The justices weren't ruling on the merits of the case.

法官们没有就案件的是非曲直作出裁决。

It would be needed only if you couldn't take me out on the merits.

你们找不到我的污点，因此需要证据来陷害我。

The outcome will depend less on the merits of competing proposals than on who has the advantage in public opinion.

胜负的结果更多的取决于谁在公众意见中占优，而不仅仅取决于竞争提案的优点。

I take as my final words today a part of what Rabbi Sacks wrote on the merits of engaging with diverse perspectives.

最后，我想引用萨克斯拉比的一段话收尾。

They agreed only on the merits of silence in others.

当他说出最高智慧时， 被认为是傻瓜。 他们只同意其他人保持沉默的优点。

And then he won't face your argument on the merits.

然后他就不会面对你关于是非曲直的争论。

I sold her on the merits of your program.

我为你的计划说了好多好话。

But we believe our likelihood of success on the merits...

但是我们相信我们成功的可能性。

Obviously, I'm not about to comment on the merits.

显然，我对这些案情事实予以置评。

The result of this and related controversies was a debate on the merits of slavery.

这一争论和相关争论的结果是一场关于奴隶制优点的辩论。

You start a small business and compete on the merits to provide a better product.

您开办了一家小企业，并就优点展开竞争以提供更好的产品。

I can't comment on the merits of a case now?

我现在不能对案情发表评论了吗？

It was billed as a lively give-and-take on the merits of model train sizes.

宣传得像是个 讨论火车模型大小的研讨会一样。

To take one example: how largely our opinions on the merits of certain authors, or poets, or composers, are dictated merely by fashion!

举例来说，我们对某些作家、诗人或作曲家的评价在很大程度上只是受时尚潮流左右！

But during the trial, Darrow focused more on the merits of the Bible's story of creation and Darwin's theory of evolution.

但在庭审过程中，达罗更侧重于圣经创世故事和达尔文进化论的价值。

In fact, I'm glad we had this trial because you and I both know you didn't win on the merits of the case.

其实我很高兴我们进行了这次审判因为你我都知道 从法律层面看你我都输了。

Happy had it been for her, if her regard for Edward had depended less on his own merit, than on the merit of his nearest relations!

如果她对爱德华的尊重不是取决于他自身的价值，而是取决于他最亲近的亲属的价值，那她就太幸福了！

For him this result was clear, and if he erred, he erred in company with nine men out of ten in Washington, for there was little difference on the merits.

对他来说，这个结果是显而易见的，如果他犯了错误，他和华盛顿十个人中有九个人一起犯了错误，因为在是非曲直上没有什么区别。

At length, a person better informed on the merits of the case, tumbled against him, and from this person he learned that the funeral was the funeral of one Roger Cly.

最后，一个更了解案件是非曲直的人站出来反对他，从这个人那里他得知葬礼是罗杰·克莱的葬礼。

You don't know the half of it. It was billed as a lively give-and-take on the merits of model train sizes.But it was actually a setup to intimidate weak-minded spineless rubes into buying H-O starter sets.

你是不知道呀 本来宣传的是说今晚将会是个 针对模型火车体积的优劣而进行的现场讨论会 可实际上只是为了唬那些 没定力的乡巴佬去买HO轨距的入门级火车。