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bettererbetter1['betə]- adj.
- good的比较级,最高级best
- (品德、技术、质量等)较好的，更好的
- 更确切的，更合适的，更适当的，更称心的，更讨人喜欢的，更使人满意的；更有效的，更有益的
- 大半的，大部分的，(价值、用途等方面)更大的，较大的，更多的
- 健康恢复的，健康状况有所好转的，气色转好的，疾病渐愈的
- adv.
- well的比较级,最高级best
- 更好地，好些，更出色地；更合适地，更适当地，更恰当地
- 更；更加；更(或较)高(或大)程度地；更大限度地；更全面地；更透彻地
- [口语]更多地，多于(than)
- n.
- [用复数]上司们；长辈；(地位、智慧、财富等)胜于己者
- (两者中)较好(或更合适)的事物(或人、条件、环境、行为等)；(人或事物)较佳者，较好者，较优者，较优越者
- 优势；有利条件
- vt.
- 超过，超越，超出；胜过，优于：
They have bettered last month's production record. 他们已超过上月生产记录。 The pole vaulter bettered the world's record by five inches. 这名撑杆跳高运动员以5英寸之多超过了世界纪录。 - 改善，改良，改进；提高(…的质量)：
We followed a policy aimed at bettering the lot of the poorest areas. 我们奉行一项旨在改善极贫困地区命运的政策。 We worked hard to better the lot of the needy. 我们努力工作以改善贫困者的命运。 - 【牌戏】提高(叫出的墩数或点数)
- vi.
- v.aux.
- 近义词:
improve - 短语:
- a better man never trod this earth(或shoe leather) 世界上第一大好人；没有见到更好的人
- a change for the better 好转
- all better [儿语、口语]好啦，不痛啦
- all the better 更加；更好，更妙
- any better 较好，好一些
- any the better (for) (因…而)更好一些[用于否定句、疑问句、条件句]
- be better [口语]更好，最好
- be better off without 没有…生活更富裕(或更好)一些，没有…会愉快(或舒适)些
- be the better for 因…反而更好
- Better a clout than a hole out. [谚语]一个补丁比一个破洞好；笑破不笑补。
- Better a finger off than always aching. [谚语]指头常作痛，不如截掉好。
- Better a glorious death than a shameful life. [谚语]与其忍辱偷生，不如光荣而死，宁为玉碎，不为瓦全。
- Better a lean jade than an empty halter. [谚语]有劣马强于无马。
- Better a lean peace than a fat victory. [谚语]宁可委屈求和，不可恃强取胜。
- Better a litter loss than a long sorrow. [谚语]长痛不如短痛。
- better all round 各方面都更好些
- Better an egg today than a hen tomorrow. [谚语]今天一只蛋，胜过明天一只鸡；千钱赊不如八百现。
- Better an empty house than an ill tenant. [谚语]宁可让房子空着，不愿招恶房客进住。
- Better ask twice than lose your way once. [谚语]欲勿迷路宁询二次。
- Better a witty fool than a foolish wit. 与其做愚蠢的智人，不如做聪明的愚人。
- Better bad now than worse later. [谚语]宁亮丑于今，毋遗患日后。
- Better be a fool than a knave. [谚语]宁当傻子，不当贼子。
- Better be alone than in bad (或ill) company. [谚语]交损友不如无友；宁可独处，勿交坏友。
- Better be envied than pitied. [谚语]遭人嫉妒比受人怜悯强。
- Better be ill spoken of by one before all than by all before one. [谚语]被人说坏话，与其被大众诉诸一人，不如让一人诉诸大众。
- Better bend than break. [谚语]好死不如恶活。
- Better be poor than wicked. [谚语]宁过穷日子，不走歪道。
- Better (be) sure (或safe) than sorry. [谚语]宁求稳，不后悔。
- Better be unmannerly than troublesome. [谚语]宁可说话粗野，不可啰啰唆唆。
- Better buy than borrow. [谚语]宁买不借；去借不如去买。
- Better children weep than old man. [谚语]宁让小孩哭，勿使大人泣。
- Better cut the shoe than pinch the foot. [谚语]宁截鞋子，不让夹脚。
- Better early than late. [谚语]宁早勿迟。
- Better go to bed supperless than (to) rise in debt. [谚语]与其背着债务起床，不如饿着肚子上床；宁可少吃不负债，不愿𪤛口债缠身。
- Better go to heaven in rags than to hell in embroidery. [谚语]与其衣锦而入地狱宁可褴褛而入天堂。
- Better hazard once than be always in fear. [谚语]长期担惊受怕，不如一次走险。
- Better keep the devil at the door than turn him out of the house. [谚语]把魔鬼拒之门外，强于给魔鬼下逐客令；治恶不如防恶。
- Better late than never. [谚语]迟做总比不做好。迟来总比不来好。亡羊补牢未为晚也。
- Better leave than lack. [谚语]宁可剩余，不可不足。
- Better lose a jest than a friend. [谚语]宁失一谑，不失一友；莫因玩笑伤感情。
