improve

动词 v.
中文释义

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. To make (something) better; to increase the value or productivity (of something). transitive
    — Painting the woodwork will improve this house.
  2. To disprove or make void; to refute. obsolete
    — One ſayth this and a nother that / but can not agre. Nether can any of them make ſo ſtronge a reaſon vvhich a nother can not improve.
  3. To become better. intransitive
    — I have improved since taking the tablets.
  4. To disapprove of; to find fault with; to reprove; to censure. obsolete
    — [W]hen he reherſed his preachinge and his doynges vnto the hye Apoſtles / they coulde improve no thinge […]
  5. To use or employ to good purpose; to turn to profitable account. dated
    — to improve one's time;  to improve his means

词形变化

improves present,singular,third-person improving participle,present improved participle,past improved past emprove alternative improves present,singular,third-person improving participle,present improved participle,past improved past

词汇关系

近义词
better batten enhance aprimorate (non-native speakers’ English (chiefly Portuguese)) amend hone improve meliorate refine get better look up ameliorate
反义词
deteriorate worsen aggravate make matters worse pejorate
上位词
alter augment
下位词
bling out prettify sex up spark up spiff up spice spice up spruce up sprucen up sweeten tart up titivate zhoosh
衍生词
disimprove improvability improvable improvement improve on improver improve the occasion improve upon improving improving agent improving lease misimprove on the improve reimprove self-improve
相关词
repair empower

词源

词源 1
From Anglo-Norman emprouwer, from Old French en- + prou (“profit”), from Vulgar Latin prode (“advantageous, profitable”).
词源 2
From Latin improbō (“disapprove, reject”). Doublet of improbate.
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