better 的英语意思
betterbetter1 /ˈbetə $ -ər/ adjective 
查看全部语言翻译1[comparative of good] more useful, interesting, satisfactory, effective, suitable etc更有用、有趣、令人满意、有效、合适等 OPP worse: 
Your stereo is better than mine.你的立体声音响比我的好。 There must be a better way to do this.做这件事一定有更好的方法。 a better-quality car品质更好的汽车much/a lot/far better We now have a much better understanding of the disease.我们现在对这种疾病有了更深入的了解。better still/even better It was even better than last year.它甚至比去年更好。 ► Better is a comparative form. Don’t say ‘more better’.2[comparative of well] a)more healthy or less ill or painful than before比以前更健康，或病情、疼痛有所减轻 OPP worse: She is a little better today, the doctor says.医生说，她今天好多了。 I’m feeling much better, thank you.我感觉好多了，谢谢。 b)completely well again after an illness病后完全康复: When you’re better we can see about planning a trip.等你好了，我们可以考虑计划一次旅行。 I hope he gets better (=recovers from an illness) soon.我希望他快点好起来（=从疾病中康复）。► see thesaurus at healthy3it is better/it would be better used to give your opinion or make a suggestion about what you think should be done or happen用于表达意见或就应当做或发生的事提出建议it is better to do something It’s much better to get a proper written agreement.签一份正式的书面协议要好得多。better if It might be better if you stayed here.如果你待在这里也许会更好。4get better to improve改善；好转: Her English isn’t really getting any better.她的英语实际上没有什么进步。 Things can only get better.情况只会越来越好。5no better a)not better than something else or something before不比其他事物或以前的事物好: The following day the weather was no better.第二天天气也没有好转。 b)used to say that something is the best用于表示某事物是最好的there is no better way/example/place etc There’s no better way of exploring the region.探索这个地区，没有比这更好的方式了。6nothing better a)used to say that you really like something or think that something is very good用于表示非常喜欢某事物或认为某事物非常好like/love/enjoy nothing better (than) She likes nothing better than a nice long walk along the beach.她最喜欢的莫过于沿着海滩悠闲地长时间漫步。 There’s nothing better than beating someone who’s playing well.没有什么比击败一个发挥出色的对手更令人快意的了。 b)used to say that a thing or situation is not very good, but is the only thing possible or available用于表示某事物或情况不是很好，但却是唯一可能或可用的选择have nothing better to do Have you got nothing better to do than sit there playing that silly game?你除了坐在那里玩那个无聊的游戏，就没有更好的事情可做了吗？ I only picked it up because there was nothing better to read.我拿起它只是因为没有更好的东西可读。7that’s better spoken口语 used to say that something has improved, that you are happier or more comfortable, or to encourage someone用于表示某事物有所改善、感到更高兴或更舒适，或用于鼓励某人: Ah, that’s better. I needed to sit down.啊，好多了。我需要坐下来歇一歇。 ‘Can you turn it down?’ ‘Is that better?’"你能把声音调小吗？""这样好点了吗？"8 better late than never spoken口语 used to say that it is better for someone or something to be late than never to arrive or happen at all用于表示某人或某事迟到总比根本不来或不发生要好 → your better half/other half at half2(8), → the best/better part of something at part1(9), → against your better judgment at judgment(1), → somebody’s better nature at nature(2), → better luck next time at luck1(14), → better the devil you know at devil(11), → have seen better days at see1(29)THESAURUS同义词辨析better the comparative of goodgood 的比较级: · She wants a better job.· 她想要一份更好的工作。· The sales figures were far better than expected.· 销售数字远比预期好。· Lucy’s better at French than I am.· Lucy 的法语比我好。superior better, especially in quality更好，尤指质量方面: · German cars are far superior.· 德国汽车远远更胜一筹。· a superior product· 优质产品· He thinks men are superior to women.· 他认为男性比女性优越。preferable formal正式 more suitable or useful – used when saying which one you prefer更合适或更有用——用于表示你更喜欢哪一个: · Cash would be preferable.· 现金会更好。· Anything would be preferable to the system we have now.· 任何方式都比我们现在的制度好。be an improvement on something to be better than something that existed before比以前存在的事物更好: · The engine is a huge improvement on previous diesel engines.· 这台发动机比以前的柴油发动机有了很大的进步。have the edge to be slightly better than another person or thing – used especially when saying which one will win in a game or competition比另一个人或事物稍好——尤用于表示谁会在比赛或竞争中获胜: · Federer is likely to have the edge in Sunday’s game.· 费德勒可能在周日的比赛中略占优势。· For me, this film has the edge over the others.· 在我看来，这部电影略胜其他影片。be miles ahead (of somebody/something) (also be streets ahead (of somebody/something) British English) informal非正式 to be very much better than someone or something that you are competing against比竞争对手或事物好得多: · The company is streets ahead of its rivals.· 该公司遥遥领先于其竞争对手。there’s no comparison spoken口语 used to emphasize that one person or thing is clearly much better than someone or something else用于强调一个人或事物明显比另一个人或事物好得多: · There’s no comparison between the two teams.· 两支球队根本没有可比性。· ‘Which apartment do you prefer?’ ‘Well, there’s no comparison. The first one we saw is bigger, quieter, and has much nicer furniture.’· "你更喜欢哪套公寓？""嗯，根本没有可比性。我们看的第一套更大、更安静，家具也好多了。"
