Betterment
['betəm(ə)nt] or ['bɛtɚmənt]
解释:
(n.) A making better; amendment; improvement.
(n.) An improvement of an estate which renders it better than mere repairing would do; -- generally used in the plural.
杰西编辑
例句:
- One of his earlier works and his latest are bold and penetrating discussions of the possible betterment of social relations. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
- We know enough to-day to know that there is infinite room for betterment in every human concern. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
- The use of electricity is so common today that the average person does not stop to think of it as a magical power wielding a tremendous influence for betterment in every-day affairs. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
- He would frequently change words, always to the betterment of the speech. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
艾德蒙编辑