better

英 ['betə] 美 ['bɛtɚ]

解释

※ 提供单词"better"的中文意思、发音示范及音标对照，中英文词源、例句和用法等。

better 更好

单词boot的比较级，后用作good的比较级。

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 In English it superseded bet in the adverbial sense by 1600.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.

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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。

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。