better
美 [ˈbetər] 
英 [ˈbetə(r)]
- adv.更好；更愉快；不那么差；较大程度地
- adj.痊愈；较好的；更好的；能力更强的
- v.胜过；超过；上进
- n.更好的事物；较好者；更有才智者；更重要的人
- 网络更好地；贝特尔；改善
词形变化
复数：betters 现在分词：bettering 过去式：bettered 反义词
英汉双解
1. | 较好的；更好的of a higher standard or less poor quality; not as bad as sth else |
| We're hoping for better weather tomorrow. 我们希望明天天气转好。 |
| Her work is getting better and better . 她的工作干得越来越好了。 |
| He is in a much better mood than usual. 他的情绪比平时好多了。 |
| The meal couldn't have been better. 这顿饭再好吃不过了。 |
| There's nothing better than a long soak in a hot bath. 没有什么比好好地泡个热水澡更舒服的了。 |
| If you can only exercise once a week, that's better than nothing(= better than taking no exercise at all) . 即便是一个星期锻炼一次，也比完全不锻炼好。 |
2. | 能力更强的；更熟练的more able or skilled |
| She's far better at science than her brother. 她在理科方面比她的弟弟强得多。 |
3. | 更合适的；更恰当的more suitable or appropriate |
| Can you think of a better word than ‘nice’? 你能找到一个比 nice 更合适的字眼吗？ |
| It would be better for him to talk to his parents about his problems. 他把自己的问题同父母谈谈会比较好。 |
| You'd be better going by bus. 你坐公共汽车去会更好些。 |
4. | （病势）好转的，见轻的；舒畅些的less ill/sick or unhappy |
| She's a lot better today. 她今天好多了。 |
| His leg was getting better. 他的腿在渐渐恢复。 |
| You'll feel all the better for a good night's sleep. 你晚上睡个好觉就会感觉好得多。 |
5. | 痊愈；恢复健康fully recovered after an illness; in good health again |
| Don't go back to work until you are better. 身体康复之前，不要回去工作。 |
1. | 更好；更愉快；不那么差in a more excellent or pleasant way; not as badly |
| She sings much better than I do. 她唱歌比我好得多。 |
| Sound travels better in water than in air. 声音在水中比在空气中传播得快。 |
| People are better educated now. 现在人们教育程度更高了。 |
2. | 更；较大程度地more; to a greater degree |
| You'll like her when you know her better. 你对她了解得多一点就会喜欢她。 |
| A cup of tea? There's nothing I'd like better! 一杯茶吗？那最好不过了！ |
| Fit people are better able to cope with stress. 健康的人较能应付压力。 |
3. | 更妥；更恰当used to suggest that sth would be a suitable or appropriate thing to do |
| The money could be better spent on more urgent cases. 这笔钱用于较紧迫的事情也许会好些。 |
| Some things are better left unsaid. 有些事还是不提为好。 |
| You'd do better to tell her everything before she finds out from someone else. 你把一切都告诉她才是上策，免得她从别人口中听到。 |
1. | [sing][u] 更好的事物；较好者something that is better |
| the better of the two books 两本书中较好的一本 |
| I expected better of him(= I thought he would have behaved better) . 我本以为他会表现得好一些。 |
2. | [pl] 更有才智者；更重要的人people who are more intelligent or more important than you |
1. | [oftpass] ~ sth 胜过；超过to be better or do sth better than sb/sth else |
| The work he produced early in his career has never really been bettered. 他后来没出过什么作品能真正比得上他的早期作品。 |
2. | ~ yourself （通过教育、更好的工作等）改进社会地位，上进to improve your social position through education, a better job, etc. |
| Thousands of Victorian workers joined educational associations in an attempt to better themselves. 维多利亚时代成千上万名工人加入了各种教育协会，以求上进。 |
习惯用语
little/no better than
同…（几乎）一样；和…（几乎）一样坏almost or just the same as; almost or just as bad as
| The path was no better than a sheep track. 那条小路简直就像是给羊群踏出来的。 |
thats (much) better
（安慰他人时说）很好，这就对了used to give support to sb who has been upset and is trying to become calmer
| Dry your eyes now. That's better. 把眼泪擦干。这就对了。 |
