Improvement
[ɪm'pruːvm(ə)nt] or [ɪm'prʊvmənt]
解釋/意思:
(noun.) the act of improving something; 'their improvements increased the value of the property'.
(noun.) a change for the better; progress in development.
(noun.) a condition superior to an earlier condition; 'the new school represents a great improvement'.
艾弗里校對--From WordNet
解釋/意思:
(n.) The act of improving; advancement or growth; promotion in desirable qualities; progress toward what is better; melioration; as, the improvement of the mind, of land, roads, etc.
(n.) The act of making profitable use or applicaton of anything, or the state of being profitably employed; a turning to good account; practical application, as of a doctrine, principle, or theory, stated in a discourse.
(n.) The state of being improved; betterment; advance; also, that which is improved; as, the new edition is an improvement on the old.
(n.) Increase; growth; progress; advance.
(n.) Valuable additions or betterments, as buildings, clearings, drains, fences, etc., on premises.
(n.) A useful addition to, or modification of, a machine, manufacture, or composition.
吉尔达整理
同義詞及反義詞:
SYN:Advancement, amendment, progress, increase, correction, proficiency
ANT:Degeneracy, degeneration, deterioration, debasement, retrogradation,retrogression
錄入:罗兰
例句/造句/用法:
- The tithe, which is but a tenth of the produce, is found to be a very great hindrance to improvement. 亞當·斯密. 國富論.
- In 1822 the important improvement of the reciprocating knife bar was made by Ogle, which became a characteristic feature of all subsequent successful reapers. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世紀發明進展.
- This improvement put weaving ahead of spinning, and the weavers were continually calling on the spindlers for more weft yarns. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世紀發明.
- Her mind, disposition, opinions, and habits wanted no half-concealment, no self-deception on the present, no reliance on future improvement. 簡·奧斯丁. 曼斯費爾德莊園.
- Notwithstanding the establishment of a regular routine of manufacture and sale, Edison did not cease to experiment for improvement. 弗蘭克·路易斯·戴爾. 愛迪生的生平和發明.
- Concurrently with this change of ownership there was going on a great improvement in agriculture. 赫伯特·喬治·威爾斯. 世界史綱.
- A recent improvement in the handling of iron from the blast furnace is shown in Fig. 255. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世紀發明進展.
- If the profit is less, mercantile employments will draw capital from the improvement of land. 亞當·斯密. 國富論.
- The new cushions are a great improvement upon the hard marble seats we have been so long accustomed to. 馬克·吐溫. 傻子出國記.
- This proving a failure, he, in 1830, turned his attention to the improvement of rubber goods. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世紀發明.
- Before sunset he had cut six acres of wheat, and convinced his audience that his machine was a great improvement over the old method. 魯伯特·薩金特·荷蘭. 歷史性發明.
- The only important improvement made in it during that long term of service was the substitution of the percussion cap for the flint lock. 佚名. 神奇的知識之書.
- Tom seemed to think there was decidedly room for improvement in me, and seemed very earnest that I should be converted. 哈麗葉特·比切·斯托. 湯姆叔叔的小屋.
- No amount of improvement in the personal technique of the instructor will wholly remedy this state of things. 約翰·杜威. 民主與教育.
- We are, I think, in the right road of improvement, for we are making experiments. 本傑明·佛蘭克林. 佛蘭克林自傳.
- The most important of all modern improvements on the bicycle was perhaps the pneumatic tire. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世紀發明進展.
- In a generation or two, education, emigration, improvements in agriculture and manufactures, may have provided the solution. 柏拉圖. 理想國.
- The Laputians' great improvements in the latter. 喬納森·斯威夫特. 格列佛遊記.
- Other improvements were made, and in 1891 the first hundred machines that were really marketable were manufactured. 佚名. 神奇的知識之書.
- This was the pioneer of the automatic system which by later improvements is able to send over a thousand words a minute. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世紀發明進展.
- You must begin your improvements on this house, observed Elinor, and your difficulties will soon vanish. 簡·奧斯丁. 理智與情感.
- Husbandry and American Improvements. 本傑明·佛蘭克林. 佛蘭克林自傳.
- The complexity and expensiveness of Jacquard's loom were greatly reduced by subsequent improvements. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世紀發明.
- Senefelder, in his subsequent improvements, gave a slight relief to the letters by the original plan of using diluted aqua-fortis, by which means the impressions obtained were blacker. 弗雷德里克·科利爾·貝克維爾. 偉大的事實.
- Improvements were made during the years 1861, 1862 and 1863. 佚名. 神奇的知識之書.
- Manufacturing of malt by the pneumatic process, and stirring malt during germination, are among the improvements. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世紀發明.
- With improvements in safety there seems no limit to the possibilities of flight. 魯伯特·薩金特·荷蘭. 歷史性發明.
- Stephenson was now very well regarded at the colliery for the improvements he had made there. 魯伯特·薩金特·荷蘭. 歷史性發明.
- Besides the Sholes patents, it embodies the improvements covered by patents to Clough & Jenne, No. 199,263, Jan. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世紀發明進展.
- In a national and in a social point of view, also, railways have produced important improvements. 弗雷德里克·科利爾·貝克維爾. 偉大的事實.
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