Better

(noun.) something superior in quality or condition or effect; 'a change for the better'.

(noun.) the superior one of two alternatives; 'chose the better of the two'.

(noun.) a superior person having claim to precedence; 'the common man has been kept in his place by his betters'.

(verb.) get better; 'The weather improved toward evening'.

(verb.) to make better; 'The editor improved the manuscript with his changes'.

(verb.) surpass in excellence; 'She bettered her own record'; 'break a record'.

(adj.) (comparative of `good') superior to another (of the same class or set or kind) in excellence or quality or desirability or suitability; more highly skilled than another; 'You're a better man than I am, Gunga Din'; 'a better coat'; 'a better type of car'; 'a suit with a better fit'; 'a better chance of success'; 'produced a better mousetrap'; 'she's better in math than in history' .

(adj.) (comparative of `good') changed for the better in health or fitness; 'her health is better now'; 'I feel better' .

(adj.) more than half; 'argued for the better part of an hour' .

(adj.) (comparative and superlative of `well') wiser or more advantageous and hence advisable; 'it would be better to speak to him'; 'the White House thought it best not to respond' .

(adv.) comparative of `well'; in a better or more excellent manner or more advantageously or attractively or to a greater degree etc.; 'She had never sung better'; 'a deed better left undone'; 'better suited to the job'.

(adv.) from a position of superiority or authority; 'father knows best'; 'I know better.'.

弗洛西录入

• He was undeniably a prosperous man, bore his drinking better than others bore their moderation, and, on the whole, flourished like the green bay-tree. 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
• Perhaps you had better go after my friends at once, because the weather is warm, and I can not 'keep' long. 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.
• Better than he thought,--except the last clause. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 远大前程.
• A departure was early made in the matter of strengthening the ribs of oak to better meet the strains from the rough seas. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世纪发明.
• He gets worse instead of better, I think,' said the elder lady. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 雾都孤儿.
• I am much better here,' said Little Dorrit, faintly. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 小杜丽.
• They are very much better, John. 鲁伯特·萨金特·荷兰. 历史性发明.
• Some men, however, are decidedly bettered by being knocked down. 哈丽叶特·比切·斯托. 汤姆叔叔的小屋.
• Guns were lightened and bettered in shape. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
• A ball might have done for me in the course of the war, and may still, and how will Emmy be bettered by being left a beggar's widow? 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷. 名利场.
• Necessity, which spares our betters, has no pity on us. 威尔基·柯林斯. 月亮宝石.
• I won't provoke my betters with knowledge, thank you. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 大卫·科波菲尔.
• We are measurably superior to the French in some things, but they are immeasurably our betters in others. 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.
• And we had such a lot of betters! 查尔斯·狄更斯. 大卫·科波菲尔.
• Even the common people, the severest critics of the conduct of their betters, had commiseration with the follies of Prior Aymer. 沃尔特·司各特. 艾凡赫.
• For the first few days, I had no choice but to give way to my elders and betters; the patient steadily sinking all the time. 威尔基·柯林斯. 月亮宝石.
• Nay, there are few, very few, who would not affect pride in the possession of what their betters have coveted in vain! 哈里特·威尔逊. 哈里特·威尔逊回忆录.
• I have attempted to make my poor friend's loss of memory the means of bettering my acquaintance with you. 威尔基·柯林斯. 月亮宝石.
• I hope we shall have a future opportunity of bettering our acquaintance, Mr. Hartright. 威尔基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
• May he never leave us but to better himself, and may his success among us be such as to render his bettering himself impossible! 查尔斯·狄更斯. 大卫·科波菲尔.
• And even now that Commodious is strangled, I don't see a way to our bettering ourselves. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.

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