（称赞努力加以改进的人）很好used to praise sb who has made an effort to improve
| That's much better─you played the right notes this time. 很好，你这次把音弹准了。 |
the bigger, smaller, faster, slower, etc. the better
越大（或小、快、慢等）越好used to say that sth should be as big, small, etc. as possible
| As far as the hard disk is concerned, the bigger the better. 就硬盘而言，容量越大越好。 |
be better off
有较多钱；比较宽裕to have more money
| Families will be better off under the new law. 新法律会使家庭经济宽裕一些。 |
| Her promotion means she's $100 a week better off. 她的晋升意味着她每星期多挣 100 元。 |
be better off (doing sth)
（在某情况下或因做某事）更幸福，更满意used to say that sb is/would be happier or more satisfied if they were in a particular position or did a particular thing
| She's better off without him. 没有他，她活得更幸福。 |
| The weather was so bad we'd have been better off staying at home. 天气非常恶劣，我们还不如待在家里舒服。 |
had better/best (do sth)
（告诉别人应该做的事）应该，最好used to tell sb what you think they should do
| You'd better go to the doctor about your cough. 你最好去找医生看看你的咳嗽。 |
| We'd better leave now or we'll miss the bus. 我们最好现在就走，不然就赶不上公共汽车了。 |
| You'd better not do that again. 你最好别再这样做了。 |
| ‘I'll give you back the money tomorrow.’ ‘You'd better!’(= as a threat) “我明天会还你钱。”“那样最好！” |
for better or (for) worse
不论好坏；不管是福是祸；不管怎样used to say that sth cannot be changed, whether the result is good or bad
get the better of sb/sth
挫败…；占上风to defeat sb/sth or gain an advantage
| No one can get the better of her in an argument. 辩论起来没人能辩过她。 |
| She always gets the better of an argument. 她在争辩中总是占上风。 |
| His curiosity got the better of him(= he didn't intend to ask questions, but he wanted to know so badly that he did) . 好奇心使得他不禁要问。 |
so much the better/worse
那就更好了╱更糟了used to say that sth is even better/worse
| We don't actually need it on Tuesday, but if it arrives by then, so much the better. 实际上我们星期二并不需要它，但如果那时能到就更好。 |
英汉解释
n. | 2. (知识,能力,财产等)较优的人;上级,上司;长上,长辈,前辈 |
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adv. | |
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英英解释
例句
Even a guy who will admit that you're better looking than him should still be able to tell you you're beautiful.
一个男人觉得你长得比他好，他还是应该赞美你漂亮。
This milestone comes at a time when both governments recognise that relations between the two countries have never been better, nor closer.
这是一个里程碑式的伟大时刻，两国政府一致认为英中两国之间的联系日益密切，达到了前所未有的良好局面。
14 speaker is often convey vague information, but the audience is always better than what they see hear.
14演说家常常传递着含糊不清的信息，但听众总是亲眼所见胜于耳闻。
Even if it means having to transport the boat quite a distance, it is much better to find the best craftsman you can.
即便是要把船运到比较远的地方，找到最好的工匠还是比较好的。
Remember, it is better to remain in a state of honest, if difficult, doubt than to slip sleepily into a decision that you later regret.
记住，保持一种诚实的态度，如果有困难就保留怀疑，这也比昏昏然落入一个你以后会后悔的决定要好。
"Nope, " he said. "I think you could have done a better job. "
“不喜欢，”他说，“我觉得你可以做得更好。”
They were sustained by their belief that all this upheaval was part of an attempt to create a better society.
支持他们的信念就是所有这些动乱都是努力建立更加美好社会的一部分。
Then he confessed that it could still do better and said he had hired two new "chief privacy officers" .
