deserve
US: /dɪˈzɝv/
UK: /dɪzˈɜːv/
UK: /dɪzˈɜːv/
English Vietnamese dictionary
deserve /di'zə:v/
- động từ
- đáng, xứng đáng
- to deserve well: đáng khen thưởng, đáng ca ngợi
- to deserve ill: đáng trừng phạt, đáng chê trách
- to deserve well of one's country: có công với tổ quốc
- đáng, xứng đáng
Advanced English dictionary
+ verb
(not used in the progressive tenses) 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: [VN] You deserve a rest after all that hard work. + The report deserves careful consideration. + One player in particular deserves a mention. + What have I done to deserve this? + [V to inf] They didn't deserve to win. + He deserves to be locked up for ever for what he did. [also V -ing]
Idioms: sb deserves a medal (spoken) used to say that you admire sb because they have done sth difficult or unpleasant: She deserves a medal for teaching those 5-year-olds all day!
get what you deserve
deserve all / everything you get (informal) used to say that you think sb has earned the bad things that happen to them
more at TURN n.
Thesaurus dictionary
v.
merit, earn, be entitled to, be worthy of, rate, warrant, justify:
You ought to be nicer to him - he really doesn't deserve such unkind treatment.
Collocation dictionary
ADV.
certainly, really, surely
You really deserve a medal!
| justly, richly, rightly, truly
He finally received the recognition that he so richly deserved.
| fully, thoroughly
This hotel fully deserves its four-star grading.
| hardly, scarcely
It's true she made a mistake but she hardly deserves to lose her job.
PREP.
for
She deserves some reward for all her hard work.
PHRASES
deserve better
His work received only a tiny mention in the journal; he deserves better.
| well deserved
At last she managed to have a well-deserved rest.
Concise English dictionary
deserves|deserved|deservingdɪ'zɜːv
verb
+be worthy or deserving
