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improvable

/im-proov/US // ɪmˈpruv //UK // (ɪmˈpruːv) //

可行,即兴的,即兴发挥,可凑合的

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Definitions

v.有主动词 verb
  1. 1

    im·proved, im·prov·ing.

    • : to bring into a more desirable or excellent condition: He took vitamins to improve his health.
    • : to make more useful, profitable, or valuable by enclosure, cultivation, etc.
    • : to increase the value of by betterments, as the construction of buildings and sewers.
    • : to make good use of; turn to account: He improved the stopover by seeing a client with offices there.
v.无主动词 verb
  1. 1

    im·proved, im·prov·ing.

    • : to increase in value, excellence, etc.; become better: The military situation is improving.
    • : to make improvements, as by revision, addition, or change: None of the younger violinists have been able to improve on his interpretation of that work.

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Examples

  • In recent years, scientists have been finding new ways to build and improve haptic devices.

  • When implemented thoughtfully, such innovations can improve overall business processes.

  • If they’ve found the magic about how all these companies could improve their profit, I’m sure that everyone would love to see that solution.

  • Most of them seem to have improved and we have allowed them to return to play.

  • It has continually improved upon its built-in editing features, and knowing how to use them will help you get your shots looking their best without switching apps.

  • The living is valued at £140 a year, but perhaps it may be improvable.

  • My object will be to obtain a farm of large acreage and poor land, but improvable by better drainage and an outlay of capital.

  • When you tell him that his soul is not improvable by material conditions, you prevent him from making himself better than he is.

  • God himself has decreed it, in giving us expansible desires and improvable faculties.

  • We have just pointed out the importance of reserving the schools for defectives for improvable cases.