| 单词 | amelioration |
| 释义 | amelioration (once / 5623 pages) n Amelioration is a process that makes something better. A philanthropist might devote her life to the amelioration of poverty and hunger. Any time there's amelioration, something negative is becoming more positive. If your landlord improves the water pressure and lowers the rent, that's amelioration. Often this word has to do with words themselves and how some change in meaning over the years, becoming more positive. A good example is terrific, which once meant "causing terror" and now means "wonderful" or "awesome." Through amelioration, terrific went from a negative meaning to a positive one. WORD FAMILYamelioration: ameliorations+/ameliorate: ameliorated, ameliorates, ameliorating, amelioration, ameliorative, amelioratory USAGE EXAMPLESDesign is both noun and verb, covering work that ranges from the composition of a tattoo to the amelioration of climate change. New York Times(Sep 15, 2016) Gender inequality in the workplace, particularly related to the pervasive and deeply entrenched pay gap, is very real and exceedingly resistant to amelioration. New York Times(Sep 16, 2016) Karl Marx had proclaimed that meaningful amelioration of working-class conditions could not be achieved by non-revolutionary, parliamentary means. Washington Post(Jun 03, 2016) n the act of relieving ills and changing for the better Syn|Hyper betterment, melioration improvement the act of improving something |
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