查看全部语言翻译1[comparative of good] more useful, interesting, satisfactory, effective, suitable etc更有用、有趣、令人满意、有效、合适等 OPP worse: Your stereo is better than mine.你的立体声音响比我的好。 There must be a better way to do this.做这件事一定有更好的方法。 a better-quality car品质更好的汽车much/a lot/far better We now have a much better understanding of the disease.我们现在对这种疾病有了更深入的了解。better still/even better It was even better than last year.它甚至比去年更好。 ► Better is a comparative form. Don’t say ‘more better’.2[comparative of well] a)more healthy or less ill or painful than before比以前更健康，或病情、疼痛有所减轻 OPP worse: She is a little better today, the doctor says.医生说，她今天好多了。 I’m feeling much better, thank you.我感觉好多了，谢谢。 b)completely well again after an illness病后完全康复: When you’re better we can see about planning a trip.等你好了，我们可以考虑计划一次旅行。 I hope he gets better (=recovers from an illness) soon.我希望他快点好起来（=从疾病中康复）。► see thesaurus at healthy3it is better/it would be better used to give your opinion or make a suggestion about what you think should be done or happen用于表达意见或就应当做或发生的事提出建议it is better to do something It’s much better to get a proper written agreement.签一份正式的书面协议要好得多。better if It might be better if you stayed here.如果你待在这里也许会更好。4get better to improve改善；好转: Her English isn’t really getting any better.她的英语实际上没有什么进步。 Things can only get better.情况只会越来越好。5no better a)not better than something else or something before不比其他事物或以前的事物好: The following day the weather was no better.第二天天气也没有好转。 b)used to say that something is the best用于表示某事物是最好的there is no better way/example/place etc There’s no better way of exploring the region.探索这个地区，没有比这更好的方式了。6nothing better a)used to say that you really like something or think that something is very good用于表示非常喜欢某事物或认为某事物非常好like/love/enjoy nothing better (than) She likes nothing better than a nice long walk along the beach.她最喜欢的莫过于沿着海滩悠闲地长时间漫步。 There’s nothing better than beating someone who’s playing well.没有什么比击败一个发挥出色的对手更令人快意的了。 b)used to say that a thing or situation is not very good, but is the only thing possible or available用于表示某事物或情况不是很好，但却是唯一可能或可用的选择have nothing better to do Have you got nothing better to do than sit there playing that silly game?你除了坐在那里玩那个无聊的游戏，就没有更好的事情可做了吗？ I only picked it up because there was nothing better to read.我拿起它只是因为没有更好的东西可读。7that’s better spoken口语 used to say that something has improved, that you are happier or more comfortable, or to encourage someone用于表示某事物有所改善、感到更高兴或更舒适，或用于鼓励某人: Ah, that’s better. I needed to sit down.啊，好多了。我需要坐下来歇一歇。 ‘Can you turn it down?’ ‘Is that better?’"你能把声音调小吗？""这样好点了吗？"8 better late than never spoken口语 used to say that it is better for someone or something to be late than never to arrive or happen at all用于表示某人或某事迟到总比根本不来或不发生要好 → your better half/other half at half2(8), → the best/better part of something at part1(9), → against your better judgment at judgment(1), → somebody’s better nature at nature(2), → better luck next time at luck1(14), → better the devil you know at devil(11), → have seen better days at see1(29)THESAURUS同义词辨析better the comparative of goodgood 的比较级: · She wants a better job.· 她想要一份更好的工作。· The sales figures were far better than expected.· 销售数字远比预期好。· Lucy’s better at French than I am.· Lucy 的法语比我好。superior better, especially in quality更好，尤指质量方面: · German cars are far superior.· 德国汽车远远更胜一筹。· a superior product· 优质产品· He thinks men are superior to women.· 他认为男性比女性优越。preferable formal正式 more suitable or useful – used when saying which one you prefer更合适或更有用——用于表示你更喜欢哪一个: · Cash would be preferable.· 现金会更好。· Anything would be preferable to the system we have now.· 任何方式都比我们现在的制度好。be an improvement on something to be better than something that existed before比以前存在的事物更好: · The engine is a huge improvement on previous diesel engines.