接着，他承认确实有一些地方需要改进，并说明他已经雇用了两名新的“首席隐私官”。
Once thought, and better; Reflect overburden, overburden found, the best is at my side, just like you.
曾经以为，还有更好的；反反覆覆，才发觉，最好的就在我身边，就象你一样。
Better to explain carefully why high inflation is likely to prove temporary than to indulge in "futile gestures" , he said.
他说，更好的办法是，好好解释下，为什么高通胀很可能被表现为临时性的，而非沉溺于那些“无用的举动”。
Yves Behar's Amplify at SCP was even better than I had expected: magical "paper lanterns" cast a soft glow over a lone park bench.
在SCP由伊夫贝哈尔的设计的Amplify超出我的想象：神奇的“灯笼”投下了一个公园长凳上柔和光芒。
Forgiving was more for me to make a better life and not so much to absolve the other person of what I perceived to be their wrongdoing.
宽恕对我来说，不仅仅是使生活更加美好，也并不是原谅我认为有不端行为的人。
We just changed it a little to make it sound better.
我们只是帮这个字做了一点的变化，让它读起来比较好听…
President John F. Kennedy might have agreed. "A wall" , he said at the time, "is a hell of a lot better than a war. "
JohnF.Kennedy总统也许会同意这个观点，他曾说过；“一座墙，要比一场战争好得多。”
One awesome gadget or tool is often better than five mediocre ones.
一件了不起的小玩意或是工具通常比五件普通的要好。
Poverty may be miserable. But being able to feel a bit better-off than someone else makes it a bit more bearable.
贫困可能很悲催.但是只要感觉还有人比自己差就能继续忍受。
C'mon, you guys, it wasn't that bad. I was the lead. It was better than that thing I did with the trolls, at least you got to see my head.
别这样，你们这样家伙，不是那么差吧。我是主角。至少比我在合唱的轮唱好多了，至少你们能看到我的头。
Maybe now that you've read this newsletter you'll have a better context to understand what I'm about to tell you. . .
可能你现在读到的文章会帮助你更好地理解我将要讲到的东西….。
No; but bring them all the same. Anything would be better than the Count. I shall be waiting for you, so hurry.
不认识；不过您带他们一起来吧，他们总比伯爵好些。我等着您，快来吧。
There are other options, and it's worth trying out a few to see whether they may suit you better than the one you've got.
其他公司也有些不错的键盘，不妨尝试一下，看看是否比你现在用的强。
His curiosity got the better of him.
好奇心使得他不禁要问。
She looked with approval at Henrietta, a nice well balanced intelligent child if ever there was one, and who deserved a better mother.
她赞许地看着亨里埃塔，这是个难得见到的情绪稳定而聪明的好孩子，这个孩子应该有个更好一些的妈妈。
Now tell me what has happened, since you wise men knew no better than to make a heap of cinders of me?
既然你们这些聪明人认为最好把我烧成一堆灰烬的话，现在跟我谈谈吧，都发生了什么事情？
"Of course" she isn't married; said Scarlett amused. "Maybe it would be better if she had, " said Alex gloomily.
“当然她没有跟人结婚啊。”思嘉莉特觉得很有趣地说。“她跟人家结了婚倒好啊”，亚历克斯忧郁地说。
Therefore we'd much better take the matter quietly.
因此我们最好还是对此事保持缄默。
In his crossest humours, formerly, I liked him better than I do in his present curious mood.
他从前脾气虽很别扭，我还比较喜欢，总比他现在的古怪性情好。
It is better for you to leave now.
你最好现在就脱身。
It was better, Bundy thought, to let the President have a night sleep in preparation for the ordeal ahead.
邦迪认为，最好让总统睡上一宿，以便迎接前面的严酷考验。
For a time the talk gravitated to the good old times and the party comrades of better days.
一时话题转到了过去的好时光和鼎盛时期的党内同志上。
"Do you think I'd better go? " she said sharply.
“你认为我是不是去的好？”她单刀直入地问道。
He no doubt wants to go down in history as the leader who brought peace and a better life to Russia.
