记忆方法
将“better”与“get”联想起来，想象“get”像一只在逐步前进的“better”，每个步骤都意味着有了一定的进步或改善。这样的图像可以帮助你记忆这个词表示“更好的”或“更佳的”含义。
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词族 · better
中文词源
better 更好
单词boot的比较级，后用作good的比较级。
英语词源
- 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 In English it superseded bet in the adverbial sense by 1600.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.
权威例句
- 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。
- 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。
- 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。
- 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。
- 5. It is better to stretch the tight muscles first.
- 最好先伸展一下僵硬的肌肉。
词语辨析
【better, improve, perfect, refine】
这组词都有“改进，改善”的意思，其区别是：
better: 多用于口语，指适当地改善原来并非很差的状态或性质，也指社会地位、经济状况的改善。
improve: 最常用词，多指状态或性质上的深刻或重要改进，也可指自身能力的提高。
perfect: 语义强，通常指使方法、技术等达到完善美好的境地。
refine: 侧重指使语言、仪态等变得文雅、优美，也可指技艺等的提高。
这组词都有“改进，改善”的意思，其区别是：
better: 多用于口语，指适当地改善原来并非很差的状态或性质，也指社会地位、经济状况的改善。
improve: 最常用词，多指状态或性质上的深刻或重要改进，也可指自身能力的提高。
perfect: 语义强，通常指使方法、技术等达到完善美好的境地。
refine: 侧重指使语言、仪态等变得文雅、优美，也可指技艺等的提高。