Reputation is often got without merit and lost without fault.
无功得名是常事，无过失名也是常事。
英文谚语 3120 句（二）
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📚 句中词汇解析
从本句中提取的重要词汇
n. 名气，名声;好名声;信誉，声望;荣誉，名望;
💡 re再+put认为，思考+ation名词后缀 → 再让人想起的东西 → 名声
"Their reputation for fairness is a matter for pride."
他们公正的名声令他们引以为豪.
近义：name, prestige, renown, repute, standing, status
反义：shame, unpopularity, belittling, dishonourableness, dishonouring, disgrace
n. 缺点，缺陷;过错，责任;[电]故障;（猎狗的）失去嗅迹;
vt. 挑剔，找…的缺点;批评;做错，在…中出错;[地质学]产生断层;
vi. 找错误，挑剔;[地质学]变动从而产生断层;
💡 fault=fal错 → 过失，缺点
"A wilful fault has no excuse and deserves no pardon."
不能宽恕故意犯下的错误.
近义：rift, shift, break, fracture, faulting, recuse
反义：indulgence, pardon, purge, remit, resolve, spare
adv. 常常;经常;时常;再三;
💡 十(ten)有八九的(of)， 经常的
"Sleep has often been thought of as being in some way analogous to death."
人们常常认为睡眠在某种意义上来说类似死亡。
近义：manyfold, oft, oftentimes, repeatedly, usually, offtimes
反义：infrequently, occasionally, seldom, sometimes
n. 价值，优点;[宗教]（行善得到的）功德;功绩，功勋;荣誉;
vt. 值得，应获得;[宗教]（因行善而）应得（善报）;
vi. 值得，应得;[宗教]积德;
💡 mer(merry)+it(它):有 优点，才能娶它 网友：yqy 补充：与very对比：m-v,y-i。只有非常好的才是优点；源自merry欢乐的，快乐就是人
"Some of the proposals have merit."
其中有些建议值得考虑。
近义：incur, justify, occasion, deserve, worth, worthiness
反义：disadvantage
adj. 失去的;迷路的;不知所措的;
v. 遗失，失去（ lose的过去式和过去分词）;（使）失去（所需要的东西，尤指钱）;（因事故、年老、死亡等）损失;浪费;
"I lost my balance and fell backwards."
我没有站稳，仰面摔倒。
近义：mislaid, misplaced, missing, stray, wayward, adrift
反义：discovered, safe