他无疑想作为给俄国带来和平和较美好生活的领导人而名垂青史。
If I were better off, I should not stop for a moment to think whose he might be.
如果我的环境好一些，我连一时一刻都不会考虑他到底是谁的儿子。
As if to say: Trying to make yourself out better than the rest of us?
好像说：你想使自己比我们其他人都神气一点啊？
Now that David was in the shade and the sea stayed calm he began to feel better about it all.
眼下，海面平静、温和，而戴维已经躲开了太阳，这一切都使他逐渐踏实起来。
I knew her before today, though perhaps it would have been better if I had not.
我认识她不止一天了，其实我要是压根儿就不认识她，也许反倒好哪。
"You are better? " said the child, stopping to speak with him.
“你好一些吗？”这孩子说，停下脚步同他讲话。
Sid had better judgment of it than to utter the thought that was in his mind as he left the house.
席德离开家里的时候，他对这桩事情是心中有数的，不过他觉得还是不把心里的想法说出来为好。
As to the management of their children, his theory was much better than his wife's and his practice not so bad.
至于说到管教孩子，他的理论比他妻子高明得多，而且他的做法也不赖。
If you can only exercise once a week, that's better than nothing .
即便是一个星期锻炼一次，也比完全不锻炼好。
Though Rebecca had had the better of him, George was above the meanness of tale-bearing or revenge upon a lady.
乔治不是卑鄙的小人，虽然吃了利蓓加的亏，究竟不至于背地里报复，说女人的坏话。
You'd better get out of the bakery right away and go into the oil business or become a banker.
那你趁早别烤面包，做石油生意去吧，当银行老板去吧。
If I told him I had a dot of a million frances he would ask nothing better.
如果我告诉他我有一百万法郎作嫁妆，他更会求之不得了。
For, in good truth, you seem to turn over the pages of my past life far better than I could do myself.
因为说老实话，你对于我的生活看得比我自己还更清楚。
Again Magnus waved, about to yield to his better instincts and to the entreaties of his wife.
曼克奈斯不禁又迟疑起来，眼看快听从自己的本能，听从他妻子的恳求了。
They're always reaching. And reaching out to the people they work with, trying to help them do their jobs better.
他们总是全力以赴。他们善于接触同事们，协助他们把事情办好。
He is one of the leading minds of our age and deserves to be better known to the general public of all nations.
他是我们时代的卓越科学家之一，理所当然为世界各国公众所推崇。
"I shall teach him to follow a better example, " he said.
“我要教他学习一个更好的榜样，”他说。
It's a sad commentary on the ability of our government if our own position would not be better for us than theirs would be.
如果我们自己的立场还不如他们的立场对我们有好处，那真是对我国政府的能力的可悲写照。
Fearless, they called her. Bloggs knew better; she was terrified, but she would not let it show.
大家都称她为“无畏的人”。但布洛格斯清楚地知道，她实际上是害怕的，不过不愿表露罢了。
You had better ravel a bit of the left-over cloth to mend the tear in your trousers.
你最好拆散一小块碎布头来织补你的裤子。
Even if you can figure it out, it's better to ask for a quick overview.
即使你自己可以搞定，也最好去问一下简单的使用说明。
After so many misfortunes, Paul's spirits touched bottom; soon afterwards he began to feel better.
经历了如此多的不幸以后，保罗的情绪低落到了极点；不久以后他才开始感觉好受一些。
See? That's why you should never see a cyclist. It would have been much better if you were with me.
明白没？这就是为什么你不应该和骑车的人约会。如果你和我的话，肯定会好很多。
Whatever you think about using grating words, at the end of the day it's actually better not to say whatever, if you know what I mean.
不管你对使用恼人的词语怎么看，到头来最好还是不要说“whatever”（无所谓），你懂我的意思吧。
It also noted that the CRU should have archived data and algorithms better, but that this was a conclusion more easily drawn in hindsight.
