| 单词 | melioration |
| 释义 | melioration /meel'yeuh ray"sheuhn, mee'lee euh-/, n. 1. Historical Ling. semantic change in a word to a more approved or more respectable meaning. Cf. pejoration (def. 2). 2. amelioration. [1620-30; < LL melioration- (s. of melioratio), equiv. to meliorat(us) (see MELIORATE) + -ion- -ION] |
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