deserve

deserve — 動詞

1. To be entitled to receive something — whether good or bad — as a fitting result

1.動詞及物B1
釋義

值得；應得

因自身的行為或特質而理當獲得

To be entitled to receive something — whether good or bad — as a fitting result of your actions, the way you behaved, or the kind of person you are.

例句

After working double shifts all week, Owen deserved the weekend off.

在一整週都值雙班之後，Owen 理應獲得週末休假。

deserve + noun phrase — reward after effort

The rescue team's brave efforts deserve our full support and gratitude.

搜救隊的勇敢付出值得我們全力支持與感謝。

deserve + noun phrase — inanimate subject

同義詞
  • merit

    More formal than deserve; often used with abstract nouns like 'attention' or 'consideration', suggesting objective worth rather than personal entitlement.

  • warrant

    Emphasises strong justification for a specific response or action; more formal and narrower in use.

  • earn

    Focuses on the effort or work that leads to the reward; implies a more direct cause-and-effect relationship.

反義詞
  • be unworthy of

    Formal expression meaning to lack the qualities or actions that would justify receiving something.

文法句型

deserve + noun phrase

deserve + to-infinitive

not deserve + noun phrase

用法筆記

Deserve is a stative verb and is rarely used in progressive tenses (e.g. 'is deserving' is common only as the adjective 'deserving of'). It is always followed directly by a noun phrase or a to-infinitive — never by the preposition 'of' (compare the adjective form: 'deserving of').

常見錯誤

❌She deserves of a promotion.
✅She deserves a promotion.
💡'deserve' is transitive and does not take the preposition 'of'.
❌He is deserving a reward right now.
✅He deserves a reward.
💡'deserve' is stative and not used in continuous tenses.