better
英['betə(r)] 美['betər]
"a change for the better"
"the common man has been kept in his place by his betters"
"chose the better of the two"
"You're a better man than I am, Gunga Din"
"a better coat"
"a better type of car"
"a suit with a better fit"
"a better chance of success"
"produced a better mousetrap"
"she's better in math than in history"
"her health is better now"
"I feel better"
"it would be better to speak to him"
"the White House thought it best not to respond"
"argued for the better part of an hour"
"She had never sung better"
"a deed better left undone"
"better suited to the job"
"father knows best"
"I know better."
"She bettered her own record"
"break a record"
"The editor improved the manuscript with his changes"
"The weather improved toward evening"
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3.更；更大程度上
If you like one thingbetter than another, you like it more.
better的近义词
e.g. I like your interpretationbetter than the one I was taught...
你的解释比我以前学过的更让我喜欢。
e.g. I'd like nothingbetter than to join you girls...
我最喜欢和你们女孩子在一起了。
4.（病情、伤势）好转的，减轻的
If you arebetter after an illness or injury, you have recovered from it. If you feelbetter, you no longer feel so ill.
e.g. He is muchbetter now, he's fine...
他现在好多了，身体状况不错。
e.g. The doctors were saying there wasn't much hope of me gettingbetter.
医生们说我好转的希望不大。
5.（用于建议、警告、威胁、发表意见等）最好
You usehad better or'd better when you are advising, warning, or threatening someone, or expressing an opinion about what should happen.
e.g. It's half past two. I think we hadbetter go home...
现在两点半了。我想我们最好还是回家吧。
e.g. You'dbetter run if you're going to get your ticket...
想买到票的话，你最好跑几步。
6.更大成就；更好行为；更好待遇
If you say that you expect or deservebetter, you mean that you expect or deserve a higher standard of achievement, behaviour, or treatment from people than they have shown you.
better的意思
e.g. We expectbetter of you in the future...
我们希望将来你有更大的成就。
e.g. Our long-suffering mining communities deservebetter than this.
我们长期受苦受难的采矿群体应该得到比这更好的待遇。
7.上司；上级
Yourbetters are people who have a higher status or rank than you do.
e.g. Sit down and be quiet in front of your elders and betters.
在长辈和上级面前要老老实实地坐着。
8.超越；胜过；超出
If someonebetters a high achievement or standard, they achieve something higher.
e.g. He recorded a time of 4 minutes 23, bettering the old record of 4-24...
他用时4分23秒，刷新了4分24秒的原纪录。
e.g. As an account of adolescence it could hardly be bettered.
作为描写青春期的书，它已几臻完美。
9.提高；改善
If youbetter your situation, you improve your social status or the quality of your life. If youbetter yourself, you improve your social status.
e.g. He had dedicated his life to bettering the lot of the oppressed people of South Africa...
他毕生致力于改变南非受压迫人民的命运。
e.g. Our parents chose to come here with the hope of bettering themselves.
我们的父母选择来到这里，希望能够改善自己的生活。
10.（用于构成以 good 和 well 开头的复合形容词的比较级，如 well-off 的比较级为 better-off）
better is used to form the comparative of compound adjectives beginning with 'good' and 'well.' For example, the comparative of 'well-off' is 'better-off.'
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11.（用于建议）最好，更好
You can say that someoneis better doing one thing than another, orit is better doing one thing than another, to advise someone about what they should do.
e.g. You arebetter eating just a small snack than hurrying a main meal...
你最好简单吃点快餐，不要着急着慌地吃正餐。
e.g. Wouldn't it bebetter putting a time-limit on the task?...
是不是给这项任务规定一个时限比较好？
12.好转；变好
If something changesfor the better, it improves.
e.g. Dreams of changing the world for thebetter.
让世界变得更美好的梦想
13.（嫉妒、好奇心、愤怒等感情）使不能自制
If a feeling such as jealousy, curiosity, or angergets the better of you, it becomes too strong for you to hide or control.
e.g. She didn't allow her emotions to get thebetter of her.
