better
英 ['betə]
美 ['bɛtɚ]
- n. 長輩；較好者；打賭的人（等於bettor）
- adv. 更好的；更多的；較大程度地
- adj. 較好的
- vt. 改善；勝過
- vi. 變得較好
- n. (Better)人名；(西、瑞典、德)貝特爾
中文詞源
better 更好單詞boot的比較級，後用作good的比較級。
英文詞源
- 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 In English it superseded bet in the adverbial sense by 1600.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.
雙語例句
- 1. Ever tried. Ever failed. No matter. Try Again. Fail again. Fail better.
- 努力過，失敗過，沒關係，屢戰屢敗，屢敗屢戰，每一次失敗都比上一次更好。
來自金山詞霸 每日一句
- 2. Sometimes things have to fall apart to make way for better things.
- 有時候要到達穀底，才會慢慢變好。
來自金山詞霸 每日一句
- 3. He'd phoned Laura to see if she was better.
- 他打電話給勞拉看她是不是好些了。
來自柯林斯例句
- 4. She's got a great voice and is singing better than ever.
- 她的嗓音非常好，現在的唱功比以往任何時候都要好。
來自柯林斯例句
- 5. It is better to stretch the tight muscles first.
- 最好先伸展一下僵硬的肌肉。
來自柯林斯例句