['bet?]
betterer
n.
better1的變形
better1
['bet?]
adj.
good的比較級,最高級best
(品德、技術、質量等)較好的，更好的
更確切的，更合適的，更適當的，更稱心的，更討人喜歡的，更使人滿意的；更有效的，更有益的
大半的，大部分的，(價值、用途等方面)更大的，較大的，更多的
健康恢復的，健康狀況有所好轉的，氣色轉好的，疾病漸愈的
adv.
well的比較級,最高級best
更好地，好些，更出色地；更合適地，更適當地，更恰當地
更；更加；更(或較)高(或大)程度地；更大限度地；更全面地；更透徹地
[口語]更多地，多于(than)
n.
[用復數]上司們；長輩；(地位、智慧、財富等)勝于己者
(兩者中)較好(或更合適)的事物(或人、條件、環(huán)境、行為等)；(人或事物)較佳者，較好者，較優(yōu)者，較優(yōu)越者
優(yōu)勢；有利條件
vt.
超過，超越，超出；勝過，優(yōu)于：
They have bettered last month's production record.
他們已超過上月生產記錄。
The pole vaulter bettered the world's record by five inches.
這名撐桿跳高運動員以5英寸之多超過了世界紀錄。
改善，改良，改進；提高(…的質量)：
We followed a policy aimed at bettering the lot of the poorest areas.
我們奉行一項旨在改善極貧困地區(qū)命運的政策。
We worked hard to better the lot of the needy.
我們努力工作以改善貧困者的命運。
【牌戲】提高(叫出的墩數或點數)
vi.
變得更好，改善：
變得更好，改善：
Economic conditions have not bettered.
經濟狀況沒有改善。
v.aux.
[口語]
應該,還是…好(= had better):
You better wait a little longer.
你還是再等一會兒好。
You better not say that.
那樣的話你還是不說為好。
但愿
近義詞:
improve
短語:
a better man never trod this earth(或shoe leather)
世界上第一大好人；沒有見到更好的人
a change for the better
好轉
all better
[兒語、口語]好啦，不痛啦
all the better
更加；更好，更妙
any better
較好，好一些
any the better (for)
(因…而)更好一些[用于否定句、疑問句、條件句]
be better
[口語]更好，最好
be better off without
沒有…生活更富裕(或更好)一些，沒有…會愉快(或舒適)些
be the better for
因…反而更好
Better a clout than a hole out.
[諺語]一個補丁比一個破洞好；笑破不笑補。
Better a finger off than always aching.
[諺語]指頭常作痛，不如截掉好。
Better a glorious death than a shameful life.
[諺語]與其忍辱偷生，不如光榮而死，寧為玉碎，不為瓦全。
Better a lean jade than an empty halter.
[諺語]有劣馬強于無馬。
Better a lean peace than a fat victory.
[諺語]寧可委屈求和，不可恃強取勝。
Better a litter loss than a long sorrow.
[諺語]長痛不如短痛。
better all round
各方面都更好些
Better an egg today than a hen tomorrow.
[諺語]今天一只蛋，勝過明天一只雞；千錢賒不如八百現(xiàn)。
Better an empty house than an ill tenant.
[諺語]寧可讓房子空著，不愿招惡房客進住。
Better ask twice than lose your way once.
[諺語]欲勿迷路寧詢二次。
Better a witty fool than a foolish wit.
與其做愚蠢的智人，不如做聰明的愚人。
Better bad now than worse later.
[諺語]寧亮丑于今，毋遺患日后。
Better be a fool than a knave.
[諺語]寧當傻子，不當賊子。
Better be alone than in bad (或ill) company.
[諺語]交損友不如無友；寧可獨處，勿交壞友。
Better be envied than pitied.
[諺語]遭人嫉妒比受人憐憫強。
Better be ill spoken of by one before all than by all before one.
[諺語]被人說壞話，與其被大眾訴諸一人，不如讓一人訴諸大眾。
Better bend than break.
[諺語]好死不如惡活。
Better be poor than wicked.
[諺語]寧過窮日子，不走歪道。
Better (be) sure (或safe) than sorry.
[諺語]寧求穩(wěn)，不后悔。
Better be unmannerly than troublesome.
[諺語]寧可說話粗野，不可啰啰唆唆。
Better buy than borrow.
[諺語]寧買不借；去借不如去買。
Better children weep than old man.
[諺語]寧讓小孩哭，勿使大人泣。
Better cut the shoe than pinch the foot.
[諺語]寧截鞋子，不讓夾腳。
Better early than late.
[諺語]寧早勿遲。
Better go to bed supperless than (to) rise in debt.
[諺語]與其背著債務起床，不如餓著肚子上床；寧可少吃不負債，不愿??口債纏身。
Better go to heaven in rags than to hell in embroidery.
[諺語]與其衣錦而入地獄寧可襤褸而入天堂。
Better hazard once than be always in fear.
[諺語]長期擔驚受怕，不如一次走險。
Better keep the devil at the door than turn him out of the house.
[諺語]把魔鬼拒之門外，強于給魔鬼下逐客令；治惡不如防惡。
Better late than never.
