improve

英 [ɪmˈpruːv]

美 [ɪmˈpruːv]

v.  改进; 改善

过去分词：improved　现在分词：improving　第三人称单数：improves　过去式：improved　

中考高考CET4CET6考研IELTS

Oxford 3000 / Collins.4 / BNC.903 / COCA.995

短语用例

improve on/upon sth

• 改进；做出比…更好的成绩
  to achieve or produce sth that is of a better quality than sth else
  1. His quality of life has improved dramatically since the operation.
     手术后他的生活质量大大改善了。
  2. The doctor says she should continue to improve (= after an illness) .
     医生说她还会继续康复。
  3. to improve standards
     提高水平
  4. The company needs to improve performance in all these areas.
     公司需要在所有这些方面改善业绩。
  5. I need to improve my French.
     我得提高我的法语水平。

牛津词典

verb

• 改进；改善
  to become better than before; to make sth/sb better than before
  1. His quality of life has improved dramatically since the operation.
     手术后他的生活质量大大改善了。
  2. The doctor says she should continue to improve (= after an illness) .
     医生说她还会继续康复。
  3. to improve standards
     提高水平
  4. The company needs to improve performance in all these areas.
     公司需要在所有这些方面改善业绩。
  5. I need to improve my French.
     我得提高我的法语水平。

柯林斯词典

• V-ERG 改进;改善;增进
  If somethingimprovesor if youimproveit, it gets better.
  1. Both the texture and condition of your hair should improve...
     你头发的发质与健康状况都应改善。
  2. The weather is beginning to improve...
     天气开始好转了。
  3. Time won't improve the situation...
     形势不会因时间而有所改善。
  4. He improved their house.
     他修缮了他们的房子。
• V-ERG 提高;(使)变得更熟练
  If a skill you haveimprovesor youimprovea skill, you get better at it.
  1. Their French has improved enormously...
     他们的法语进步很大。
  2. He said he was going to improve his football.
     他说他要提高足球技术。
• VERB 康复;健康好转
  If youimproveafter an illness or an injury, your health gets better or you get stronger.
  1. He had improved so much the doctor had cut his dosage.
     他康复很快,医生已减少了用药剂量。
• VERB 超过;胜过
  If youimprove ona previous achievement of your own or of someone else, you achieve a better standard or result.
  1. We need to improve on our performance against France.
     我们需要比对阵法国队时表现得更好。

英英释义

verb

• get better
  1. The weather improved toward evening
  Synonym:betteramelioratemeliorate
• to make better
  1. The editor improved the manuscript with his changes
  Synonym:betteramendamelioratemeliorate

双语例句

• Our policy has to be judged against a clear test: will it improve the standard of education?
  对我们的政策作出评判必须根据一条明确的准则：它是否会提高教育的水准？
• But a concerted effort has begun to improve the quality of the urban air.
  但是各方已经开始共同努力改善城镇空气质量。
• How can faculty improve their teaching so as to encourage creativity?
  教师们如何才能改进教学以激发创造性呢？
• To improve hand-eye co-ordination, practise throwing and catching balls.
  要想提高手眼协调能力，就练习投球和接球。
• I'm continually pondering how to improve the team.
  我不住地在想如何提高队伍水平。
• We need to improve on our performance against France.
  我们需要比对阵法国队时表现得更好。
• Both the texture and condition of your hair should improve
  你头发的发质与健康状况都应改善。
• Strenuous efforts had been made to improve conditions in the jail
  已经做了大量的努力来改善监狱的条件。
• The weather is beginning to improve
  天气开始好转了。
• The tobacco industry has been trying to improve its image.
  烟草行业一直在试图改善其形象。