bettered

发音: US [ˈbetər] UK [ˈbetə(r)]

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beat surpass eclipse exceed excel outclass outdistance outdo outgun outmatch outshine outstrip overtop top tower (over) transcend

n.	1. (知识,能力,财产等)较优的人;上级,上司;长上,长辈,前辈 2. 打赌的人 3. 较好的东西[事,条件,行为等]
adj.	1. “good”的比较级 2. “well”的比较级 3. 健康状态较好的,(疾病)渐愈的 4. 大半的,大部分的 5. 更合适的 6. 较好的,更好的 7. 较有品德的
adv.	1. “good”的比较级 2. “well”的比较级 3. 更,更加,更好地 4. 更多地,以上
v.	1. (情况等)有改善,变得有改进 2. 优于,胜过,超出 3. 改良,改善

The grey mare is the better horse here.
资料来源: G. B. Shaw
Andrew would be a better man than he had been.
资料来源: V. Woolf
Better planes, better explosives, better guns and gasessevery improvement increases the sum of fear and hatred.
资料来源: Aldous Huxley
She left to better herself, and obtained the situation of nurse.
资料来源: F. Marryat
Their speech and dress were bettered while she kept them in her charge.
资料来源: W. C. Williams
I lack the will-power to do anything with my life, to better my position by hard work.
资料来源: L. Durrell

n.	1. something that is better
adj.	1. The comparative of good 2. more satisfactory, appropriate, pleasant, effective, or of higher quality, etc; more skillful 3. used for saying that someone has become completely healthy again after an illness; used for saying that someone is not as sick as they were before, or that something is not as painful as it was before 4. The comparative of well
adv.	1. The comparative of good 2. in a way that is more satisfactory, appropriate, pleasant, effective, successful, etc. 3. used for saying that one person or thing is liked or known more than another; used for saying that one person or thing is famous in one way or for one reason rather than another 4. The comparative of well
v.	1. to achieve a better result than someone or something 2. to improve something