After years of meticulous research, the young astronomer clearly deserved recognition for her discovery of a distant exoplanet.
经过多年的细致研究，这位年轻天文学家显然值得因她发现一颗遥远的系外行星而获得认可。
Which choice best defines “deserve”?
C — Be worthy of. “deserve” means be worthy of.
Which word means “be worthy of”?
C — deserve. “deserve” means be worthy of.
deserve — be worthy of. In Chinese: 值得，应得.
deserve is pronounced /dɪˈzɜːrv/.
After years of meticulous research, the young astronomer clearly deserved recognition for her discovery of a distant exoplanet. (经过多年的细致研究，这位年轻天文学家显然值得因她发现一颗遥远的系外行星而获得认可。)
merit, earn, warrant — all close in meaning to deserve (be worthy of).
unworthy of, not merit — each the opposite of deserve (be worthy of).
Yes. deserve is on the SAT Prep Basic list — the everyday academic words the SAT assumes you already have. The Digital SAT does not test vocabulary in isolation; words like this one are tested through Words in Context questions, where you choose the word that completes a passage most logically and precisely.
de(enhance)+serve(service)