· 这台发动机比以前的柴油发动机有了很大的进步。have the edge to be slightly better than another person or thing – used especially when saying which one will win in a game or competition比另一个人或事物稍好——尤用于表示谁会在比赛或竞争中获胜: · Federer is likely to have the edge in Sunday’s game.· 费德勒可能在周日的比赛中略占优势。· For me, this film has the edge over the others.· 在我看来，这部电影略胜其他影片。be miles ahead (of somebody/something) (also be streets ahead (of somebody/something) British English) informal非正式 to be very much better than someone or something that you are competing against比竞争对手或事物好得多: · The company is streets ahead of its rivals.· 该公司遥遥领先于其竞争对手。there’s no comparison spoken口语 used to emphasize that one person or thing is clearly much better than someone or something else用于强调一个人或事物明显比另一个人或事物好得多: · There’s no comparison between the two teams.· 两支球队根本没有可比性。· ‘Which apartment do you prefer?’ ‘Well, there’s no comparison. The first one we saw is bigger, quieter, and has much nicer furniture.’· "你更喜欢哪套公寓？""嗯，根本没有可比性。我们看的第一套更大、更安静，家具也好多了。"betterbetter2 adverb [comparative of well] 1to a higher standard or quality以更高的水准或质量 OPP worse: He can speak French a lot better than I can.他的法语说得比我好多了。 Your bike will run better if you oil it.给自行车上了油，骑起来会更顺畅。 → fare better at fare22to a higher degree在更大程度上 SYN more: She knows this town better than you do.她对这个镇子的了解比你更深。 I think I like the red one better.我想我更喜欢红色那个。 Potter is better known for his TV work.Potter 更为人所知的是他的电视工作。3had better a)used to give advice about what someone should do, or to say what you should do or need to do用于就某人应该做什么提出建议，或表示自己应该或需要做什么: I’d better go and get ready.我最好去准备一下。 I think you’d better ask Jo first.我觉得你最好先问问 Jo。 You had better not tell Oliver (=it is not a good idea).你最好不要告诉 Oliver（=这不是个好主意）。 b)used to threaten someone用于威胁某人: You’d better keep your mouth shut about this.你最好对这件事闭口不谈。 ► In speech, people usually shorten had to ’d, and may not pronounce it at all. But do not leave out had or ’d in writing: You’d better (NOT You better) come here!4do better to perform better or reach a higher standard表现得更好或达到更高的水准: We did better than all the other schools.我们比所有其他学校都表现得好。5the sooner the better/the bigger the better etc used to emphasize that you would prefer something to happen as soon as possible, want something to be as big as possible etc用于强调希望某事尽快发生、希望某物尽可能大等: School finishes at the end of the week, and the sooner the better as far as I’m concerned.学校本周末结课，对我来说越早越好。 The younger you start learning a language, the better you’ll speak it.学习一门语言，开始得越早，说得就越好。6go one better (than somebody) informal非正式 to do something more successfully than someone else比别人做得更成功: The following year Lewis went one better by winning the gold medal.第二年，Lewis 更进一步，赢得了金牌。 Of course, they had to go one better and have the whole garden redesigned.当然，他们非得更胜一筹，把整个花园重新设计了一遍。 → better off
1to a higher standard or quality以更高的水准或质量 OPP worse: He can speak French a lot better than I can.他的法语说得比我好多了。 Your bike will run better if you oil it.给自行车上了油，骑起来会更顺畅。 → fare better at fare22to a higher degree在更大程度上 SYN more: She knows this town better than you do.她对这个镇子的了解比你更深。 I think I like the red one better.我想我更喜欢红色那个。 Potter is better known for his TV work.Potter 更为人所知的是他的电视工作。3had better a)used to give advice about what someone should do, or to say what you should do or need to do用于就某人应该做什么提出建议，或表示自己应该或需要做什么: I’d better go and get ready.我最好去准备一下。 I think you’d better ask Jo first.我觉得你最好先问问 Jo。 You had better not tell Oliver (=it is not a good idea).你最好不要告诉 Oliver（=这不是个好主意）。 b)used to threaten someone用于威胁某人: You’d better keep your mouth shut about this.你最好对这件事闭口不谈。 ► In speech, people usually shorten had to ’d, and may not pronounce it at all. But do not leave out had or ’d in writing: You’d better (NOT You better) come here!4do better to perform better or reach a higher standard表现得更好或达到更高的水准: We did better than all the other schools.我们比所有其他学校都表现得好。5the sooner the better/the bigger the better etc used to emphasize that you would prefer something to happen as soon as possible, want something to be as big as possible etc用于强调希望某事尽快发生、希望某物尽可能大等: School finishes at the end of the week, and the sooner the better as far as I’m concerned.学校本周末结课，对我来说越早越好。 The younger you start learning a language, the better you’ll speak it.