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ameliorated

/uh-meel-yuh-reyt, uh-mee-lee-uh-/US // əˈmil yəˌreɪt, əˈmi li ə- //UK // (əˈmiːljəˌreɪt) //

改善了,得到改善,得到改善的,改善的

Related Words

mitigate缓解,减轻,减轻影响,缓和lighten减轻,淡化,减淡,减弱alleviate减轻,纾解,缓解,缓和upgrade升级,提升,升级改造,升级版help帮助,帮忙,帮忙的,帮助的amend修订,修改,修正,修正了relieve纾解,纾缓,缓解,纾解了meliorate融化,融化了,融化的,融化了的improve改善,改进,完善,提高step up加强,加紧,加把劲

Definitions

  1. 1

    a·mel·io·rat·ed, a·mel·io·rat·ing.

    • : to make or become better, more bearable, or more satisfactory; improve: strategies to ameliorate negative effects on the environment.

Synonyms & Antonyms

verbmake, become better
Forms: ameliorating
Synonyms
alleviate减轻,纾解,缓解,缓和lighten减轻,淡化,减淡,减弱mitigate缓解,减轻,减轻影响,缓和amend修订,修改,修正,修正了help帮助,帮忙,帮忙的,帮助的improve改善,改进,完善,提高meliorate融化,融化了,融化的,融化了的relieve纾解,纾缓,缓解,纾解了upgrade升级,提升,升级改造,升级版step up加强,加紧,加把劲

Examples

  • Otherwise, in spite of Burke's efforts, the criminal law was not materially ameliorated till the next century.

  • Every body, not directly or indirectly in the pay of a court, feels that the lot of the people should be ameliorated.

  • The doctor soon mounted beside me, and giving me a share of his ample cloak, considerably ameliorated my situation.

  • Many of them can be removed entirely, all of them can be ameliorated.

  • On the contrary, the ameliorated circumstances and wider range of the new continents enabled it still further to improve.

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