bettering

英 [ˈbetərɪŋ]

美 [ˈbetərɪŋ]

v.  胜过; 超过; (通过教育、更好的工作等)改进社会地位，上进
better的现在分词

柯林斯词典

• 
  Betteris the comparative ofgood.
• 
  Betteris the comparative ofwell.
• ADV-COMPAR 更；更大程度上
  If you like one thingbetter thananother, you like it more.
  1. 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。
  2. I'd like nothing better than to join you girls...
     我最喜欢和你们女孩子在一起了。
  3. They liked it better when it rained.
     他们更喜欢雨天。
• ADJ-GRADED （病情、伤势）好转的，减轻的
  If you arebetterafter an illness or injury, you have recovered from it. If you feelbetter, you no longer feel so ill.
  1. He is much better now, he's fine...
     他现在好多了，身体状况不错。
  2. 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。
• PHR-MODAL （用于建议、警告、威胁、发表意见等）最好
  You usehad betteror'd betterwhen you are advising, warning, or threatening someone, or expressing an opinion about what should happen.
  1. 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。
  2. You'd better run if you're going to get your ticket...
     想买到票的话，你最好跑几步。
  3. He'd better not try to fool me.
     他最好不要愚弄我。
  4. In spoken English, people sometimes usebetterwithout 'had' or 'be' before it. It has the same meaning.
     （在英语口语中，有时在表达此意时会省略 better 前面的 had 或 be。）
  5. Better not say too much aloud.
     最好不要大声说太多话。
• PRON 更大成就；更好行为；更好待遇
  If you say that you expect or deservebetter, you mean that you expect or deserve a higher standard of achievement, behaviour, or treatment from people than they have shown you.
  1. We expect better of you in the future...
     我们希望将来你有更大的成就。
  2. 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。
• N-PLURAL 上司；上级
  Yourbettersare people who have a higher status or rank than you do.
  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。
• VERB 超越；胜过；超出
  If someonebettersa high achievement or standard, they achieve something higher.
  1. 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。
  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。
• VERB 提高；改善
  If youbetteryour situation, you improve your social status or the quality of your life. If youbetter yourself, you improve your social status.
  1. 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。
  2. 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。
• （用于构成以 good 和 well 开头的复合形容词的比较级，如 well-off 的比较级为 better-off）
  Betteris used to form the comparative of compound adjectives beginning with 'good' and 'well.' For example, the comparative of 'well-off' is 'better-off.'
• PHRASE （用于建议）最好，更好
  You can say that someoneis betterdoing one thing than another, orit is betterdoing one thing than another, to advise someone about what they should do.
  1. 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。
  2. 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？
  3. Subjects like this are better left alone.
     像这类题材最好别碰。
• PHRASE 好转；变好
  If something changesfor the better, it improves.
  1. Dreams of changing the world for the better.
     让世界变得更美好的梦想
• PHRASE （嫉妒、好奇心、愤怒等感情）使不能自制
  If a feeling such as jealousy, curiosity, or angergets the better ofyou, it becomes too strong for you to hide or control.
  1. She didn't allow her emotions to get the better of her.
     她没有感情用事。
• PHRASE （在比赛、打斗或争论中）战胜，打败
  If youget the better ofsomeone, you defeat them in a contest, fight, or argument.
  1. 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。
• PHRASE （因阅历丰富）不至于…
  If someoneknows better than todo something, they are old enough or experienced enough to know it is the wrong thing to do.
  1. She knew better than to argue with Adeline...
     她不至于和阿德琳发生争执。
  2. 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。
• PHRASE 比…更了解（或更渊博、更有经验）
  If youknow better thansomeone, you have more information, knowledge, or experience than them.
  1. 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。
  2. 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。
• PHRASE （用于建议）不如，最好
  If you say that someone wouldbe better offdoing something, you are advising them to do it or expressing the opinion that it would benefit them to do it.
  1. 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。
  2. 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。
• PHRASE 胜过；超过
  If yougo one better, you do something better than it has been done before or obtain something better than someone else has.
  1. 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。
• CONVENTION （表示赞成、表扬或鼓励）很好，这就对了
  You say 'That's better' in order to express your approval of what someone has said or done, or to praise or encourage them.
  1. '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？”
• PHRASE 这样更好；那更好
  You can say 'so much the better' or 'all the better' to indicate that it is desirable that a particular thing is used, done, or available.
  1. 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。
  2. 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。
• PHRASE 越…越好
  You can use expressions like 'Thebiggerthe better' or 'Thesoonerthe better' to say that you would prefer it if something is big or happens soon.
  1. The Irish love a party, the bigger the better...
     爱尔兰人喜欢聚会，规模越大越好。
  2. The fewer things in the room the better.
     房间里的东西越少越好。
• PHRASE 为了更好地…；以便更有效地…
  If you do somethingthe better todo something else, you do the first thing in order to be able to do the second thing more effectively.
  1. She came on every ride herself, the better to instruct her eager pupils.
     每一个骑乘项目她都要亲自试一试，以便更好地指导她那些跃跃欲试的小学生。
• PHRASE 重新考虑后决定不做
  If you intend to do something and thenthink better of it, you decide not to do it because you realize it would not be sensible.
  1. Alberg opened his mouth, as if to protest. But he thought better of it.
     阿尔伯格张了张嘴，似乎想要申辩，但想想又放弃了。
• PHRASE 不论好坏；不管结果怎样
  If you say that something has happened or been donefor better or worse, you mean that you are not sure whether the consequences will be good or bad, but they will have to be accepted because the action cannot be changed.
  1. I married you for better or worse, knowing all about these problems.
     这些问题我都知道，不管怎样我还是嫁给了你。
• better the devil you know→ see:devil

英英释义

adj

• changing for the better

双语例句

• The two countries are bettering relations between them.
  这两个国家正在改善相互之间的关系。
• 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。
• Enhancing genitality of men and women, invigorating the kidney and strengthening yang, nourishing yin and regulating menstruation, bettering life quality of middle aged and elderly people.
  提高男女生殖功能，补肾壮阳，滋阴调经，改善中老年人生活质量。
• However, while my throat was under the weather, my overall health condition was bettering.
  然而喉咙有事，身体状况却好起来了。
• The key way to bettering up this situation is to improve teaching quality.
  认为改变这一现状的关键是提高文献课的教育质量。
• In my opinion, the problems would be easily solved if these cadres showed less enthusiasm for bettering their own standard of living and more for raising that of the masses.
  如果把自己关心自己的这个积极性转到关心群众生活方面来，我想问题就容易解决了。
• After bilateral consultation, the national development bank entrusted the Construction Bank to supervise loan contract executions, to process business such as loans and fund appropriations, etc., to supervise loan utilization, and to assist in bettering loan recovery work.
  经双方协商，国家开发银行委托建设银行监督借款合同的执行，办理贷款和资金拨付等业务，监督贷款的使用，协助做好贷款回收工作。
• Bettering the life of citizens should be the essence of urban development.
  城市发展的本质应使市民生活得更美好。
• While were on the subject of bettering ourselves, one common reason people seek higher education is to get out of a dead-end job.
  在我们谈论关于完善自身的话题时，常提到的追求更高教育的理由是为了摆脱无前途的工作。
• While talking about bettering the city, we will quickly raise thousands of reasons to illustrate the importance of the environment, say, reducing plastic bags;
  在谈到改善城市，我们将迅速提高成千上万的理由来说明环境的重要性，也就是说，减少塑料袋；