单词 | improve |
释义 | improve (once / 63 pages) v When you improve something, you make it better. For example, you can improve your harmonica playing with practice. Be happy when you see this word, because something is getting better — improving. Getting a tutor will usually improve your grades. Sleeping well improves your health and alertness. A haircut could improve your looks. Painters have to decide whether a painting is finished or if it can still be improved. Voters decide which candidate will improve the nation. Sometimes a sick patient will mysteriously improve. The opposite of improve is worsen or deteriorate. WORD FAMILYimprove: improvable, improved, improvement, improver, improves, improving+/improvable: improvably/improved: unimproved/improvement: improvements, self-improvement/improver: improvers/improving: improvingly USAGE EXAMPLESBoth economies are improving, with lower policy rates likely to support valuations for 2017, it added. Reuters(Jan 03, 2017) But it soon became clear that McCloughan hadn’t done enough to improve the defense, and it proved a liability all season. Washington Post(Jan 02, 2017) The Tigers found the range after the break, improving field goal percentage from 31 percent to 48 percent. Washington Times(Jan 02, 2017) 1v to make better The editor improved the manuscript with his changes Syn|Ant|Hypo|Hyper ameliorate, amend, better, meliorate ameliorate, better, meliorate get better aggravate, exacerbate, exasperate, worsen make worse alleviate, assuage, palliate, relieve provide physical relief, as from pain aid, helpimprove the condition of regenerate, revitalizerestore strength enrichmake better or improve in quality build up, developchange the use of and make available or usable turn aroundimprove dramatically helpimprove; change for the better upgradeto improve what was old or outdated conditionput into a better state emendmake improvements or corrections to iron out, put right, straighten outsettle or put right enhancemake better or more attractive bushel, doctor, fix, furbish up, mend, repair, restore, touch onrestore by replacing a part or putting together what is torn or broken reformmake changes for improvement in order to remove abuse and injustices reformimprove by alteration or correction of errors or defects and put into a better condition beautify, embellish, fancify, prettifymake more beautiful buildimprove the cleansing action of hone, perfectmake perfect or complete down, fine-tune, polish, refineimprove or perfect by pruning or polishing distill, make pure, purify, sublimateremove impurities from, increase the concentration of, and separate through the process of distillation fructifymake productive or fruitful lift, raiseinvigorate or heighten advancedevelop further upgradegive better travel conditions to educategive an education to groom, neatencare for one's external appearance curry, dress, groomgive a neat appearance to soothecause to feel better bring around, cure, healprovide a cure for, make healthy again comfort, easelessen pain or discomfort; alleviate redevelopchange the plans for the use of (land) fill out, round outmake bigger or better or more complete optimise, optimizemake optimal; get the most out of; use best choke, throttlereduce the air supply reconditionbring into an improved condition follow upincrease the effectiveness or success of by further action retouch, touch upalter so as to produce a more desirable appearance rejuvenatemake younger or more youthful fiddle, tinkertry to fix or mend fillplug with a substance patch, piecerepair by adding pieces cobblerepair or mend point, repointrepair the joints of bricks trouble-shoot, troubleshootsolve problems patch, patch upmend by putting a patch on dress up, window-dressmake something appear superficially attractive slick up, smarten up, spiff up, spruce, spruce up, titivate, tittivatemake neat, smart, or trim brush up, polish, polish up, round, round offbring to a highly developed, finished, or refined state over-refine, overrefinerefine too much or with excess of subtlety rectify, refinereduce to a fine, unmixed, or pure state; separate from extraneous matter or cleanse from impurities purgerid of impurities feed, fertilise, fertilizeprovide with fertilizers or add nutrients to resole, soleput a new sole on revamp, vampprovide (a shoe) with a new vamp heel, reheelput a new heel on settleestablish or develop as a residence polish, shine, smooth, smoothenmake (a surface) shine darnrepair by sewing benefit, do goodbe beneficial for socialise, socializetrain for a social environment groom, prepare, traineducate for a future role or function co-educate, coeducateeducate persons of both sexes together schooleducate in or as if in a school civilise, civilize, cultivate, educate, school, trainteach or refine to be discriminative in taste or judgment become, suitenhance the appearance of alter, change, modify cause to change; make different; cause a transformation 2v get better The weather improved toward evening Syn|Ant|Hypo|Hyper ameliorate, better, meliorate ameliorate, amend, better, meliorate to make better decline, worsen grow worse convalesce, recover, recuperate get over an illness or shock healget healthy again reform, see the light, straighten outchange for the better surgesee one's performance improve pick up, turn aroundimprove significantly; go from bad to good bounce back, get over, get wellimprove in health heal, mendheal or recover fructifybecome productive or fruitful upgradeget better travel conditions gain vigor, percolate, perk, perk up, pick upgain or regain energy snap backrecover quickly scabform a scab skin overgrow new skin over an injury granulateform granulating tissue change state, turn undergo a transformation or a change of position or action |
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