| 单词 | melioration |
| 释义 | melioration (once / 59997 pages) n WORD FAMILY melioration: meliorations+/meliorate: meliorated, meliorates, meliorating, melioration, meliorative USAGE EXAMPLESThe act of ameliorating, or the state of being ameliorated; making or becoming better; improvement; melioration. Webster, Noah, Webster's Unabridged Dictionary(2012) If the consolations of true religion are proffered, they are either spurned with anger, or merely produce an evanescent melioration. Millingen, J. G. (John Gideon), Curiosities of Medical Experience(2012) But professional reformation or melioration is usually an organic, incremental process. BusinessWeek(Nov 22, 2011) 1n the act of relieving ills and changing for the better Syn|Hyper amelioration, betterment improvement the act of improving something 2n a condition superior to an earlier condition Syn|Ant|Hypo|Hyper improvement declination, decline a condition inferior to an earlier condition; a gradual falling off from a better state betterment an improvement that adds to the value of a property or facility developmenta state in which things are improving; the result of developing (as in the early part of a game of chess) reformationimprovement (or an intended improvement) in the existing form or condition of institutions or practices etc.; intended to make a striking change for the better in social or political or religious affairs refurbishment, renovation, restorationthe state of being restored to its former good condition underdevelopmentstate of inadequate development counterreformationa reformation intended to counter the results of a prior reformation condition, status a state at a particular time 3n the linguistic process in which over a period of time a word grows more positive in connotation or more elevated in meaning Hyper drift a process of linguistic change over a period of time |
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