她没有感情用事。
14.（在比赛、打斗或争论中）战胜，打败
If youget the better of someone, you defeat them in a contest, fight, or argument.
e.g. He is used to tough defenders, and he usually gets thebetter of them.
他习惯了彪悍的后卫，通常都能战而胜之。
15.（因阅历丰富）不至于…
If someoneknows better than to do something, they are old enough or experienced enough to know it is the wrong thing to do.
e.g. She knewbetter than to argue with Adeline...
她不至于和阿德琳发生争执。
e.g. It's bad enough to have anyone joke about such a serious matter but a member of the police force should knowbetter.
拿这么严肃的事情开玩笑已经够糟的了，身为一名警察更不应该这样做。
16.比…更了解（或更渊博、更有经验）
If youknow better than someone, you have more information, knowledge, or experience than them.
e.g. He thought he knewbetter than I did, though he was much less experienced...
虽然他经验远没有我丰富，但他认为他比我懂行。
e.g. My sister still claims she cheated on us at cards, but I knowbetter.
我妹妹仍然说她和我们玩牌的时候捣了鬼，其实我心知肚明。
17.（用于建议）不如，最好
If you say that someone wouldbe better off doing something, you are advising them to do it or expressing the opinion that it would benefit them to do it.
e.g. If you've got bags you'rebetter off taking a taxi...
你要是大包小包的，不如打的算了。
e.g. Their stance seems to be that a baby or child isbetter off in its country of birth.
他们似乎认为婴儿或者小孩还是呆在自己出生的国家为好。
18.胜过；超过
If yougo one better, you do something better than it has been done before or obtain something better than someone else has.
e.g. Now General Electric have gone onebetter than nature and made a diamond purer than the best quality natural diamonds.
现在通用电气公司已经制造出了巧夺天工的钻石，其纯度比最好的天然钻石还要高。
19.（表示赞成、表扬或鼓励）很好，这就对了
You say 'That's better' in order to express your approval of what someone has said or done, or to praise or encourage them.
e.g. 'I came to ask your advice — no, to ask for your help.' — 'That'sbetter. And how can I help you?'
“我来征求你们的意见——不对，请求你们帮助。”——“这还差不多。我们怎么帮助你？”
20.这样更好；那更好
You can say 'so much the better' or 'all the better' to indicate that it is desirable that a particular thing is used, done, or available.
e.g. Use strong white flour, and if you can get hold of durum wheat flour, then so much thebetter...
使用高筋白面粉，如果你能弄到硬粒小麦面粉，那就更好了。
e.g. If there's good skiing, breathtaking scenery and you don't need to catch a plane, all thebetter!
如果有好的滑雪场、令人叹为观止的美景，又不用赶飞机，那就再好不过了。
21.越…越好
You can use expressions like 'The biggerthe better' or 'The soonerthe better' to say that you would prefer it if something is big or happens soon.
better的反义词
e.g. The Irish love a party, the bigger thebetter...
爱尔兰人喜欢聚会，规模越大越好。
e.g. The fewer things in the room thebetter.
房间里的东西越少越好。
22.为了更好地…；以便更有效地…
If you do somethingthe better to do something else, you do the first thing in order to be able to do the second thing more effectively.
e.g. She came on every ride herself, thebetter to instruct her eager pupils.
每一个骑乘项目她都要亲自试一试，以便更好地指导她那些跃跃欲试的小学生。
23.重新考虑后决定不做
If you intend to do something and thenthink better of it, you decide not to do it because you realize it would not be sensible.
e.g. Alberg opened his mouth, as if to protest. But he thoughtbetter of it.
阿尔伯格张了张嘴，似乎想要申辩，但想想又放弃了。
24.不论好坏；不管结果怎样
If you say that something has happened or been donefor better or worse, you mean that you are not sure whether the consequences will be good or bad, but they will have to be accepted because the action cannot be changed.
e.g. I married you forbetter or worse, knowing all about these problems.
