improvement

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. The act of improving; advancement or growth; a bettering countable,uncountable
    — November 9, 1662, Robert South, Of the Creation of Man in the Image of God I look upon your city as […] the best place of improvement.
  2. The act of making profitable use or application of anything, or the state of being profitably employed; practical application, for example of a doctrine, principle, or theory, stated in a discourse. countable,uncountable
    — good improvement of his reason.
  3. The state of being improved; betterment; advance countable,uncountable
  4. Something which is improved countable,uncountable
    — the new edition is an improvement on the old.
  5. Increase; growth; progress; advance. countable,uncountable
    — Those vices which more particularly receive improvement by prosperity.
  6. Valuable additions or betterments, for example buildings, clearings, drains, fences, etc., on premises. countable,in-plural,uncountable
  7. A useful addition to, or modification of, a machine, manufacture, or composition. countable,uncountable

词形变化

improvements plural emprovement alternative

词汇关系

近义词
improval amelioration
反义词
worsening deterioration disimprovement
下位词
self-improvement
衍生词
disimprovement home improvement Kaldor-Hicks improvement misimprovement nonimprovement overimprovement Pareto-improvement Pareto improvement pseudoimprovement require improvement tomahawk improvement unimprovement
相关词
uplift

词源

From Anglo-Norman emprouwement. By surface analysis, improve + -ment.
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