| 单词 | to improve on |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto improve on (also upon) b. intransitive. to improve on (also upon): to make or produce something better or greater than; to surpass. Cf. improvement n. 6c. ΘΚΠ the mind > goodness and badness > quality of being good > improvement > [verb (intransitive)] amenda1393 to improve on1618 the mind > goodness and badness > quality of being good > improvement > [verb (transitive)] > improve upon amendc1330 to improve on (also upon)1618 refine1659 1618 S. Latham New & 2nd Bk. Falconrie Ep. Ded. The wings of my vndeseruing Muse (improued on with the good opinion of her Patron). 1662 J. Evelyn Sculptura i. iv. 35 As the invention grew older, refining and improving upon it. 1748 J. Geddes Ess. Composition Antients 362 Longinus here seems to have improven on the orator. 1771 ‘Junius’ Stat Nominis Umbra (1772) II. lxvii. 305 The son has regularly improved upon the vices of his father. 1856 C. Merivale Hist. Romans under Empire V. xlviii. 429 It was not beyond [his] means..to improve upon this political masterpiece. 1879 Cassell's Techn. Educator (new ed.) IV. 232/2 The sources of light have been improved on by the adoption of the oxy-calcium, oxy-hydrogen..and electric light. 1937 Amer. Home Apr. 104/2 Attempts to improve upon old-fashioned white lead paint for the most part have aimed at retarding chalking, checking and erosion. 2008 C. Q. Yarbro Dangerous Climate 104 You haven't the building, the equipment, the staff, or the physicians you would need to improve on what you have done. < as lemmas |
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