deserve: [13] Latin dēservīre meant ‘serve well or enthusiastically’ (it was a compound verb formed from the intensive prefix dē- and servīre ‘serve’). Hence in late Latin it came to mean ‘become entitled to because of meritorious service’, a sense which passed via Old French deservir into English. The more general modern English ‘be worthy of’ developed in the 15th century. => serve
deserve (v.)
early 13c., from Old French deservir (Modern French desservir) "deserve, be worthy of, earn, merit," from Latin deservire "serve well," from de- "completely" (see de-) + servire "to serve" (see serve). From "be entitled to because of good service" (a sense found in Late Latin), meaning generalized c. 1300 to "be worthy of." Related: Deserved; deserving.
双语例句
1. He does deserve some good luck after so much wretchedness.
经过这么多苦难之后，他应该行点好运了。
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2. 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。
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3. Clare did not deserve the vilification she had been subjected to.
克莱尔不该受到这样的诽谤。
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4. 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.
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5. I would deserve to be pitied if I couldn't occupy myself.
