better

['betə]

adj.更好的, 较好的
adv.更好地
v.使更好, 改善
n.更好者, 更优者,下赌注者
形容词good和副词well的比较级形式

a.(good和well的比较级)

1. 较佳的; 更好的

They wanted better housing.

他们要求更好的住房。

2. 更适当的; 更称心的

This is a better example than the first.

这个例子比第一个更恰当。

3. 健康状况有所好转的; 健康恢复的

Are you feeling any better?

你觉得好一些吗?

ad.(well的比较级)

1. 更好地; 更适当地

Try to do better next time.

下次争取做得更好些。

2. 较大程度地; 更

Perhaps they like you better than me.

也许比起我来他们更喜欢你呢。

n.

1. (人或事物)较优者, 较好者[the S]

The weather has taken a turn for the better.

天气已经转好。

2. 上司们; 长辈[P]

We were told to obey our betters.

我们被告知要服从上司。

vt.

1. 改善; 改进; 提高

He had tried hard to better his status, but failed.

他努力设法改善自己的地位, 但未能成功。

2. 超过; 胜过

vi.

变得较好

Working conditions have bettered a lot.

工作条件已大为改善。

词形变化

动词过去式: bettered | 动词过去分词: bettered | 动词现在分词: bettering | 动词第三人称单数: betters |

词义辨析

同义:

a.较佳的; 更好的

superior  preferable  improved  

同义参见:

tower  exceed  over  enrich  excel  improve  enhance  

反义:

a.ad.较佳的(地)

worse  

英英释义

名词 better:

someone who bets

同义词：bettor, wagerer, punter

a superior person having claim to precedence

the superior one of two alternatives

动词 better:

surpass in excellence

同义词：break

to make better

同义词：improve, amend, ameliorate, meliorate

get better

同义词：improve, ameliorate, meliorate

形容词 better:

(comparative of `good') superior to another (of the same class or set or kind) in excellence or quality or desirability or suitability; more highly skilled than another

(comparative of `good') changed for the better in health or fitness

(comparative and superlative of `well') wiser or more advantageous and hence advisable

同义词：best

more than half

形容词 good:

having desirable or positive qualities especially those suitable for a thing specified

同义词：good

having the normally expected amount

同义词：full, good

morally admirable

同义词：good

deserving of esteem and respect

同义词：estimable, good, honorable, respectable

promoting or enhancing well-being

同义词：beneficial, good

agreeable or pleasing

同义词：good

of moral excellence

同义词：good, just, upright

having or showing knowledge and skill and aptitude

同义词：adept, expert, good, practiced, proficient, skillful, skilful

thorough

同义词：good

with or in a close or intimate relationship

同义词：dear, good, near

financially sound

同义词：dependable, good, safe, secure

most suitable or right for a particular purpose

同义词：good, right, ripe

resulting favorably

同义词：good, well

exerting force or influence

同义词：effective, good, in effect, in force

capable of pleasing

同义词：good

appealing to the mind

同义词：good, serious

in excellent physical condition

同义词：good, sound

tending to promote physical well-being; beneficial to health

同义词：beneficial, good, salutary

not forged

同义词：good

not left to spoil

同义词：good, unspoiled, unspoilt

generally admired

同义词：good

形容词 well:

in good health especially after having suffered illness or injury

同义词：well

resulting favorably

同义词：good, well

wise or advantageous and hence advisable

同义词：well

副词 better:

comparative of `well'; in a better or more excellent manner or more advantageously or attractively or to a greater degree etc.

from a position of superiority or authority

同义词：best

副词 well:

(often used as a combining form) in a good or proper or satisfactory manner or to a high standard (`good' is a nonstandard dialectal variant for `well')

同义词：well, good

thoroughly or completely; fully; often used as a combining form

同义词：well

indicating high probability; in all likelihood

同义词：well, easily

(used for emphasis or as an intensifier) entirely or fully

同义词：well

to a suitable or appropriate extent or degree

同义词：well

favorably; with approval

同义词：well

to a great extent or degree

同义词：well, considerably, substantially

with great or especially intimate knowledge

同义词：well, intimately

with prudence or propriety

同义词：well

with skill or in a pleasing manner

同义词：well

in a manner affording benefit or advantage

同义词：well, advantageously

in financial comfort

同义词：well, comfortably

without unusual distress or resentment; with good humor

同义词：well

短语词组

for better or (for) worse

1. 不管怎样

He promised to take her for better or for worse.

他答应不管怎样都要娶她。

get the better of

1. 打败

They got the better of their opponents.

他们击败了对手。

no better than

1. 实际上和……一样

He is no better than a bum.

