better

[ˈbetə(r)]
  • adv.

    更;更好;更恰当;

  • adj.

    更好的;能力更强的;更合适的;(病情)好转的;

  • v.

    超越;改善;

  • n.

    更好的事物;上司;

  • pron.

    更大成就;

  • 大小写变形: Better

  • 单词变形

    复数: betters 过去式: bettered 过去分词: bettered 现在分词: bettering 第三人称单数: betters


  • 词义辨析

    no better than, not better than, not any better than

    这三个短语都可用于两者之间的比较,但含义各不相同。no better往往表示“两者都一样(不好)”; not better一般按字面意思来翻译,即“不比…好”; not any better则表示前者还不如后者,即“一点也不比…好”。试比较以下几个句子:
    He is no better than an idiot.
    他愚蠢得像白痴一样。
    I'm not better than you in this respect.
    在这方面我并不比你更高明。
    I think she is not any better than me in this respect.
    我认为她在这方面一点也不比我强。

    better, improve

    improve与better意思相近,都指在原有基础上改进得更好。它们的区别是:
    1.在提高的速度和水平上, improve比better更快更高。
    2.better比improve更有生气和亲切感。
    3.better和improve都可接反身代词再接介词in,前者指某人的社会经济地位向好的方面发展,后者指本身向更好的方面变化。例如:
    He has bettered himself in living condition.他的生活条件已大有改善。
    I wish to improve myself in drawing.但愿我在绘画方面有所长进。

    improve,better,perfect,refine

    这些动词均有“改进、改善”之意。
    improve最常用词,多指状态或性质上的深刻或重要改进,也可指自身能力的提高。
    better多用于口语,指适当地改善原来并非很差的状态或性质,也指社会地位、经济状况的改善。
    perfect语义强,通常指使方法、技术等达到完善美好的境地。
    refine侧重指使语言、仪态等变得文雅、优美,也可指技艺等的提高。

  • 双语例句
1、

Sit down and be quiet in front of your elders and betters.

在长辈和上级面前要老老实实地坐着。

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2、

As an account of adolescence it could hardly be bettered.

作为描写青春期的书,它已几臻完美。

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3、

My sister still claims she cheated on us at cards, but I know better.

我妹妹仍然说她和我们玩牌的时候捣了鬼,其实我心知肚明。

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4、

Our long-suffering mining communities deserve better than this.

我们长期受苦受难的采矿群体应该得到比这更好的待遇。

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5、

Now General Electric have gone one better than nature and made a diamond purer than the best quality natural diamonds.

现在通用电气公司已经制造出了巧夺天工的钻石,其纯度比最好的天然钻石还要高。

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6、

The fewer things in the room the better.

房间里的东西越少越好。

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7、

Their stance seems to be that a baby or child is better off in its country of birth.

他们似乎认为婴儿或者小孩还是呆在自己出生的国家为好。

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8、

She knew better than to argue with Adeline...

她不至于和阿德琳发生争执。

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9、

Dreams of changing the world for the better.

让世界变得更美好的梦想

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10、

I'd like nothing better than to join you girls...

我最喜欢和你们女孩子在一起了。

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11、

You are better eating just a small snack than hurrying a main meal...

你最好简单吃点快餐,不要着急着慌地吃正餐。

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12、

'I came to ask your advice — no, to ask for your help.' — 'That's better. And how can I help you?'

“我来征求你们的意见——不对,请求你们帮助。”——“这还差不多。我们怎么帮助你?”

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13、

He is much better now, he's fine...

他现在好多了,身体状况不错。

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14、

Wouldn't it be better putting a time-limit on the task?...

是不是给这项任务规定一个时限比较好?

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15、

The Irish love a party, the bigger the better...

爱尔兰人喜欢聚会,规模越大越好。

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16、

The doctors were saying there wasn't much hope of me getting better.

医生们说我好转的希望不大。

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17、

You'd better run if you're going to get your ticket...

想买到票的话,你最好跑几步。

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18、

Our parents chose to come here with the hope of bettering themselves.

我们的父母选择来到这里,希望能够改善自己的生活。

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19、

If there's good skiing, breathtaking scenery and you don't need to catch a plane, all the better!

如果有好的滑雪场、令人叹为观止的美景,又不用赶飞机,那就再好不过了。

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20、

He is used to tough defenders, and he usually gets the better of them.

他习惯了彪悍的后卫,通常都能战而胜之。

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21、

She didn't allow her emotions to get the better of her.

她没有感情用事。

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22、

Use strong white flour, and if you can get hold of durum wheat flour, then so much the better...

使用高筋白面粉,如果你能弄到硬粒小麦面粉,那就更好了。

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23、

He recorded a time of 4 minutes 23, bettering the old record of 4-24...

他用时4分23秒,刷新了4分24秒的原纪录。

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24、

He had dedicated his life to bettering the lot of the oppressed people of South Africa...

他毕生致力于改变南非受压迫人民的命运。

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25、

If you've got bags you're better off taking a taxi...

你要是大包小包的,不如打的算了。

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26、

I like your interpretation better than the one I was taught...

你的解释比我以前学过的更让我喜欢。

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27、

It's bad enough to have anyone joke about such a serious matter but a member of the police force should know better.

拿这么严肃的事情开玩笑已经够糟的了,身为一名警察更不应该这样做。

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28、

He thought he knew better than I did, though he was much less experienced...

虽然他经验远没有我丰富,但他认为他比我懂行。

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29、

It's half past two. I think we had better go home...

现在两点半了。我想我们最好还是回家吧。

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30、

We expect better of you in the future...

我们希望将来你有更大的成就。

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