improve
[im'pru:v]
vt.改善, 改进, 提高
vi.变得更好, 改进
例句与用法:
Wine improves with age.
酒存放得越久越醇。
I hope the weather will improve before Friday.
我希望星期五之前天气会好转。
I want to improve my English.
我想提高我的英语水平。
词形变化:
动词过去式: improved | 动词过去分词: improved | 动词现在分词: improving | 动词第三人称单数: improves |
vt.
1. 改进, 改善; 增进
He put forward a plan for improving the rate of production.
他提出了一个提高生产率的计划。
2. 提高(土地, 地产)的价值
3. 利用(机会等)
She improved her leisure by learning foreign languages.
她利用闲暇时间学习外语。
vi.
1. 改善, 变得更好
Their working conditions are improving.
他们的工作条件正在改善。
2. 增加, 提高
The price of steel improved.
钢材价格提高了。
短语词组:
improve on
1. 改进; 超过
Mary has never improved on her first book.
玛丽再也没有写出比她处女作更好的书来。
improve
过去式:improved
过去分词:improved
现在进行时:improving
词形变化:
动词过去式: improved | 动词过去分词: improved | 动词现在分词: improving | 动词第三人称单数: improves |
同义词:
better | perfect | enhance | ameliorate | progress | develop | mend | advance | rally | meliorate | refine | look up | amend | get better | perk up | pick up | build up | further | correct | adjust | touch up | tweak | titivate | cultivate | gain | help | enrich | promote | revise | recover | convalesce | appreciate | emend | strengthen | uplift | reform |
反义词:
词义辨析:
同义:
vt.改进, 改善; 提高
better
ameliorate
meliorate
perfect
progress
mend
develop
advance
同义参见:
amend
uplift1
help
strengthen
cultivate
gain
convalesce
revise
reform1
refine
recover
rally1
promote
enrich
enhance
appreciate
emend
反义:
vt.vi.改善; 增进; 利用
worsen
impair
deteriorate
反义参见:
deprave
improve[im'pru:v]vt.1.■改进,改善,改良;增进:to improve relationships改善关系to improve one's health增进健康2.■提高(土地、地产)的价值:The proprietor is trying to improve the land.该业主正试图提高这块地的价值。3.■利用(机会),抓紧(时间):to improve the opportunity利用机会to improve every moment抓紧每一分钟4.■改善(道路)5.■[古语]使用vi.1.■变得更好,改进,改善:The new edition of the dictionary has considerably improved.词典新版大大改进了。Wine improves with age.酒越陈越好。2.■提高;增加;升值:the price that has improved已提高的价格变形vt.improvedimproving
improveimprove[imˈpru:v]vt.1.■改善; 改良; 改进; 增进2.■利用(机会等)3.■提高(土地等的)价值improve abilities提高能力improve oneself in English提高自己的英语水平improve one's time善用 时间
词性变化improve[imˈpru:v]vi.1.■改善; 进步2.■增加; 升值improve in health改善健康I hope the weather will improve.我希望天气会变好。The price of cotton improves.棉花涨价。
参考词汇improve;better;都含“改进”、“改善”的意思。1.■improve为常用词, 侧重“提高价值而得到改进”, 如:We have improved the method.我们改进了方法。2.■better指“质方面的改进”或“提高到一个较高的水准”, 如:He bettered his last year's record.他刷新了他去年的记录。worsen;impair;
verb
- make or become better
改善,增进
[with obj.]efforts to improve relations with China and Pakistan.
增进与中国和巴基斯坦关系的努力。
[as adj. improved]improved road and rail links.
改进过的道路和铁路联络线。
[no obj.]his condition improved after glass was removed from his arm.
玻璃从手臂里取出后,他的情况改善了。
■[with obj.]develop or increase in mental capacity by education or experience
(通过教育或经历)发展,提高(智力)
I subscribed to two magazines to improve my mind.
我订了两份杂志以提高智力。
■[no obj.](improve on/upon)achieve or produce something better than
取得进步
they are trying to improve on the tired old style.
他们正努力在陈旧的风格上取得进步。
improvability
noun
improvable
adjective
improver
noun
语源
- early 16th cent. (as emprowe or improwe): from Anglo-Norman French emprower (based on Old French prou 'profit', ultimately from Latin prodest 'is of advantage'); -owe was changed to -ove under the influence of prove. The original sense was 'make a profit, increase the value of'; subsequently 'make greater in amount or degree'
improve
动词 improve:
to make better
同义词:better, amend, ameliorate, meliorate
get better
同义词:better, ameliorate, meliorate
improve
■An effort or a movement to improve social, moral, or intellectual standards.