他与无业游民没有什么两样。

补充

betterbetter英:[ˈbetə] 美:[ˈbɛtɚ]adj.1.有好转的He is no better yet.他一点也没有好转。2.更好的This is good but that is better.这个好, 可是那个更好。It's better that she should go alone.还是由她单独去比较好。adv.1.更好地He can do better.他能做得更好。2.更vt.1.改善; 提高The government hopes to better the conditions of the workers.政府希望改善工作人员的环境。n.1.更好者; 较优越者That's a fine horse, I couldn't get a better in a hurry.这是一匹骏马, 我一时难以找到比它更好的。2.前辈; 长者; 上级You should show greater respect for your elders and betters.你应该对长辈和上级尊重些。

例句

1. This wine's better than that one.这款酒要比那款更好。 2. Here's a better way to do it.这是处理这件事更好的办法。 3. That's better!(表示赞成、表扬或鼓励)很好, 这就对了 4. I hope the weather gets better soon.我希望天气状况一会儿会好转。 5. My French is getting better.我的法语水平在不断提高。 6. Are you feeling better now?你现在感觉好点儿了吗？ 7. I drank some water and felt a little better.喝了些水后我感觉好点儿了。 8. I hope you get better soon.我祝你早日康复。 9. You're better waiting till tomorrow.你最好等到明天。 10. I spent the better part of a day on the phone.我花了大半天时间打电话。 11. Go and see her tomorrow, or better still, go today.可以明天去看她, 今天去更好。 12. She sings better than him.她比他唱得更好。 13. You should know me better than that.你应该更了解我的。 14. I can go one better than that.我可以做得更好。 15. You'd better do it straight away.你最好马上去做这件事。 16. I'd better go home.我最好还是回家吧。 17. He thought he knew better than I did, though he was much less experienced.他经验没有我丰富, 却认为自己懂得比我多。 18. She knew better than to argue with Adeline.她不至于和阿德琳发生争执。 19. I thought better of her after she apologized to everyone.她跟大家道歉之后我对她的看法有了改观。 20. I was going to walk there but I thought better of it.我本打算步行去那里, 但想想还是算了。 21. You'll have to compete with your betters.你必须要和比你能力强的人竞争。 22. the bigger the better越大越好 23. I want him sacked, the sooner the better.我真希望他被炒鱿鱼, 越快越好。 24. She came on every ride herself, the better 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。 25. a change for the better好的转变 26. Things have recently changed for the better.近来情况有所好转。 27. He dreams of changing the world for the better.他梦想着让世界变得更美好。 28. My curiosity got the better of me.我按捺不住自己的好奇心。 29. We have bettered last year's figures.我们刷新了去年的数字。 30. They have bettered last month's production record.他们已超过上月生产记录。 31. The pole vaulter bettered the world's record by five inches.这名撑杆跳高运动员以5英寸之多超过了世界纪录。 32. We followed a policy aimed at bettering the lot of the poorest areas.我们奉行一项旨在改善极贫困地区命运的政策。 33. We worked hard to better the lot of the needy.我们努力工作以改善贫困者的命运。 34. Economic conditions have not bettered.经济状况没有改善。 35. You better wait a little longer.你还是再等一会儿好。 36. You better not say that.那样的话你还是不说为好。 37. hoping for better weather.希望能有更好的天气。 38. the new facilities were far better.新设备好多了。 39. I'm better at doing sums than Alice.我比爱丽丝更擅长算术。 40. there couldn't be a better time to take up this job.不可能有比现在更合适的时机来接受这份工作了。 41. it might be better to borrow the money.借钱也许会更有利些。 42. his leg was getting better.他的腿伤日见好转。 43. henry will be completely better after some rest.休息一阵以后，亨利就会完全康复了。 44. we'll feel a lot better after a decent night's sleep.晚上好好睡一觉，我们就会感觉好多了。 45. Jonathon could do better if he tried.乔纳森如果努力，他会做得更好。 46. sound travels better in water than in air.声音在水中比在空气中传导得更快。 47. instruments are generally better made these days.现在的仪器总体上比以前做得好。 48. I liked it better when we lived in the country.我更喜爱乡村生活。 49. you may find alternatives that suit you better.你也许会找到更适合你的选择。 50. well-fed people are better able to fight off infection.营养充足的人能更好地抵抗感染。 51. the money could be better spent on more urgent cases.钱用在更紧急的事情上更值得。 52. the Natural History Museum book is by far the better of the two.这两本书里，自然博物馆这一本要好得多。 53. you've a right to expect better than that.你有权要求比那更好的。 54. a change for the better.好转。 55. educating the young to respect their elders and betters.教育年轻人尊重长辈和上司。 56. his account can hardly be bettered.他的阐述几乎完美无瑕。 57. bettering his previous time by ten minutes.比他上一次快十分钟。 58. his ideas for bettering the lot of the millhands.他改善磨房工人状况的想法。 59. the residents are mostly Londoners who have bettered themselves.