Better

['betə] or ['bɛtɚ]

解释:

(noun.) something superior in quality or condition or effect; 'a change for the better'.

(noun.) the superior one of two alternatives; 'chose the better of the two'.

(noun.) a superior person having claim to precedence; 'the common man has been kept in his place by his betters'.

(verb.) get better; 'The weather improved toward evening'.

(verb.) to make better; 'The editor improved the manuscript with his changes'.

(verb.) surpass in excellence; 'She bettered her own record'; 'break a record'.

(adj.) (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' .

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

(adj.) more than half; 'argued for the better part of an hour' .

(adj.) (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' .

(adv.) 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'.

(adv.) from a position of superiority or authority; 'father knows best'; 'I know better.'.

弗洛西录入--From WordNet

解释:

(a.) Having good qualities in a greater degree than another; as, a better man; a better physician; a better house; a better air.

(a.) Preferable in regard to rank, value, use, fitness, acceptableness, safety, or in any other respect.

(a.) Greater in amount; larger; more.

(a.) Improved in health; less affected with disease; as, the patient is better.

(a.) More advanced; more perfect; as, upon better acquaintance; a better knowledge of the subject.

(n.) Advantage, superiority, or victory; -- usually with of; as, to get the better of an enemy.

(n.) One who has a claim to precedence; a superior, as in merit, social standing, etc.; -- usually in the plural.

(compar.) In a superior or more excellent manner; with more skill and wisdom, courage, virtue, advantage, or success; as, Henry writes better than John; veterans fight better than recruits.

(compar.) More correctly or thoroughly.

(compar.) In a higher or greater degree; more; as, to love one better than another.

(compar.) More, in reference to value, distance, time, etc.; as, ten miles and better.

(a.) To improve or ameliorate; to increase the good qualities of.

(a.) To improve the condition of, morally, physically, financially, socially, or otherwise.

(a.) To surpass in excellence; to exceed; to excel.

(a.) To give advantage to; to support; to advance the interest of.

(v. i.) To become better; to improve.

(n.) One who bets or lays a wager.

编辑:兰德尔

同义词及近义词：

a. [1]. More good, more excellent, good in a higher degree.[2]. More useful, more valuable.[3]. Preferable, more desirable, more acceptable.[4]. More fit, more appropriate, more suitable.[5]. Improved in health, less ill.[6]. More familiar, more intimate.

n. [1]. Superiority, advantage.[2]. Improvement, greater good.[3]. Superior.

ad. [1]. In a superior manner, in a more excellent way, more fully, more completely.[2]. With greater advantage, more usefully or profitably.[3]. More, in a higher degree.

v. a. Improve, amend, emend, meliorate, ameliorate, reform, make or render better.

整理:华莱士

解释:

adj. (serves as comp. of Good) good in a greater degree: preferable: improved: more suitable: larger: kinder: stronger in health.—adv. (comp. of Well) well in a greater degree: more fully or completely: over or more than: with greater advantage: (pl.) superiors.—v.t. to make better (also reflexively to better one's self) to improve: to benefit: also with intransitive sense to grow better.—p.adjs. Bet′tered improved amended; Bet′tering improving.—ns. Bet′tering Bet′terment Bet′terness.—adj. Bet′termost.—Better half a jocose term for a wife once applied seriously to either wife or husband and even the soul as opposed to the body.—I had better = I should hold it better to—the original construction having been a dative pronoun.—To be better off to be in superior circumstances; To be better than one's self to do more than one had promised; To get the better of to gain the advantage over.

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