该报告也认为CRU可以在数据和程序逻辑的保存上做得更好，不过事后来说这种结论总是很容易的。
When he had got out on the shed he put his head in again, and cussed me for putting on frills and trying to be better than him;
他爬出窗子，上了棚屋，一会儿又探进头来，骂我装出一付派头，仿佛比他还强。
Remember, what you hear is usually meant to help you do your job better.
记住，你所听到的评价通常是为了帮助你更好地展开工作。
It's very important to make sure you clean the back teeth thoroughly. You might have to pull out your cheek a little to get a better angle.
确保彻底刷干净臼齿是非常重要的。你可能需要稍微张开脸颊来形成一定的角度。
What you want, should I just cry on your shoulder and tell you everything is all better now?
我是不是该靠在你的肩膀上大哭一场然后告诉你好点了？
But what about the deeper question of whether businesses' own data might be better exploited if it was open?
那么商业数据源后是否能够更好地得到开发这个更深层次的问题又如何解答呢？
If New Delhi is expecting foreign direct investment to rush in and to help rescue the debt-laden economy, it had better think again.
如果希望吸引外国直接投资，以帮助拯救其债务沉重的经济，印度政府最好三思。
The higher each of these factors rate with you, plus the combination of them all, the better your potential for return.
每个这些因素率较高，与你们一一加结合，您的潜力，更好的回报。
A good and easy to remember domain name increases the exposure of your company on Internet and thus has better promotional effect.
良好而易于记忆的域名，可提高互联网用户接触你公司的机会，从而达到更佳的宣传效果。
Conclusion The simplification formula is simple in form, and easy to understand, and no doubt it is a better method.
结论简化公式形式简单、易于理解，特别对非统计专业和对校正公式理解不深的人而言，无疑是一种好方法。
Taking penalties is a bit more of an art form, which you would be best advised to practice with your better penalty takers.
以刑罚为更多的一种艺术形式，你最好建议实践效果较好的点球手位。
Cutting your losses is often better than the alternative.
45.减少损失比找寻替代要好。
There is nothing better at this time of year than getting out of the cold weather and watching your favorite holiday movies.
每年这个时候，没有什么比远离寒冷的天气和观看喜爱的节日电影更好的了！
"You could not possibly have come at a better time, my dear Watson, " he said cordially.
他热情地说：“亲爱的华生，你这时候过来真是再好不过了。”
The children can get better medical care and education is no longer limited to a small number of people exclusively.
孩子们可以得到更好的医疗保健，而且教育已不再是为有限的少数人所专有的了。
Why would the state try to help the poorest at a time when they were doing better than before?
国家为什么会在穷人过得比以前都好的时候去尽力帮助他们呢？
I expected better of him.
我本以为他会表现得好一些。
If Better was on the committee, it proved that she hadn't just been showing off at Matt's party and that her fellow-workers trusted her.
假如蓓蒂参加委员会的工作，这就证明她在麦特家做客那天并没有胡吹，而且证明她的同事们信任她。
The better she did the work, the worse her stepmother hated her.
她活越干得好，继母越恨她。
The only thing to do is to fling caution to the winds and make a decision, right or wrong; anything is better than uncertainty.
惟一的途径就是无论正确与否都要不顾一切做出一个决定；犹豫不决是最糟糕的了。
Any man fresh out of a university would have handled that leg wound better than he did.
任何刚毕业的学生都会比他把那个腿伤治得好些。
You'd better knock up for a while before starting the game.
在比赛开始前你们最好练习一下。
My cold's better, but I can't seem to shake off this cough.
我感冒好些了，但这咳嗽好像老也不好。
"That would be better than doing nothing here, " returned the colonel.
“这总比不研究好吧，”上校反驳他说。
"I remember a recent experience, " her husband said, "when you were not only better than a man, you were better than this doctor. "
“我还记得不久前的经历，”丈夫搭了腔，“你不仅比男人强，而且比这位医生也强。”
Soames always attended the general meeting; it was considered better that he should do so, in case "anything should arise! "
开股东会索米斯总要到场；大家认为这样比较好，以防临时“出什么事情！”