这些居民绝大多数都是取得了一定地位的伦敦人。 60. she had almost bettered him at archery.在射箭比赛中她几乎击败了他。 61. the sooner we're off the better.我们越早离开越好。 62. the proposals would make her about £40 a year better off.这些建议可以使她每年比以前多得40英镑。 63. it is the better part of a mile.这差不多有一英里。 64. he'd lived there for better than twenty years.他已在那里住了20多年。 65. he leaned closer the better to hear her.他侧身向她挨近以便听得更清楚些。 66. no one has ever got the better of her yet.到目前为止还从未有人战胜过她。 67. curiosity got the better of her.她克制不住自己的好奇心。 68. I want to go one better this time and score.我这次想做得好一些，能够得分。 69. you had better be careful.你最好小心些。 70. Attlee had the better of these exchanges.阿特利在这些辩论中占了上风。 71. viceroys who were often no better than bandits.往往和盗匪无甚差别的总督大人们。 72. I think her second novel was much better than her first.我认为她的第二部小说比第一部好得多。 73. He's far better at English than me.他的英语比我好得多。 74. It's a long way to drive. It would be better to take the train.自己开车路途遥远，搭乘火车较好。 75. You'd be better getting the train than driving.你搭乘火车比自己开车要好。 76. You can't go swimming until you're better.你病好了才可以去游泳。 77. I think you could have done this better.我觉得你原本可以把这件事做得更好。 78. Sylvie speaks English better than I do.西尔维英语说得比我好。 79. You look terrible. You'd be better off at home in bed.你的面色很差，最好在家睡觉。 80. We're much better off now I go out to work too.现在我也外出工作，我们的经济状况好多了。 81. I think we'd better go before it gets dark.我想我们最好在天黑以前出发。 82. You'd better take a pen and paper -- you might want to take notes.你最好带着纸笔，因为你可能想做笔记。 83. The hotel wasn't very good. I must say we'd expected better.那家旅馆不太好。我要说，我们本来预期较好一些。 84. When we have an argument she always gets the better of me.我们每次争论总是她赢。 85. Her second book is better than her first one.她的第二本书比第一本好。 86. This is one of the better [=best] restaurants in this part of town.这是城里这一带档次较高的餐厅之一。 87. "Her first book was good, but her second one is even better. = Her second one is better still/yet."她的第一本书不错，但第二本书更好。 88. This one is no better than that one.这个并不比那个好。 89. She's a better golfer than I am.她高尔夫球打得比我好。 90. He's a better singer than he is an actor. = He's better as a singer than he is as an actor.他唱歌比演戏强。 91. He's much better with children now that he's a father himself.当了父亲后他更懂得如何与孩子们相处。 92. The weather is better today than it was yesterday.今天的天气比昨天好。 93. They came up with a better solution to the problem.他们想出了一个更好的解决办法。 94. I'd like to get a better [=more accurate and complete] understanding of the problem.我想更好地了解这个问题。 95. Don't you have something/anything better to do than to watch TV all day?除了整天看电视你就没其他更有意义的事情可做吗？ 96. "Her work wasn't that good at first, but it's getting better."她开始干得不怎么样，但现在越干越好了。 97. Her work just keeps getting better and better.她的工作越干越好了。 98. There's nothing better than a cold drink of water when you're really thirsty.口干舌燥的时候喝一杯凉水是再好不过的了。 99. "My salary isn't very high, but it's better than nothing."我的薪水不算很高，但总比没有强。 100. "“Suppose I move it a little to the left.” “Yes, that's better! It looks much better like that.”"“我把它往左移一点怎么样？”“可以，这样更好些！看起来好多了。” 101. My old car has seen better days.我的旧车不再那么好开了。 102. "“They say the cold weather will end soon.” “Well, the sooner the better as far as I'm concerned.”"“他们说冷天快过去了。”“对我而言，越快越好。” 103. You're a better man than I am.你为人比我好。 104. "“It is a far, far better thing that I do, than I have ever done…”Charles Dickens, A Tale of Two Cities (1859)查尔斯·狄更斯，《双城记》(1859) "“我现在做的远比我所做过的一切都美好…” 105. "If you ask me, he's hardly/little/no better than a common criminal."依我说，他就是个普通罪犯。 106. I was sick but now I'm better. [=now I'm well]我病了，不过现在好多了。 107. I'm feeling all/completely better.我感觉现在身体好多了。 108. "I'm somewhat/slightly better than (I was) yesterday, but I'm not fully recovered."我比昨天好一些，但还没完全康复。 109. My cold is a little better today. [=my cold is not as bad today; my cold is less severe today]我的感冒今天好些了。 110. I'm sorry to hear that you're sick. I hope you feel/get better soon.听说你病了，我很难过。希望你早点好起来。 