| 单词 | betterment |
| 释义 | betterment (once / 5296 pages) n WORD FAMILY betterment: betterments+/best: bested, bester, bestest, besting, bests/better: bettered, bettering, betterly, betterment, betters/good: best, better, goodish, goodness, goods/goodness: goodnesses USAGE EXAMPLESThe broad assumption in the “current year” argument is that time inevitably ticks toward moral betterment. Washington Post(Dec 30, 2016) Or perhaps someone who embodied New York values for the betterment of society. New York Times(Dec 05, 2016) I became interested in economics because it appears to underlie how societies work particularly for the betterment of their members. Seattle Times(Nov 30, 2016) 1n the act of relieving ills and changing for the better Syn|Hyper amelioration, melioration improvement the act of improving something 2n a change for the better; progress in development Syn|Hypo|Hyper advance, improvement resurgence, revitalisation, revitalization, revival, revivification bringing again into activity and prominence elaboration, refinementthe result of improving something accommodation, adjustment, fittingmaking or becoming suitable; adjusting to circumstances conservation, preservationan occurrence of improvement by virtue of preventing loss or injury or other change recoveryreturn to an original state readjustmentthe act of adjusting again (to changed circumstances) domesticationaccommodation to domestic life habituationa general accommodation to unchanging environmental conditions Renaissance, Renascence, rebirththe revival of learning and culture regenerationthe activity of spiritual or physical renewal resurrectiona revival from inactivity and disuse resuscitationthe act of reviving a person and returning them to consciousness shakedowninitial adjustments to improve the functioning or the efficiency and to bring to a more satisfactory state shift, transformation, transmutation a qualitative change 3n an improvement that adds to the value of a property or facility Hyper improvement, melioration a condition superior to an earlier condition |
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