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improving

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

改善,改进,提高,完善

Related Words

advance进展,晋级,进展情况,预付款upgrade升级,提升,升级改造,升级版develop发展,开发,发展的,发育help帮助,帮忙,帮忙的,帮助的reform改革,改革,改革开放,改革开放rise崛起,上升,兴起,涨recover恢复,复原,复苏,恢复原状revamp修补,重修,翻新,修改increase增加,提高,增长,增lift升降机,抬起,举起,抬起来progress进展,进展情况,进步,进益better更好的,更好,更好地,较好的enhance加强,增强,提高,提升promote促进,推动,推广,推销boost推动,促进,促进发展,催促correct正确的,正确,纠正,更正revise修改,修订,审校,审阅raise提高,抬高,抬起,抬起来polish抛光,抛光剂,擦亮,擦拭augment增补,扩增,加大,增强

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.

Synonyms & Antonyms

adj.reconstructing
Synonyms
developing发展中的,发展中,开发中的,发展中中的bettering更加完善,更多,更完善,更完善的correcting纠正,矫正,改正,纠错elaborating阐述,阐明,详细说明,阐述的fixing固定,修复,固定的,固定化remodeling改造,重塑,重塑身体,改建convalescent疗养院,疗养,疗养所,疗养地

Examples

  • The Seahawks also played better than expected on defense to end a two-game losing skid and improve their record to 7-3.

  • With better health and consistency from Conley and the return of Bojan Bogdanovic, the Jazz should bring back a well-balanced and experienced starting lineup that should have a chance to improve on its first-round playoff exit.

  • Metro decided to pull back on those proposals after receiving more than 5,000 public comments and because its financial outlook has improved since September.

  • After a few months, however, she told us she knows he needs to improve, but she doesn’t have any choice because no one else within the organization wants his job.

  • Offensively, both Brooks and Sheppard said he has improved his shot, a weakness most draft analysts pointed out heading into Wednesday.

  • States were encouraged and allowed to lower standards to make it appear they were improving.

  • Improving an economy is a lot harder with only half the population working.

  • Being reminded that economic and social conditions are not improving at the pace one expected can be a powerful motivator.

  • The first potential scientific secret to improving your bedroom experience: surround yourself with men.

  • He helped set up an institute in Mexico aimed at improving wheat and corn production.

  • Piedmont alone vies with her, and is improving far more rapidly, but Lombardy has great natural capacities peculiarly her own.

  • Every dollar wisely spent in improving this power will add two to the value of their estates.

  • The copper mine mentioned in my last is improving very fast.

  • I can't help feeling that the strain of improving myself so enormously would tell on me.

  • Hayle Harbour was a branch of it, and he now suggested to Mr. Henry Harvey methods for deepening and improving it.

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