better是什么意思_better怎么读_中英文释义(含例句用法)

(comparative of `good") superior to another (of the same class or set or kind) in excellence or quality or desirability or suitability; more highly skilled than another;"You"re a better man than I am, Gunga Din"
"a better coat"
"a better type of car"
"a suit with a better fit"
"a better chance of success"
"produced a better mousetrap"
"she"s better in math than in history"

(comparative of `good") changed for the better in health or fitness;"her health is better now"
"I feel better"

(comparative and superlative of `well") wiser or more advantageous and hence advisable;"it would be better to speak to him"
"the White House thought it best not to respond"

more than half;"argued for the better part of an hour"

Adverb:

comparative of `well"; in a better or more excellent manner or more advantageously or attractively or to a greater degree etc.;"She had never sung better"
"a deed better left undone"
"better suited to the job"

from a position of superiority or authority;"father knows best"
"I know better."

Verb:

surpass in excellence;"She bettered her own record"
"break a record"

to make better;"The editor improved the manuscript with his changes"

get better;"The weather improved toward evening"

中英词源

better 更好

单词boot的比较级，后用作good的比较级。

better (adj.): Old English bettra, earlier betera, from Proto-Germanic *batizo-, from PIE *bhad- "good;" see best. Comparative adjective of good in the older Germanic languages (compare Old Frisian betera, Old Saxon betiro, Old Norse betr, Danish bedre, Old High German bezziro, German besser, Gothic batiza). In English it superseded bet in the adverbial sense by 1600. Better half "wife" is first attested 1570s.
better (v.): Old English *beterian "improve, amend, make better," from Proto-Germanic *batizojan (cognates: Old Frisian beteria, Dutch beteren, Old Norse betra, Old High German baziron, German bessern), from *batiz- (see better (adj.)). Related: Bettered; bettering.
better (n.): late 12c., "that which is better," from better (adj.). Specific meaning "one"s superior" is from early 14c. To get the better of (someone) is from 1650s, from better in a sense of "superiority, mastery," which is recorded from mid-15c.

词态变化

复数 betters;
第三人称单数 betters;
过去式 bettered;
过去分词 bettered;
现在分词 bettering;

权威造句

1. Ever tried. Ever failed. No matter. Try Again. Fail again. Fail better.: 努力过，失败过，没关系，屡战屡败，屡败屡战，每一次失败都比上一次更好。

2. Sometimes things have to fall apart to make way for better things.: 有时候要到达谷底，才会慢慢变好。

3. He"d phoned Laura to see if she was better.: 他打电话给劳拉看她是不是好些了。

4. She"s got a great voice and is singing better than ever.: 她的嗓音非常好，现在的唱功比以往任何时候都要好。

5. It is better to stretch the tight muscles first.: 最好先伸展一下僵硬的肌肉。

近反义词

adj.

greater

superior

healthy

recovering

well

ameliorate

improve

相似短语

for the better 转好,变好,改善

at or better 特定价格或更优价格

be the better for it 反而更好些

no better 没有好转

better and better adv.越来越好

all better 好啦,没事啦,不痛啦

be better off v. 境况好

get better 痊愈,康复,转好

had better 最好,应该,还是…为好

not better than adv.最多是

单词分析

这些动词均有“改进，改善”之意。
improve最常用词，多指状态或性质上的深刻或重要改进，也可指自身能力的提高。
better多用于口语，指适当地改善原来并非很差的状态或性质，也指社会地位、经济状况的改善。
perfect语义强，通常指使方法、技术等达到完善美好的境地。
refine侧重指使语言、仪态等变得文雅、优美，也可指技艺等的提高。

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