improve 音标拼音: [ɪmpr'uv]
vt . 使更好,改善,增进;利用
vi . 变得更好;增加
使更好,改善,增进;利用变得更好;增加
improve v 1 :
to make better ; "
The editor improved the manuscript with his changes " [
synonym : {
better }, {
improve }, {
amend },
{
ameliorate }, {
meliorate }] [
ant : {
aggravate }, {
exacerbate },
{
exasperate }, {
worsen }]
2 :
get better ; "
The weather improved toward evening " [
synonym :
{
better }, {
improve }, {
ameliorate }, {
meliorate }] [
ant :
{
decline }, {
worsen }]
Improve \
Im *
prove "\,
v .
t . [
imp . &
p .
p . {
Improved };
p .
pr . &
vb .
n . {
Improving }.] [
Pref .
in -
in prove ,
in approve .
See {
Approve }, {
Prove .}]
1 .
To make better ;
to increase the value or good qualities of ;
to ameliorate by care or cultivation ;
as ,
to improve land . --
Donne .
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I love not to improve the honor of the living by impairing that of the dead . --
Denham .
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2 .
To use or employ to good purpose ;
to make productive ;
to turn to profitable account ;
to utilize ;
as ,
to improve one '
s time ;
to improve his means . --
Shak .
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We shall especially honor God by improving diligently the talents which God hath committed to us . --
Barrow .
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A hint that I do not remember to have seen opened and improved . --
Addison .
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The court seldom fails to improve the opportunity .
--
Blackstone .
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How doth the little busy bee Improve each shining hour . --
I .
Watts .
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Those moments were diligently improved . --
Gibbon .
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True policy ,
as well as good faith ,
in my opinion ,
binds us to improve the occasion . --
Washington .
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3 .
To advance or increase by use ;
to augment or add to ; --
said with reference to what is bad . [
R .]
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We all have ,
I fear , . . .
not a little improved the wretched inheritance of our ancestors . --
Bp .
Porteus .
Syn :
To better ;
meliorate ;
ameliorate ;
advance ;
heighten ;
mend ;
correct ;
rectify ;
amend ;
reform .
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Improve \
Im *
prove "\,
v .
t . [
Pref .
im -
not prove :
cf .
L .
improbare ,
F .
improuver .]
1 .
To disprove or make void ;
to refute . [
Obs .]
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Neither can any of them make so strong a reason which another can not improve . --
Tyndale .
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2 .
To disapprove ;
to find fault with ;
to reprove ;
to censure ;
as ,
to improve negligence . [
Obs .] --
Chapman .
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When he rehearsed his preachings and his doing unto the high apostles ,
they could improve nothing .
--
Tyndale .
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Improve \
Im *
prove "\,
v .
i .
1 .
To grow better ;
to advance or make progress in what is desirable ;
to make or show improvement ;
as ,
to improve in health .
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We take care to improve in our frugality and diligence . --
Atterbury .
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2 .
To advance or progress in bad qualities ;
to grow worse .
"
Domitian improved in cruelty ." --
Milner .
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3 .
To increase ;
to be enhanced ;
to rise in value ;
as ,
the price of cotton improves .
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{
To improve on }
or {
To improve upon },
to make useful additions or amendments to ,
or changes in ;
to bring nearer to perfection ;
as ,
to improve on the mode of tillage .
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235 Moby Thesaurus words for "
improve ":
accommodate ,
acculturate ,
adapt ,
adjust ,
advance ,
alter ,
ameliorate ,
amend ,
apprentice ,
be changed ,
be converted into ,
be renewed ,
benefit ,
benefit from ,
best ,
better ,
boost ,
bottom out ,
brace up ,
break ,
break in ,
break up ,
breed ,
bring forward ,
bring up ,
cap ,
capitalize on ,
cash in on ,
change ,
checker ,
chop ,
chop and change ,
civilize ,
come about ,
come along ,
come around ,
come on ,
come round ,
complete ,
condition ,
convalesce ,
convert ,
correct ,
crown ,
culminate ,
cultivate ,
deform ,
degenerate ,
denature ,
deteriorate ,
develop ,
deviate ,
discipline ,
diverge ,
diversify ,
do to perfection ,
drill ,
edify ,
edit ,
educate ,
elevate ,
emend ,
enhance ,
enlighten ,
enrich ,
exceed ,
excel ,
exercise ,
exploit ,
fatten ,
favor ,
fetch up ,
fit ,
fix up ,
flop ,
form ,
forward ,
foster ,
further ,
gain ,
gain ground ,
gain strength ,
get ahead ,
get along ,
get better ,
go ahead ,
go forward ,
go one better ,
go straight ,
graduate ,
groom ,
grow better ,
haul around ,
help ,
house -
train ,
housebreak ,
illume ,
illumine ,
improve on ,
improve the occasion ,
improve upon ,
increase ,
irradiate ,
jibe ,
lard ,
lick into shape ,
lift ,
look up ,
make an improvement ,
make capital of ,
make hay ,
make headway ,
make progress ,
make strides ,
mature ,
meliorate ,
mend ,
mitigate ,
modernize ,
modify ,
modulate ,
mutate ,
nurse ,
nurture ,
outweigh ,
overbalance ,
overbear ,
overcome ,
overhaul ,
overpass ,
overthrow ,
overtop ,
perfect ,
perk up ,
pick up ,
practice ,
predominate ,
prepare ,
preponderate ,
prevail ,
profit by ,
progress ,
promote ,
put in tune ,
put right ,
put to advantage ,
put to school ,
qualify ,
raise ,
rally ,
re -
create ,
ready ,
realign ,
rear ,
rebuild ,
recondition ,
reconstruct ,
recover ,
recruit ,
rectify ,
recuperate ,
redeem ,
redesign ,
redress ,
refine ,
refine upon ,
refit ,
reform ,
refurbish ,
rehabilitate ,
rehearse ,
remake ,
remedy ,
remodel ,
renew ,
renovate ,
repair ,
reshape ,
restructure ,
revamp ,
revise ,
revive ,
ring the changes ,
ripen ,
rub up ,
send to school ,
set right ,
shape up ,
shift ,
shift the scene ,
show improvement ,
shuffle the cards ,
skyrocket ,
sleep it off ,
socialize ,
straighten out ,
strengthen ,
subvert ,
surpass ,
swerve ,
tack ,
take a turn ,
take advantage of ,
take in hand ,
take off ,
top ,
tower above ,
tower over ,
trade on ,
train ,
transcend ,
transfigure ,
transform ,
trump ,
turn ,
turn aside ,
turn into ,
turn the corner ,
turn the scale ,
turn the tables ,
turn the tide ,
turn to account ,
turn to profit ,
turn to use ,
turn upside down ,
undergo a change ,
update ,
upgrade ,
uplift ,
use to advantage ,
vary ,
veer ,
warp ,
work a change ,
worsen
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