学习一门语言，开始得越早，说得就越好。6go one better (than somebody) informal非正式 to do something more successfully than someone else比别人做得更成功: The following year Lewis went one better by winning the gold medal.第二年，Lewis 更进一步，赢得了金牌。 Of course, they had to go one better and have the whole garden redesigned.当然，他们非得更胜一筹，把整个花园重新设计了一遍。 → better offbetterbetter3 noun 1the better the one that is higher in quality, more suitable etc when you are comparing two similar people or things（比较两个相似的人或事物时）品质更高、更合适的那一个: It’s hard to decide which one’s the better.很难决定哪一个更好。2get the better of somebody a)if your feelings or wishes get the better of you, they make you behave in a way you would not normally behave如果你的情感或欲望战胜了你，它们会让你做出平时不会有的行为: My curiosity finally got the better of me and I opened the letter.我的好奇心终于占了上风，我打开了那封信。 I think her nerves got the better of her.我认为她的紧张情绪占了上风。 b)to defeat someone or deal successfully with a problem打败某人或成功处理某个问题3for the better in a way that improves the situation以改善现状的方式: a definite change for the better明显的好转 The president’s fortunes seem, at last, to have taken a turn for the better (=started to improve).总统的运势终于似乎开始好转了（=开始改善）。4so much the better used to say that something would be even better or bring even more advantages用于表示某事会更好或带来更多好处: If they can do them both at the same time, then so much the better.如果他们能同时做到这两点，那就更好了。5be all the better for something to be improved by a particular action, change etc因某个特定的行动、改变等而得到改善: I think it’s all the better for that extra ten minutes’ cooking.我认为多煮了十分钟，味道更好了。6for better or (for) worse used to say that something must be accepted, whether it is good or bad, because it cannot be changed用于表示某事无论好坏都必须接受，因为无法改变: Work is, for better or worse, becoming more flexible nowadays.工作，不管好坏，如今正变得越来越灵活。7your betters old-fashioned旧式 people who are more important than you or deserve more respect比你更重要或更值得尊敬的人 → worse3, → elders and betters at elder2(2)
1the better the one that is higher in quality, more suitable etc when you are comparing two similar people or things（比较两个相似的人或事物时）品质更高、更合适的那一个: It’s hard to decide which one’s the better.很难决定哪一个更好。2get the better of somebody a)if your feelings or wishes get the better of you, they make you behave in a way you would not normally behave如果你的情感或欲望战胜了你，它们会让你做出平时不会有的行为: My curiosity finally got the better of me and I opened the letter.我的好奇心终于占了上风，我打开了那封信。 I think her nerves got the better of her.我认为她的紧张情绪占了上风。 b)to defeat someone or deal successfully with a problem打败某人或成功处理某个问题3for the better in a way that improves the situation以改善现状的方式: a definite change for the better明显的好转 The president’s fortunes seem, at last, to have taken a turn for the better (=started to improve).总统的运势终于似乎开始好转了（=开始改善）。4so much the better used to say that something would be even better or bring even more advantages用于表示某事会更好或带来更多好处: If they can do them both at the same time, then so much the better.如果他们能同时做到这两点，那就更好了。5be all the better for something to be improved by a particular action, change etc因某个特定的行动、改变等而得到改善: I think it’s all the better for that extra ten minutes’ cooking.我认为多煮了十分钟，味道更好了。6for better or (for) worse used to say that something must be accepted, whether it is good or bad, because it cannot be changed用于表示某事无论好坏都必须接受，因为无法改变: Work is, for better or worse, becoming more flexible nowadays.工作，不管好坏，如今正变得越来越灵活。7your betters old-fashioned旧式 people who are more important than you or deserve more respect比你更重要或更值得尊敬的人 → worse3, → elders and betters at elder2(2)betterbetter4 verb [transitive] 1to be higher in quality, amount etc than someone or something else在质量、数量等方面超过他人或其他事物: His total of five gold medals is unlikely to be bettered.他总共五枚金牌的成绩不太可能被超越。2better yourself to improve your position in society by getting a better education or earning more money通过接受更好的教育或赚更多钱来改善自己的社会地位3formal正式 to improve something改善某事物: bettering the lot of the working classes改善工人阶级的生活处境
1to be higher in quality, amount etc than someone or something else在质量、数量等方面超过他人或其他事物: His total of five gold medals is unlikely to be bettered.他总共五枚金牌的成绩不太可能被超越。2better yourself to improve your position in society by getting a better education or earning more money通过接受更好的教育或赚更多钱来改善自己的社会地位3formal正式 to improve something改善某事物: bettering the lot of the working classes改善工人阶级的生活处境