| 单词 | improving |
| 释义 | improving (once / 586 pages) adj Something that's improving is getting better. If you learn that your sick friend is improving, it's good news. When your financial situation is improving, it means you've got more money in the bank, and if your grandmother's appetite is improving, it's increasing so that she can enjoy the chocolate chip cookies you made for her. The adjective improving comes from the verb improve, "make or become better." The root of both words lies in the Anglo-French word emprower, "to turn to profit," from the Latin prodest, "is of advantage." WORD FAMILYimproving: improvingly+/improvable: improvably/improve: improvable, improved, improvement, improver, improves, improving/improved: unimproved/improvement: improvements, self-improvement/improver: improvers USAGE EXAMPLESBoth economies are improving, with lower policy rates likely to support valuations for 2017, it added. Reuters(Jan 03, 2017) The Tigers found the range after the break, improving field goal percentage from 31 percent to 48 percent. Washington Times(Jan 02, 2017) She is interested in immigrants’ rights and women’s rights but also income inequality and improving public education. The Guardian(Jan 02, 2017) adj getting higher or more vigorous an improving economy Syn up rising advancing or becoming higher or greater in degree or value or status |
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