单词	amelioration
释义	amelioratea‧me‧li‧o‧rate /əˈmiːliəreɪt/ verb [transitive] Word Origin WORD ORIGINameliorate Origin: 1700-1800 meliorate ‘to ameliorate’ (16-20 centuries), from Late Latin, past participle of meliorare, from Latin melior ‘better’ Verb Table VERB TABLE ameliorate Simple Form Present I, you, we, they ameliorate he, she, it ameliorates Past I, you, he, she, it, we, they ameliorated Present perfect I, you, we, they have ameliorated he, she, it has ameliorated Past perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they had ameliorated Future I, you, he, she, it, we, they will ameliorate Future perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they will have ameliorated Continuous Form Present I am ameliorating he, she, it is ameliorating you, we, they are ameliorating Past I, he, she, it was ameliorating you, we, they were ameliorating Present perfect I, you, we, they have been ameliorating he, she, it has been ameliorating Past perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they had been ameliorating Future I, you, he, she, it, we, they will be ameliorating Future perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they will have been ameliorating Examples EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES Measures to ameliorate working conditions have had little effect. EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS At the same time we had to cut our costs and reduce the numbers to at least ameliorate the losses. Confidence was increasing that men, through foresight and effective action, could ameliorate their existence and even prolong their lives. Correction of the acidemia will often ameliorate this problem. Even a decision to paint one of them a garish blue has failed to ameliorate the effect. Government has assumed the responsibility for ameliorating income inequality in our society. In a warm room the nose discharges and fills up which ameliorates the headache; a thick, fluent, yellow discharge. Older women in the developed countries suffered unnecessarily from diseases that could have been ameliorated, cured, or even prevented. Such policies either ameliorate the worst conditions that might provoke violence or provide certain classes with advantages over classes below them. formal to make a bad situation better or less harmful SYN  improve:  It is not clear what can be done to ameliorate the situation.—amelioration /əˌmiːliəˈreɪʃən/ noun [uncountable]
随便看	demotivate demotivating demur demure demurely demystification demystify den Denali denationalization there thereabouts thereafter thereby therefore therein thereinafter thereof thereon thereto thereunder thereupon therm therm- thermal

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