better 的 4 个定义
comparative of good, with best as superlative.
- of superior quality or excellence: a better coat; a better speech.
- morally superior; more virtuous: They are no better than thieves.
- of superior suitability, advisability, desirability, acceptableness, etc.; preferable: a better time for action.
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comparative of well, with best as superlative.
- in a more appropriate or acceptable way or manner: to behave better.
- to a greater degree; more completely or thoroughly: He knows the way better than we do. I probably know him better than anyone else.
- more: I walked better than a mile to town.
- that which has greater excellence or is preferable or wiser: the better of two choices.
- Usually betters . those superior to one in wisdom, wealth, etc.
better 近义词
excelling, more excellent
improved in health
larger
in a more excellent manner
improve performance; outdo
由better构成的短语
- better half
- better late than never
- better off
- better part of
- better safe than sorry
- better than
- against one's better judgment
- all better
- all the better
- discretion is the better part of valor
- for better or for worse
- get better
- get the better (best) of
- go one better
- had better (best)
- know better
- seen better days
- so much the better
- sooner the better
- take a turn for the better
- think better of
- you'd better believe it
更多better例句
- Then pair it with regulatory changes to help the housing market work better for more people.
- As the actors do it more and more, they get better and better.
- With such training, police departments will be better positioned to collect and evaluate data on their own.
- Researchers are hopeful about using machine learning techniques to analyze medical data like patient records, which could help doctors better treat patients by knowing how they’ll likely respond to certain therapies.
- Non-Black allies of color are also taking steps to support food justice — providing meals to a Black Lives Matter chapter, championing Black chefs, and better fostering workplace diversity.
- We need to recover and grow the idea that the proper answer to bad speech is more and better speech.
- Yes, we do typically do better than Europe (and Canada, too, which is frequently awful on this score).
- The cartoonist, better known as Charb, was shot dead Wednesday.
- He also wants to “replace every existing organism with a better one.”
- For someone with anorexia, self-starvation makes them feel better.
- Of course, considerations of weight have to be taken into account, but the more mould round the roots the better.
- "Better so," was the Senora's sole reply; and she fell again into still deeper, more perplexed thought about the hidden treasure.
- Arches more graceful in form, or better fitted to defy the assaults of time, I have never seen.
- This is one of the most striking manifestations of the better side of child-nature and deserves a chapter to itself.
- For it is better that thy children should ask of thee, than that thou look toward the hands of thy children.