betterment

名词 n.
中文释义
英 /ˈbɛtəmənt/    美 /ˈbɛtɚmənt/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. An improvement or amelioration. countable,uncommon,uncountable
    — When BR "back-checked" (BR's term) the financial results of steam replacement across 49 schemes, where DMUs had been substituted on the London Midland Region, only one was now profitable. BR thinking on such substitutions referred to "betterment", not profit or loss.
  2. An improvement to a property that adds to its value. countable,uncountable

词形变化

betterments plural

词汇关系

衍生词
self-betterment

词源

Etymology tree
English better
Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥
Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥tom
Proto-Italic *-mentom
Latin -mentum
Old French -mentbor.
Middle English -ment
English -ment
English betterment
From better + -ment.
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