柯林斯詞典merit system 1. N the system of employing and promoting civil servants solely on the basis of ability rather than patronage 功績(jī)制度; 純粹以能力而非關(guān)系親疏聘用提升公務(wù)員的制度[美國(guó)英語(yǔ)] →compare spoils system 返回 merit system