英语词汇“improve”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

单词	improve
释义	im·prove I. \ə̇mˈprüv\ transitive verb Etymology: Middle English improven, from Middle French improver, from Latin improbare to disapprove, blame, reject — more at improbation 1. a. obsolete : to show to be wrong : confute b. Scots law : to prove false or forged : disprove, invalidate 2. obsolete : reprove, censure II. verb Etymology: alteration (influenced by approve) of earlier emprou, emprow, from Anglo-French emprouer to invest profitably, to cultivate profitably, from Old French en- en- (I) + prou profit — more at prow *transitive verb* 1. a. : to make greater in amount or degree : increase, augment, enlarge, intensify < improved the chance that the committee could reach agreement > b. obsolete : to raise the price of c. obsolete : to make (an evil) worse 2. a. : to enhance in value or quality : make more profitable, excellent, or desirable < improve the appearance of a display > < improve one's health by exercise > < exhibited an improved optical viewfinder — Americana Annual > b. archaic : to speak on in order to make more generally profitable or turn to better spiritual account c. : to increase the value of (land or property) by bringing under cultivation, reclaiming for agriculture or stock raising, erecting buildings or other structures, laying out streets, or installing utilities (as sewers) < improved farmland > d. Scots law : to grant (a lease) for a long term to encourage a tenant in good husbandry e. : to grade and drain (a road) and apply surfacing material (as gravel, crushed rock, or oil) other than pavement 3. archaic a. : to avail oneself of : employ, use b. : occupy 4. a. : to turn to profit or to good account : employ to good purpose : use to advantage < improve an opportunity to make friends > < improve one's time by studying > b. archaic : to cause (money or capital) to yield a profit by investment 5. a. : to turn or convert by improving < improve a nag into a racehorse > b. : to spend, remove, or dissipate by improvements < a tribe improved out of existence > *intransitive verb* 1. a. : increase, augment < the price of cotton is improving > < the demand for more commodities improved > b. : to rise in value : enhance in price < stocks are improving > 2. : to advance or make progress in what is desirable : grow better < the invalid's health improved daily > Synonyms: improve, better, ameliorate, and help mean to correct, make more acceptable, or bring nearer to a higher standard of goodness in part or in some degree. improve and better are general and interchangeable and are often used of things that are originally bad or unacceptable < famed for his quick wit and his ability to improve a script during a performance — G.S.Perry > < increase his powers of field observation and notation while he improves his knowledge of the area — J.F.Hart & Eugene Mather > < bettering the general conditions of tenant farmers — Current Biography > < has invariably bettered the tunes and often transformed a doggerel text into excellent poetry — American Guide Series: Tennessee > ameliorate is applied chiefly to things that are unacceptable, especially conditions difficult to endure or causing suffering, and implies partial relief or alterations that make the conditions more tolerable < ameliorate the lot of thousands of victimized human beings — Arnold Bennett > < abolish feudalism or ameliorate its vices — W.O.Douglas > < his care in ameliorating personality conflicts — Harold Koontz & Cyril O'Donnell > help implies a bettering that still leaves room for improvement < help farmers meet the fertilizer shortage > < exercises to help overcome a speech defect > • - improve on
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