improve
verb OPAL W
/ɪmˈpruːv/
/ɪmˈpruːv/
[intransitive, transitive]动词形式
Phrasal Verbs| present simple I / you / we / they improve | /ɪmˈpruːv/ /ɪmˈpruːv/ |
| he / she / it improves | /ɪmˈpruːvz/ /ɪmˈpruːvz/ |
| past simple improved | /ɪmˈpruːvd/ /ɪmˈpruːvd/ |
| past participle improved | /ɪmˈpruːvd/ /ɪmˈpruːvd/ |
| -ing form improving | /ɪmˈpruːvɪŋ/ /ɪmˈpruːvɪŋ/ |
- to become better than before; to make something/somebody better than before
改进；改善 - Overall the situation has improved dramatically.
总的来说，情况有了显著改善。 - Things are improving every day.
情况每天都在改善。 - You should see your score improve significantly.
你应该看到你的分数有显著的提高。 - Working conditions have greatly improved.
工作条件大大改善了。 - His quality of life has improved dramatically since the operation.
手术后他的生活质量大大改善了。 - The doctor says she should continue to improve (= after an illness).
医生说她还会继续康复。 - I hope my French will improve when I go to France.
我希望我去法国后，我的法语会有所提高。 - improve something This vital service helps to improve the quality of life for people with cancer.
这项重要的服务有助于提高癌症患者的生活质量。 - measures to improve public health
改善公共卫生的措施 - This was a much improved performance by the team.
这是该队有很大改进的表现。 - The goal was to improve the efficiency of the department.
目标是提高部门的效率。 - Engineers are working to improve this technology.
工程师们正在努力改进这项技术。 - improve yourself He's a guy who wants to improve himself, to be the best.
他是一个想提升自己，成为最好的人的人。
Topics Change, cause and effecta1, Illnessa1- The situation has improved dramatically during the last few months.
最近几个月情况大为改善。 - 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。 - My father's mood had noticeably improved during the afternoon.
下午，我父亲的情绪明显好转了。 - The weather should continue to improve over the weekend.
周末期间天气应该会继续好转。 - The economy had improved markedly.
经济明显好转。 - They are trying to improve the working conditions in their factories.
他们试图改善工厂的工作条件。 - I need to improve my French.
我得提高我的法语水平。 - You can significantly improve your chances of getting a job by compiling a good CV.
把简历写好会大大增加找到工作的机会。 - We now offer a much improved service to our customers.
我们现在为客户提供更优质的服务。 - Workers need to be given an incentive to improve their performance.
工人需要外部激励以提高业绩。 - Bringing the issue of pay into the debate did not improve matters.
将薪酬问题纳入辩论并没有改善问题。 - They're introducing a vastly improved public transport system.
他们正在引进一个大大改进的公共交通系统。 - the new and improved version of the website
网站的全新改良版
Collocations Dictionaryadverb- considerably
- dramatically
- drastically
- …
- continue to
- strive to
- try to
- …
- aimed at improving something
- an attempt to improve something
- an effort to improve something
- …
词源early 16th cent. (as emprowe or improwe): from Anglo-Norman French emprower (based on Old French prou ‘profit’, ultimately from Latin prodest ‘is of advantage’); -owe was changed to -ove under the influence of prove. The original sense was ‘make a profit, increase the value of’; subsequently ‘make greater in amount or degree’. - Overall the situation has improved dramatically.