(道德方面)促进,提高,社会进步提高社会,道德和智力标准的努力或运动
■Solver cannot improve the current solution.
“规划求解”不能改进当前解。
■A manager has to learn some economics if he wants to improve his management.
一个管理人员要想改善管理的话,就必须学点经济学。
■Some departments must be gingered up tp improve efficiency.
一些部门必须注入新的力量来提高工作效率。
■Once old Joe had inured himself to the solitary life of a widower, he began to improve in health and spirit.
一旦老乔适应了鳏夫的孤独生活,他的身体和精神状况便开始好转了。
■Things will improve with them in a short time.
不久他们的情况将得到改善。
■Don't expect it to improve overnight.
不要指望这事一下子就改善了。
■Don't lose a chance to improve your position.
不要错过晋级的机会
■To improve our English, we do exercises every day.
为了提高英语水平,我们每天做练习。
■People wear glasses to improve their vision.
人们戴眼镜以改善视力。
■He refused to prophesy when the economy would begin to improve.
他不愿推测经济何时好转。
■Their unhelpfulness has stultified our efforts to improve things.
他们不管事,我们为改进工作的用心也就白费了。
■They're doing exercises to improve their fitness.
他们为增强体质而做体操。
■They are trying to improve their oral English.
他们在努力提高他们的口语英语。
■They will improve as they grow older.
他们年纪大一些,进步也就快一些。
■They are beginning to improve the road.
他们开始修路。
■Their efforts to improve the production have been very effective.
他们提高生产力的措施卓有成效。
■They need to improve their working condition.
他们有必要改善工作环境。
■They improve their product every year.
他们每年都在提高他们的产品质量。
■They all made a concerted effort to improve the situation.
他们通力合作改善局势。
■He fell on every opportunity to improve his skill as a violinist.
他利用每一个机会来提高自己的小提琴演奏技巧。
■He worked hard to improve the sanitary conditions of the slums.
他努力改进贫民窟的卫生条件。
■He can improve the training program.
他可以改进训练计划的安排。
■He made strenuous efforts to improve his reading.
他奋发努力提高阅读能力。
■He often looked on, to improve his chess.
他常常看下棋来提高自己的水平。
■He started working hard to improve his English.
他开始努力提高英语水平。
■He thought a lot about how to improve the crops.
他想了很多,应如何使庄稼长得更好。
■He put his whole heart into thinking up ways to improve his work.
他把整个心思都用来想办法改进工作。
■He offered a few ideas to improve the plan.
他提出了一些改进这个计划的意见。
■His ability to improve his work is very limited.
他改进工作的能力是很有限的。
■He improve his english by practise every day.
他是通过每天练习的方法来提高他的英语水平的。
■His condition is unlikely to improve.
他的境况不大可能好转。
■He made a genuine attempt to improve conditions.
他真心实意地努力改善环境。
■He opined that the weather would improve.
他认为天气会好转。
■His belief that things will improve is pure supposition.
他认为情况会好转,这纯粹是推测而已。
■He gave a lesson on how to improve soil.
他讲了一堂如何改良土壤的课。
■Optimization Methods to Improve Clas.
优化课堂教法提高教学效果。
■Please God, things will start to improve soon.
但愿事情很快开始好转。
■But after all I gotta improve my English in Feb!!
但是我在寒假一定要念好英文啊!!
■You can only improve your skills by practicing.
你只能通过操练来提高你的技巧。
■You can get a grant to improve your house.
你可以得到一笔拨款来修缮住房。
■Try a. You must try to improve your work.
你应努力改进工作。
■You must endeavour to improve your work.
你必须努力改进工作。
■You must endeavor to improve your work.
你必须努力改进自己的工作。
■Your work will get by,but try to improve it.
你的工作还过得去,但是要设法改进它。
■You should avail yourself of every chance to improve your English.
你要利用一切机会来提高英语水平。
■How in your opinion can I improve my English?
你认为我怎样才能提高英语?
■How can suppliers help to improve the process?
供应商如何协助改善流程?
■Happy and improve health conditions every day!
健康快乐每一天!
■The company needs to improve its competitive edge.
公司必须提高它的竞争力。
improve on
1. 改进; 超过
Mary has never improved on her first book.
玛丽再也没有写出比她处女作更好的书来。
习惯用语improve away1.■通过改良而去除improve on1.■对....加以改进; 作出比....更好的东西improve upon1.■对....加以改进; 作出比....更好的东西