better
英 ['betə]
美 ['bɛtɚ]
- n. 长辈；较好者；打赌的人（等于bettor）
- adv. 更好的；更多的；较大程度地
- adj. 较好的
- vt. 改善；胜过
- vi. 变得较好
- n. (Better)人名；(西、瑞典、德)贝特尔
中文词源
better 更好单词boot的比较级，后用作good的比较级。
英文词源
- better (adj.)
- Old English bettra, earlier betera, from Proto-Germanic *batizo-, from PIE *bhad- "good;" see best. Comparative adjective of good in the older Germanic languages (compare Old Frisian betera, Old Saxon betiro, Old Norse betr, Danish bedre, Old High German bezziro, German besser, Gothic batiza). In English it superseded bet in the adverbial sense by 1600. Better half "wife" is first attested 1570s.
- better (v.)
- Old English *beterian "improve, amend, make better," from Proto-Germanic *batizojan (cognates: Old Frisian beteria, Dutch beteren, Old Norse betra, Old High German baziron, German bessern), from *batiz- (see better (adj.)). Related: Bettered; bettering.
- better (n.)
- late 12c., "that which is better," from better (adj.). Specific meaning "one's superior" is from early 14c. To get the better of (someone) is from 1650s, from better in a sense of "superiority, mastery," which is recorded from mid-15c.
双语例句
- 1. Ever tried. Ever failed. No matter. Try Again. Fail again. Fail better.
- 努力过，失败过，没关系，屡战屡败，屡败屡战，每一次失败都比上一次更好。
来自金山词霸 每日一句
- 2. Sometimes things have to fall apart to make way for better things.
- 有时候要到达谷底，才会慢慢变好。
来自金山词霸 每日一句
- 3. He'd phoned Laura to see if she was better.
- 他打电话给劳拉看她是不是好些了。
来自柯林斯例句
- 4. She's got a great voice and is singing better than ever.
- 她的嗓音非常好，现在的唱功比以往任何时候都要好。
来自柯林斯例句
- 5. It is better to stretch the tight muscles first.
- 最好先伸展一下僵硬的肌肉。
来自柯林斯例句