111. "He was feeling sick yesterday, and he's no better today. [=he's still feeling sick today]"他昨天生病了，今天仍不见有好转。 112. Your support makes me feel better about doing what I've done.你的支持让我对自己所做的事情更有信心了。 113. It would be better for you to leave now [=you should leave now] if you want to get there on time.你想准时到达那里的话，最好现在就走。 114. It would be better not to wait too long.最好不要等太久。 115. "“How is she doing in school?” “She did badly at first, but now she's doing much better.”"“她在学校成绩如何？”“她刚开始时成绩很差，不过现在好多了。” 116. She sings better than I do.她唱得比我好。 117. He sings better than he acts.他唱歌比演戏强。 118. "You could write to her, or, even/still better, visit her in person. = You could write to her. Even/Still better, you could visit her in person."你可以给她写信，或者亲自拜访更好。 119. "“Instead of writing to her, I'm going to visit her in person.” “Even better.”"“我准备亲自拜访她，不打算给她写信了。”“那样更好。” 120. Some things are better left unsaid. [=it is better not to say some things]有些事情不说为好。 121. You would do better to leave now [=you should leave now] if you want to get there on time.你想准时到达那里的话，最好现在就走。 122. He knows the story much better than you do.那件事他比你清楚得多。 123. Her paintings have become better known in recent years.近年来，她的画作名气更大了。 124. There's nothing I'd like better than to see you again.没有什么比再次见到你更好的了。 125. It is better than nine miles to the next town.邻镇离这儿有九英里多的距离。 126. It's better than an hour's drive to the lake.开车到那个湖要花一个多小时。 127. You'd better leave now or you might not get there on time.你最好马上就动身，不然就不能准时到那儿了。 128. Hadn't you better leave now if you want to get there on time?你要想准时到那儿，难道不该现在就走吗？ 129. You'd better not do that or you'll get in trouble. [=you'll get in trouble if you do that]你最好不要那样做，否则会惹麻烦的。 130. I told him he'd better leave at once.我告诉他最好马上动身。 131. “Do you want to drive?” “I'd better not: I've had too much to drink.”“你想开车吗？”“最好不要——我酒喝多了。” 132. “I'm sorry.” “You'd better be!”“很抱歉。”“你应该的！” 133. “Should I go there?” “You'd better not.”“我应该去那儿吗？”“最好不要去。” 134. “Do you want to drive?” “I better not.”“你想开车吗？”“最好不要。” 135. I told him he better leave at once.我告诉他最好马上动身。 136. “Should I go?” “You better!”“我应该去吗？”“最好是去！” 137. “I'm sorry.” “You better be!”“很抱歉。”“你应该的！” 138. “Should I go?” “(You) better not.”“我应该去吗？”“最好不要去。” 139. They've disappointed me. I expected better from them. [=I expected them to behave better]他们让我很失望。我原本期待他们有更好的表现呢。 140. They shouldn't treat him that way. He deserves better.他们不该那样待他。他应该得到更好的待遇。 141. "My daughter loves taking care of children. If she can earn money by doing it, so much the better!"我女儿喜欢照看小孩。如果她能靠这个赚点钱，那就更好了！ 142. We've made our decision and now we have to stick to it for better or worse.我们已经做出了决定，无论结果如何我们都要坚持到底。 143. The new policy is a change for the better. [=the new policy is an improvement]新政策是一个好的转变。 144. My father's health has recently taken a turn for the better. [=has recently improved]我爸爸的身体最近好些了。 145. It would be hard to get the better of someone as experienced as she is.要想糊弄像她这样的老手是很困难的。 146. "She knew she shouldn't open the package, but her curiosity finally got the better of her and she opened it."她知道不应该打开那个包裹，但最终还是在好奇心的驱使下打开了它。 147. He let his temper get the better of him. [=he lost his temper; he said or did something because of anger]他气得失去了理智。 148. His parents always told him to respect his betters.他父母总是教导他要尊重长者。 149. (chiefly Brit) You should respect your elders and betters. [=people who are older and more important than you]你应该尊重长辈和上级。 150. They are trying to better the lives/lot of working people.他们正试图改善劳动人民的生活水平。 151. He looked forward to bettering his acquaintance with the new neighbors.他期待与新邻居搞好关系。 152. The team has bettered its chances of winning the championship.这个队的夺冠概率增大了。 153. I can better their offer. [=I can make you a better offer]我能给出比他们更优惠的报价。 154. She bettered her previous performance.她这次比之前演得好。 155. He set a record that has never been equaled or bettered.他创下了前所未有的纪录。 156. She was born poor but she has worked hard to better herself.她出身贫寒，但一直在努力上进。