Ameliorate
[ə'miːlɪəreɪt] or [ə'milɪə'ret]
解釋/意思:
(v. t.) To make better; to improve; to meliorate.
(v. i.) To grow better; to meliorate; as, wine ameliorates by age.
錄入:赖安
同義詞及近義詞：
v. a. Improve, amend, mend, emend, better, meliorate, make better.
海耶斯校對
同義詞及反義詞：
SYN:Improve, raise, better, advantage, promote, advance, amend, rectify, meliorate
ANT:Debase, depress, deteriorate, injure, impair, vitiate, spoil, mar
弗朗西斯整理
解釋/意思:
v.t. to make better: to improve.—v.i. to grow better.—n. Ameliorā′tion the condition of being made better: improvement or the means of such.—adj. Amel′iorative.
手打:利
例句/造句/用法:
- I sought to improve her manners and ameliorate her general tone; she (supported in this likewise by her relations) resented my endeavours. 查理斯·狄更斯. 小杜麗.
- Spring drew on: she was indeed already come; the frosts of winter had ceased; its snows were melted, its cutting winds ameliorated. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 簡·愛.
- Pain cannot be all avoided, but it is ameliorated; and the new results in workmanship in the saving and in the making of teeth are vast improvements over the former methods. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世紀發明.
- Pure siliceous sands are very valuable for the manufacture of glass, for making mortar, filters, ameliorating dense clay soils, for making molds in founding and for many other purposes. 佚名. 神奇的知識之書.
校對:塔玛拉