单词：better
音标：['betә] ；
柯林斯词典等级：5 级；
牛津三千核心词汇；
a. 较好的
adv. 比较好
adv. 比较好
n. something superior in quality or condition or effect
n. a superior person having claim to precedence
n. the superior one of two alternatives
v. surpass in excellence
n. a superior person having claim to precedence
n. the superior one of two alternatives
v. surpass in excellence
词型变化：过去分词 : bettered ; 名词复数形式 : betters ; 现在分词 : bettering ; 过去式 : bettered ; 第三人称单数 : betters
考试类型：[高考/IELTS]
考试类型：[高考/IELTS]
词性分布：
better的用法和样例：
例句
用作形容词(adj.)
- Her father transferred her to a better school.她父亲把她转到了一所更好的学校。
- The union struck for better work conditions.工会为争取更好的工作条件而罢工。
- You must pay extra for a better seat.如要较好的座位必须另加钱。
用作副词(adv.)
- You would write better if you had a good pen.要是有枝好笔，就能写得更好。
- You'll like it better when you understand it more.当你对它更了解时，你就会更喜欢它。
用作动词(v.)
- His solution of his debt enabled him to better his daily life.他还清了债，可以过好点儿的日子了。
- He had tried hard to better his status, but failed.他努力设法改善自己的地位,但未能成功。
用作名词(n.)
- We had hoped for better.我们曾希望情况好转。
常见句型
用作形容词(adj.)
用作定语～+ n.- He is a better man than his father.他为人比他父亲好。
- Having talked to the witness I now have a better idea of what happened.我与证人谈过话,现在对所发生的事情更清楚了。
- Subsequent research has produced even better results.后来的研究带来甚至更好的结果。
- He has better mental powers than I.他的智力胜过我。
- He resolved to lead a better life in the future.他决心以后更好地生活。
- He was thought to have a better right to the throne than his brother.他被认为比他的兄弟更有权利继承王位。
- This is good but that is better.这个好,可是那个更好。
- The situation there will become still better as time goes by.随着时间的推移,那里的形势还会变得更好。
- She's a little better.她好一点了。
- I'm much better than I was.我的身体比以前更棒了。
- Don't take it so hard, you'll feel better tomorrow.别太难过,你明天会觉得好些。
- He is no better yet.他一点也没有好转。
- She is better at tennis than at baseball.她的网球比棒球打得好。
- I was better at mathematics than other subjects.我的数学学得比其他学科好。
- Direct light is better for reading than diffuse light.看书时直射光比散射光好。
- This new medicine is better for a cold.这种新药治感冒疗效更好。
- It's better staying here.最好呆在这儿。
- It's better to stay here.最好呆在这儿。
- It's better for you to stay here.你最好呆在这儿。
- It might be better for you to see a doctor.你最好去看医生。
- It's better that you (should) stay here.你最好呆在这儿。
- It's better that she should go alone.还是由她单独去更好。
- It will be better that we meet some other time.最好我们另找时间碰头。
- It would be better if you sent me the book.你若能把书寄给我就更好了。
- It would be better if he had not come.他如果没来也许会更好些。
用作副词(adv.)
用作状语- She sings better than I.她唱得比我好。
- I know better than to do such a foolish thing.我很明白不能干这种蠢事。
- You can tell him now, remember better late than never.你现在可以告诉他,要知道晚做总比不做好。
- This coat fits you better.这件大衣更适合你。
- I like instrument better than vocal music.我喜欢器乐甚于声乐。
- She is now better able to cope with her task than before.对于工作她现在比过去更胜任了。
- The better I know him the more I admire his abilities.我越是了解他,就越钦佩他的才能。
用作名词(n.)
- That's a fine horse; I couldn't get a better in a hurry.这是一匹骏马,我一时难以找到比它更好的。
- Which is the better of these two bikes?这两辆自行车哪辆较好?
- Take the better of the two roads.在这两条路中挑好走的一条走。
- You're my elders and betters.I was obliged to come when you sent for me.你们是我的长辈和上级,你们叫我来,我不能不来。
用作动词(v.)
用作不及物动词S+～(+A)- Things have bettered since yesterday.从昨天起形势已有所好转。
- Living conditions have bettered a great deal.生活条件已经大有改善。
- The two countries are bettering relations between them.这两个国家正在改善相互之间的关系。 1
- This achievement cannot be bettered.这一成就好得不能再好了。
常用短语
用作形容词(adj.)
better than- 比…更好 be finer than
用作副词(adv.)
be better off- 比较富裕; 较舒服 be richer; be more comfortable
- 最好would find it wiser to (do)
用作名词(n.)
for better or for worse- 不管是好是坏,不管结果如何 whether the result is good or bad
- 占上风,胜过… get the upper hand; win an advantage; prevail
- 甚至更好 that is even better
词汇搭配
用作形容词 (adj.)
～+名词- better car更好的汽车
- better job更好的工作
- better worker更好的工人
- a little better好一点
- complete better完全好了
- much better好多了
用作副词 (adv.)
动词+～- fit better更适合
- know better更清楚
- like better更喜欢
- understand better更理解
用作名词 (n.)
动词+～- get the better of占上风,胜过…
- respect one's betters尊敬上司
用作动词 (v.)
～+名词- better oneself提高自己的社会地位
- better relations改善关系
- better the conditions改善环境
经典引文
The grey mare is the better horse here.
出自：G. B. ShawAndrew would be a better man than he had been.
出自：V. WoolfBetter planes, better explosives, better guns and gasessevery improvement increases the sum of fear and hatred.
出自：Aldous HuxleyShe left to better herself, and obtained the situation of nurse.
出自：F. MarryatTheir speech and dress were bettered while she kept them in her charge.
出自：W. C. WilliamsI lack the will-power to do anything with my life, to better my position by hard work.
出自：L. Durrell