning& you deserve a rest.
    你已做了一个上午&该休息一下了。

  deserve earn【导航词义：值得】

  deserve v. 应得，值得

〔辨析〕指某人或某事物应该得到奖励、惩罚、关注等，不用于进行时。

  earn v. 应得，赢得

〔辨析〕常指某人因出色表现或良好素质而赢得某事物。

v.

sb deserves a medal

• （用以夸奖某人完成了艰巨任务）应给某人授勋
  used to say that you admire sb because they have done sth difficult or unpleasant

get what you deserve

deserve all/everything you get

• 罪有应得
  used to say that you think sb has earned the bad things that happen to them

one good turn deserves another

• 善须善报；要以德报德；好人应得好报
  you should help sb who has helped you

verb

1. be worthy or deserving
   1. You deserve a promotion after all the hard work you have done

   Synonym:    merit