[諺語]遲做總比不做好。遲來總比不來好。亡羊補牢未為晚也。
Better leave than lack.
[諺語]寧可剩余，不可不足。
Better lose a jest than a friend.
[諺語]寧失一謔，不失一友；莫因玩笑傷感情。
Better lose the saddle than the horse.
[諺語]寧失鞍，不失馬。
Better luck next time!
下次好運(或順利、成功)!(用以鼓勵這次在考試、競賽等中的失敗者)
Better marry over the midden than over the moor.
[諺語]娶鄰女為妻勝于娶自遠方。
Better my hog dirty home than no hog at all.
[諺語]寧可養(yǎng)豬把房子弄臟，勝過完全不養(yǎng)豬。
Better no law than law not enforced.
[諺語]法而不行，不如無法。
better nor like
喜出望外
better not look a gift-horse in the mouth
受人饋贈禮物決不可以計較好歹或加以挑剔
better off
境況更好，境況好起來，更富有，有更多的收入(或財富等)，生活優(yōu)裕起來
較幸福；較幸運；較自在
[the better off]較為富有的人們，境況較好的人們
better (off) dead
死了反而更好的
better part of man's nature
一心皈依，虔誠
Better poor with honour than rich with shame.
[諺語]富而可恥不若貧而可敬。
better ride on an ass that carries me than on a horse that throws me.
[諺語]寧乘馱我的驢，不騎甩我的馬；寧可安全不圖快。
better safe than sorry
見 better (be) sure than sorry
Better small fish than an empty dish.
[諺語]盤中有小魚，總比空盤好。
Better spare at the brim than at the bottom.
[諺語]寧可囤尖上留，不在囤底下愁；早貯存以備不時之需。
Better speak truth rudely than lie correctly.
[諺語]粗魯說真話，勝于周密編謊言。
Better suffer ill than do ill.
[諺語]寧可受害，不可為害；寧可人負我，不可我負人。
Better ten guilty escape than one innocent man suffer.
[諺語]寧可放走十個而不欲錯整一人。
better than
比…多(或快)，多于，超過
better than nothing (或none)
聊勝于無；不更壞就算運氣
better than oneself
所做的比所答應的好
超過應盡的責任
better than one's word
做的比說的多，做的比許諾的還要好，所做的比答應的還要好；超過應盡的責任
better that way
那樣更好，那樣更合適
Better the feet slip than the tongue.
[諺語]寧可失足，不可失言。
Better the last smile than the first laughter.
[諺語]開頭大笑不如最后微笑；別高興過早。
Better to ask the way than go astray.
[諺語]與其迷路，不如問路。
Better to be blind than to see ill.
[諺語]眼視邪惡，不如瞎掉為好；非禮勿視。
Better to be half hungry than ill fed.
[諺語]寧半饑而不食敗物。
Better (to be) safe than sorry.
[諺語]寧可小心求平安，不可莽撞而后悔。(或：安全至上；注意安全。)
Better to have one eye than be blind altogether.
[諺語]獨眼總比全瞎好。
Better unborn than unbred (或untaught).
[諺語]與其無教養(yǎng)，還不如不出世；不教不如不生。
Better untaught than ill taught.
[諺語]寧可沒受教育，也強于受壞教育。
Better wear out shoes than sheets.
[諺語]磨破鞋子強過磨壞床單；寧奔波而健身，勿貪睡而罹病。
Better wear out than rust out.
與其銹掉不如用壞；與其閑散不如忙碌，閑死不如忙死。
Better wed over the mixen than over the moor.
[諺語]寧娶鄰家女，不娶外鄉(xiāng)人。
for better of for worse
不管(結果)怎樣；不論是福是禍，禍福與共；不論好壞，不管是好是歹[亦作 for better for worse或for better or worse]
for the better
為了得到更好的結果
向著較好的情況(轉變)，(轉)向好的情況(或方面)，好轉，改善
get the better of
勝過；在…中占上風
打敗，戰(zhàn)勝；贏；智勝
成功地解決(困難)
go (someone) one better
超過以前的成績；更勝一籌
[美國英語]勝過(某人)
出價超過對手
had better
還是…好，最好不是；應該，必須(后接不帶to的不定式，在口語中有時連had也省略掉)
have the better of
=get the better of
know better (than)
見 know
never better
[口語]再好沒有了，從來沒這么好(主要指身體健康)
no better than
僅僅
實際上和…一樣；簡直是；幾乎等于；并不比…強
no better than she should (或ought to) be
[委婉語](女人)淫蕩的，行為不正派(或不規(guī)矩)的，水性楊花的
none the better for it (或something)
不因某事而變得更好，并不見得好些；絲毫不受影響；依然如故
one's better
比自己高明的人
one's betters
上級；長輩
so much the better
那就更好了
take for better for worse
與…結為夫婦，白頭到老，苦樂與共，與…同甘共苦
The better the day,the better the deed.
[諺語]天氣好，心情好，萬事順利。
think (all) the better of someone
對某人有較好印象，對某人有較高的評價，對某人更加欽佩
think better of
見 think