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单词 melioration
释义 me·lio·ra·tion
\ˌmēlyəˈrāshən, -lēə-\ noun
(-s)
Etymology: Late Latin melioration-, melioratio, from melioratus + Latin -ion-, -io -ion
: the quality or state of being meliorated or an act of meliorating : betterment: as
 a. : lasting or major improvement of land (as by a tenant)
  < the effect of meliorations was greater on height growth of fir and on soil flora and condition — Biological Abstracts >
 b. : the historical process by which the semantic and connotative status of a word tends to rise
  < the emergence of steward from sty-ward is an example of melioration in action >
  — compare pejoration
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