- Better lose the saddle than the horse. [谚语]宁失鞍，不失马。
- Better luck next time! 下次好运(或顺利、成功)!(用以鼓励这次在考试、竞赛等中的失败者)
- Better marry over the midden than over the moor. [谚语]娶邻女为妻胜于娶自远方。
- Better my hog dirty home than no hog at all. [谚语]宁可养猪把房子弄脏，胜过完全不养猪。
- Better no law than law not enforced. [谚语]法而不行，不如无法。
- better nor like 喜出望外
- better not look a gift-horse in the mouth 受人馈赠礼物决不可以计较好歹或加以挑剔
- better off
- 境况更好，境况好起来，更富有，有更多的收入(或财富等)，生活优裕起来
- 较幸福；较幸运；较自在
- [the better off]较为富有的人们，境况较好的人们
- better (off) dead 死了反而更好的
- better part of man's nature 一心皈依，虔诚
- Better poor with honour than rich with shame. [谚语]富而可耻不若贫而可敬。
- better ride on an ass that carries me than on a horse that throws me. [谚语]宁乘驮我的驴，不骑甩我的马；宁可安全不图快。
- better safe than sorry 见 better (be) sure than sorry
- Better small fish than an empty dish. [谚语]盘中有小鱼，总比空盘好。
- Better spare at the brim than at the bottom. [谚语]宁可囤尖上留，不在囤底下愁；早贮存以备不时之需。
- Better speak truth rudely than lie correctly. [谚语]粗鲁说真话，胜于周密编谎言。
- Better suffer ill than do ill. [谚语]宁可受害，不可为害；宁可人负我，不可我负人。
- Better ten guilty escape than one innocent man suffer. [谚语]宁可放走十个而不欲错整一人。
- better than 比…多(或快)，多于，超过
- better than nothing (或none) 聊胜于无；不更坏就算运气
- better than oneself
- better than one's word 做的比说的多，做的比许诺的还要好，所做的比答应的还要好；超过应尽的责任
- better that way 那样更好，那样更合适
- Better the feet slip than the tongue. [谚语]宁可失足，不可失言。
- Better the last smile than the first laughter. [谚语]开头大笑不如最后微笑；别高兴过早。
- Better to ask the way than go astray. [谚语]与其迷路，不如问路。
- Better to be blind than to see ill. [谚语]眼视邪恶，不如瞎掉为好；非礼勿视。
- Better to be half hungry than ill fed. [谚语]宁半饥而不食败物。
- Better (to be) safe than sorry. [谚语]宁可小心求平安，不可莽撞而后悔。(或：安全至上；注意安全。)
- Better to have one eye than be blind altogether. [谚语]独眼总比全瞎好。
- Better unborn than unbred (或untaught). [谚语]与其无教养，还不如不出世；不教不如不生。
- Better untaught than ill taught. [谚语]宁可没受教育，也强于受坏教育。
- Better wear out shoes than sheets. [谚语]磨破鞋子强过磨坏床单；宁奔波而健身，勿贪睡而罹病。
- Better wear out than rust out. 与其锈掉不如用坏；与其闲散不如忙碌，闲死不如忙死。
- Better wed over the mixen than over the moor. [谚语]宁娶邻家女，不娶外乡人。
- for better of for worse 不管(结果)怎样；不论是福是祸，祸福与共；不论好坏，不管是好是歹[亦作 for better for worse或for better or worse]
- for the better
- 为了得到更好的结果
- 向着较好的情况(转变)，(转)向好的情况(或方面)，好转，改善
- get the better of
- 胜过；在…中占上风
- 打败，战胜；赢；智胜
- 成功地解决(困难)
- go (someone) one better
- 超过以前的成绩；更胜一筹
- [美国英语]胜过(某人)
- 出价超过对手
- had better 还是…好，最好不是；应该，必须(后接不带to的不定式，在口语中有时连had也省略掉)
- have the better of =get the better of
- know better (than) 见 know
- never better [口语]再好没有了，从来没这么好(主要指身体健康)
- no better than
- no better than she should (或ought to) be [委婉语](女人)淫荡的，行为不正派(或不规矩)的，水性杨花的
- none the better for it (或something) 不因某事而变得更好，并不见得好些；丝毫不受影响；依然如故
- one's better 比自己高明的人
- one's betters 上级；长辈
- so much the better 那就更好了
- take for better for worse 与…结为夫妇，白头到老，苦乐与共，与…同甘共苦
- The better the day,the better the deed. [谚语]天气好，心情好，万事顺利。
- think (all) the better of someone 对某人有较好印象，对某人有较高的评价，对某人更加钦佩
- think better of 见 think
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