这些问题我都知道，不管怎样我还是嫁给了你。
25. better the devil you know -> see devil
discretion is thebetter part of valour -> see discretion
yourbetter half -> see half
against yourbetter judgment -> see judgment
to bebetter than nothing -> see nothing
thebetter part -> see part
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1. 更好的：[巧 记]兔子(to)被人(r)的拷打真的(ture)使它受尽折磨. [巧 记]离开(leave)的时候,我把l编织成w. [巧 记]更好的(better)电池组是把e型变成a型,再加个尾巴(y). 前缀(Prefixes)一般不造成词类的转变,而只是引起意思上的变化
The fewer things in the room the better.
房间里的东西越少越好。
The Irish love a party, the bigger the better...
爱尔兰人喜欢聚会，规模越大越好。
If you've got bags you're better off taking a taxi...
你要是大包小包的，不如打的算了。
Their stance seems to be that a baby or child is better off in its country of birth.
他们似乎认为婴儿或者小孩还是呆在自己出生的国家为好。
Now General Electric have gone one better than nature and made a diamond purer than the best quality natural diamonds.
现在通用电气公司已经制造出了巧夺天工的钻石，其纯度比最好的天然钻石还要高。
'I came to ask your advice 'u2014 no, to ask for your help.' 'u2014 'That's better. And how can I help you?'
“我来征求你们的意见——不对，请求你们帮助。”——“这还差不多。我们怎么帮助你？”
Use strong white flour, and if you can get hold of durum wheat flour, then so much the better...
使用高筋白面粉，如果你能弄到硬粒小麦面粉，那就更好了。
If there's good skiing, breathtaking scenery and you don't need to catch a plane, all the better!
如果有好的滑雪场、令人叹为观止的美景，又不用赶飞机，那就再好不过了。
My sister still claims she cheated on us at cards, but I know better.
我妹妹仍然说她和我们玩牌的时候捣了鬼，其实我心知肚明。
She knew better than to argue with Adeline...
她不至于和阿德琳发生争执。
It's bad enough to have anyone joke about such a serious matter but a member of the police force should know better.
拿这么严肃的事情开玩笑已经够糟的了，身为一名警察更不应该这样做。
He thought he knew better than I did, though he was much less experienced...
虽然他经验远没有我丰富，但他认为他比我懂行。
He is used to tough defenders, and he usually gets the better of them.
他习惯了彪悍的后卫，通常都能战而胜之。
He had dedicated his life to bettering the lot of the oppressed people of South Africa...
他毕生致力于改变南非受压迫人民的命运。
Our parents chose to come here with the hope of bettering themselves.
我们的父母选择来到这里，希望能够改善自己的生活。
You are better eating just a small snack than hurrying a main meal...
你最好简单吃点快餐，不要着急着慌地吃正餐。
Wouldn't it be better putting a time-limit on the task?...
是不是给这项任务规定一个时限比较好？
Dreams of changing the world for the better.
让世界变得更美好的梦想
She didn't allow her emotions to get the better of her.
她没有感情用事。
As an account of adolescence it could hardly be bettered.
作为描写青春期的书，它已几臻完美。
He recorded a time of 4 minutes 23, bettering the old record of 4-24...
他用时4分23秒，刷新了4分24秒的原纪录。
Sit down and be quiet in front of your elders and betters.
在长辈和上级面前要老老实实地坐着。
We expect better of you in the future...
我们希望将来你有更大的成就。
Our long-suffering mining communities deserve better than this.
我们长期受苦受难的采矿群体应该得到比这更好的待遇。
It's half past two. I think we had better go home...
现在两点半了。我想我们最好还是回家吧。
You'd better run if you're going to get your ticket...
想买到票的话，你最好跑几步。
I like your interpretation better than the one I was taught...
