Skip to main content

ameliorative

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

改善,改善性,补救措施,缓解

Related Words

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

Examples

  • No ameliorative, no palliative, no restrictive, no remedial measure will avail.

  • We may hazard a guess that most of the programme of ameliorative measures was the work of Engels, and perhaps the final section.

  • It is emotional, altruistic, at best ameliorative, aiming to meet the individual situation as it arises and presents itself.

  • He talked in a straightforward way with his villagers, reduced a number of rents and spent money freely in ameliorative work.

  • There is among them a fine lite which responds to the appeal of the ideal and is found in every kind of ameliorative work.