deserve

vt.
1、值得；应受；（常与to 连用）
These people deserve our help.
这些人值得我们帮助。
If you do wrong, you deserve punishment.
你如做错事, 应当受罚。
2、应该得到
His helping others deserves praise.
他帮助别人理当表扬。
He richly deserves a thrashing.
他挨揍活该。
One good turn deserve another.
以德报德。
3、相配
He's a nothing, he doesn't deserve you.
他一无是处，根本配不上你。
He did not deserve such fortune.
他不配得到这种好运气。

【习惯用语】
deserve the bauble
傻到极点
deserve well(ill) of
有功[罪]于
He deserves well of his motherland.
他对祖国有功。
rightly deserve
完全应得(惩罚)
deserve better of
有受…优待或奖赏的资格；有功于…

【近义词】
merit    vt.
应得；应受；值得
His work merits a prize.
他的工作值得奖赏。

【背句子记单词】
Good work deserve good pay.
工作好应得到丰厚的报酬。
He performed best and deserved the gold medal.
他表现完美，金牌实至名归。