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bettered

/bet-er/US // ˈbɛt ər //UK // (ˈbɛtə) //

更好的,较好的,较好,更好

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Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1

    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.
    • : larger; greater: the better part of a lifetime.
    • : improved in health; healthier than before.
    • : completely recovered in health.
adv.副词 adverb
  1. 1

    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.
v.有主动词 verb
  1. 1
    • : to increase the good qualities of; make better; improve: to better one's grades;to better the lot of the suburban commuter.
    • : to improve upon; surpass; exceed: We have bettered last year's production record.
    • : Cards. to raise.
n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : 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.

Phrases

  • 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

Synonyms & Antonyms

verbimprove performance; outdo
Antonyms

Examples

  • They’re also going to have to do a much better job of making the case for why they exist so their donors, even in a tight financial time, feel the need to continue to support the work that they do.

  • VOSD contributor Jared Whitlock requested death certificates in April to see where the virus was moving and to better understand how the county was managing the public health crisis.

  • Ironically, with covid-19, there’s probably never been a better opportunity to find someone outside the organization who would gladly take your boss’s place.

  • Those records could be used to track the virus, compare the accuracy of reported data and better understand how the county was managing the public health crisis.

  • Peale and his family moved their own home to the basement of the museum, so as to better manage the ever-growing enterprise.

  • If they believe change has bettered their lives, 2016 could be another good day for Republicans.

  • In this case, the embarrassing stumble may have bettered her score.

  • He regarded it simply as a civil war, by which 'the condition of no nation,' as he wrote later, 'was ever bettered.'

  • At first my change in bodily build and bettered health rendered me hardly recognisable to my friends.

  • Not a night but some brown maiden Bettered all the dusk she strayed in, While the roses in her hair Bankrupted oblivion there.

  • May all men's lot be bettered, all women's sorrow lessened, to whom this tale of woes shall be recounted.

  • Hodge dropped his nines, which he had not bettered, and that left Merriwell and Snell to fight it out.

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