你的解释比我以前学过的更让我喜欢。
I'd like nothing better than to join you girls...
我最喜欢和你们女孩子在一起了。
He is much better now, he's fine...
他现在好多了，身体状况不错。
The doctors were saying there wasn't much hope of me getting better.
医生们说我好转的希望不大。
The grey mare is the better horse here.
出自：G. B. ShawAndrew would be a better man than he had been.
出自：V. Woolfbetter planes, better explosives, better guns and gasessevery improvement increases the sum of fear and hatred.
出自：Aldous HuxleyShe left to better herself, and obtained the situation of nurse.
出自：F. MarryatTheir speech and dress were bettered while she kept them in her charge.
出自：W. C. WilliamsI lack the will-power to do anything with my life, to better my position by hard work.
出自：L. Durrell生意场上
A：Has our material been all right ?
我们的原材料没问题吧？
better是什么意思
B：I‘m afraid not .
有问题呢。
A：Maybe you should order a littlebetter quality
也许您应该买品质好一点的
better在线翻译
B：Yes, we might have to do that .
是呀，恐怕只有这么做了。
谈论天气
A：It looks like it’’s going to be sunny.
今天看来像是个晴天。
B：Yes, it’’s muchbetter than yesterday.
是的，比昨天好多了。
A：They say we’’re going to get some rain later.
据说待会儿要下雨。
B：Oh, let’’s just hope it stays warm.
哦，我只希望一直暖和下去。
A going concern-(赢利企业)
better
A：What's your overseas branch factory going?
你海外的分厂进展如何？
B：Not very good at first. It has been two years before it becomes a going concern.
开始不太理想，直到两年以后才开始赢利。
better的近义词
A：Once you break the ice, it will bebetter andbetter.
一旦打开局面，肯定会越来越好的。
B：I hope so.
但愿如此。
I am better today, but not well yet.
如果在没有生病的前提下身体变强壮，不用better。
You had better go at once.
你最好马上去。
I think/thought I had better have gone already.
我以为你已经去了，实际上你没有去。
误 I'm completely better now.
正 I'm completely well now.
析 better只是表示“渐愈”,若要表示“完全好转〔康复〕”则应用well。
Dreams are powerful and they can drive you to work harder and becomebetter than before.
梦想是强大的，它能驱使你更加努力，变得比以前更好。
2020云南省卷
Therefore, a gas car would be abetter option (选择) if you have far to drive.
因此，如果你有很远的路要走，汽油车将是一个更好的选择。
2020南京市卷
I think, if he continues like this, he will do muchbetter next term.
我认为，如果他继续这样下去，他下学期会做得更好。
2018南宁市卷
You'dbetter not hang out after school without telling your parents.
放学后你最好不要没告诉你父母就出去玩。
2020青岛市卷
In order to show our respect(尊重) for others, we hadbetter listen to them first.
为了表示对他人的尊重，我们最好先倾听他们。
2018陕西省卷
You'dbetter be careful.
你最好小心点。
2018安徽省卷
Thanks to the advanced technology, we live in an age of better communication.
多亏了先进的技术, 我们生活在一个交流更加顺畅的时代。
2015北京卷
Other research shows we'rebetter at detecting deception from thin slices when we rely on intuition instead of reflection.
其他研究表明，当我们依靠直觉而不是深思时，我们更善于从细枝末节觉察到欺骗。
2021英语二
Healthy trees are alsobetter able to fend off insects.
健康的树木也能更好地抵御昆虫。
2019英语二
Other industries are recruiting them with similar orbetter pay.
其他行业也在以类似或更好的薪酬招聘他们。
2017英语二
You and your children will benefit and emerge from stressful moments feelingbetter physically and emotionally.
你和你的孩子将会受益，从压力期脱离，感觉到身体和情绪在好转。
2020英语二
The Supreme Court decision Thursday willbetter businesses' relations with states.
最高法院周四的裁决将改善企业与各州的关系。
2019英语一
