better
英 ['betə]
美['bɛtɚ]
- n. 长辈;较好者;打赌的人(等于bettor)
- adv. 更好的;更多的;较大程度地
- adj. 较好的
- vt. 改善;胜过
- vi. 变得较好
- n. (Better)人名;(西、瑞典、德)贝特尔
实用场景例句
- The fewer things in the room the better.
- 房间里的东西越少越好。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- The Irish love a party, the bigger the better...
- 爱尔兰人喜欢聚会,规模越大越好。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- If you've got bags you're better off taking a taxi...
- 你要是大包小包的,不如打的算了。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- Their stance seems to be that a baby or child is better off in its country of birth.
- 他们似乎认为婴儿或者小孩还是呆在自己出生的国家为好。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- Now General Electric have gone one better than nature and made a diamond purer than the best quality natural diamonds.
- 现在通用电气公司已经制造出了巧夺天工的钻石,其纯度比最好的天然钻石还要高。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- 'I came to ask your advice — no, to ask for your help.' — 'That's better. And how can I help you?'
- “我来征求你们的意见——不对,请求你们帮助。”——“这还差不多。我们怎么帮助你?”
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- Use strong white flour, and if you can get hold of durum wheat flour, then so much the better...
- 使用高筋白面粉,如果你能弄到硬粒小麦面粉,那就更好了。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- If there's good skiing, breathtaking scenery and you don't need to catch a plane, all the better!
- 如果有好的滑雪场、令人叹为观止的美景,又不用赶飞机,那就再好不过了。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- My sister still claims she cheated on us at cards, but I know better.
- 我妹妹仍然说她和我们玩牌的时候捣了鬼,其实我心知肚明。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- She knew better than to argue with Adeline...
- 她不至于和阿德琳发生争执。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- It's bad enough to have anyone joke about such a serious matter but a member of the police force should know better.
- 拿这么严肃的事情开玩笑已经够糟的了,身为一名警察更不应该这样做。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- He thought he knew better than I did, though he was much less experienced...
- 虽然他经验远没有我丰富,但他认为他比我懂行。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- He is used to tough defenders, and he usually gets the better of them.
- 他习惯了彪悍的后卫,通常都能战而胜之。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- He had dedicated his life to bettering the lot of the oppressed people of South Africa...
- 他毕生致力于改变南非受压迫人民的命运。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- Our parents chose to come here with the hope of bettering themselves.
- 我们的父母选择来到这里,希望能够改善自己的生活。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- You are better eating just a small snack than hurrying a main meal...
- 你最好简单吃点快餐,不要着急着慌地吃正餐。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- Wouldn't it be better putting a time-limit on the task?...
- 是不是给这项任务规定一个时限比较好?
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- Dreams of changing the world for the better.
- 让世界变得更美好的梦想
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- She didn't allow her emotions to get the better of her.
- 她没有感情用事。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- As an account of adolescence it could hardly be bettered.
- 作为描写青春期的书,它已几臻完美。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- He recorded a time of 4 minutes 23, bettering the old record of 4-24...
- 他用时4分23秒,刷新了4分24秒的原纪录。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- Sit down and be quiet in front of your elders and betters.
- 在长辈和上级面前要老老实实地坐着。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- We expect better of you in the future...
- 我们希望将来你有更大的成就。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- Our long-suffering mining communities deserve better than this.
- 我们长期受苦受难的采矿群体应该得到比这更好的待遇。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- It's half past two. I think we had better go home...
- 现在两点半了。我想我们最好还是回家吧。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- You'd better run if you're going to get your ticket...
- 想买到票的话,你最好跑几步。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- I like your interpretation better than the one I was taught...
- 你的解释比我以前学过的更让我喜欢。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- I'd like nothing better than to join you girls...
- 我最喜欢和你们女孩子在一起了。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- He is much better now, he's fine...
- 他现在好多了,身体状况不错。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- The doctors were saying there wasn't much hope of me getting better.
- 医生们说我好转的希望不大。
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