better

英 ['bet?] 美['b?t?]

反義詞

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復數:?betters;第三人稱單數:?betters;過去式:?bettered;過去分詞:?bettered;現在分詞:?bettering;

better 更好

單詞boot的比較級，后用作good的比較級。

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 In English it superseded bet in the adverbial sense by 1600.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

1. Ever tried. Ever failed. No matter. Try Again. Fail again. Fail better.: 努力過，失敗過，沒關系，屢戰屢敗，屢敗屢戰，每一次失敗都比上一次更好。

2. Sometimes things have to fall apart to make way for better things.: 有時候要到達谷底，才會慢慢變好。

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。