音标：['betə] ；

betterer
n.
better1的变形
better1
['betə]
adj.
good的比较级,最高级best
(品德、技术、质量等)较好的，更好的
更确切的，更合适的，更适当的，更称心的，更讨人喜欢的，更使人满意的；更有效的，更有益的
大半的，大部分的，(价值、用途等方面)更大的，较大的，更多的
健康恢复的，健康状况有所好转的，气色转好的，疾病渐愈的
adv.
well的比较级,最高级best
更好地，好些，更出色地；更合适地，更适当地，更恰当地
更；更加；更(或较)高(或大)程度地；更大限度地；更全面地；更透彻地
[口语]更多地，多于(than)
n.
[用复数]上司们；长辈；(地位、智慧、财富等)胜于己者
(两者中)较好(或更合适)的事物(或人、条件、环境、行为等)；(人或事物)较佳者，较好者，较优者，较优越者
优势；有利条件
vt.
超过，超越，超出；胜过，优于：
They have bettered last month's production record.
他们已超过上月生产记录。
The pole vaulter bettered the world's record by five inches.
这名撑杆跳高运动员以5英寸之多超过了世界纪录。
改善，改良，改进；提高(…的质量)：
We followed a policy aimed at bettering the lot of the poorest areas.
我们奉行一项旨在改善极贫困地区命运的政策。
We worked hard to better the lot of the needy.
我们努力工作以改善贫困者的命运。
【牌戏】提高(叫出的墩数或点数)
vi.
变得更好，改善：
变得更好，改善：
Economic conditions have not bettered.
经济状况没有改善。
v.aux.
[口语]
应该,还是…好(= had better):
You better wait a little longer.
你还是再等一会儿好。
You better not say that.
那样的话你还是不说为好。
但愿
近义词:
improve
短语:
a better man never trod this earth(或shoe leather)
世界上第一大好人；没有见到更好的人
a change for the better
好转
all better
[儿语、口语]好啦，不痛啦
all the better
更加；更好，更妙
any better
较好，好一些
any the better (for)
(因…而)更好一些[用于否定句、疑问句、条件句]
be better
[口语]更好，最好
be better off without
没有…生活更富裕(或更好)一些，没有…会愉快(或舒适)些
be the better for
因…反而更好
Better a clout than a hole out.
[谚语]一个补丁比一个破洞好；笑破不笑补。
Better a finger off than always aching.
[谚语]指头常作痛，不如截掉好。
Better a glorious death than a shameful life.
[谚语]与其忍辱偷生，不如光荣而死，宁为玉碎，不为瓦全。
Better a lean jade than an empty halter.
[谚语]有劣马强于无马。
Better a lean peace than a fat victory.
[谚语]宁可委屈求和，不可恃强取胜。
Better a litter loss than a long sorrow.
[谚语]长痛不如短痛。
better all round
各方面都更好些
Better an egg today than a hen tomorrow.
[谚语]今天一只蛋，胜过明天一只鸡；千钱赊不如八百现。
Better an empty house than an ill tenant.
[谚语]宁可让房子空着，不愿招恶房客进住。
Better ask twice than lose your way once.
[谚语]欲勿迷路宁询二次。
Better a witty fool than a foolish wit.
与其做愚蠢的智人，不如做聪明的愚人。
Better bad now than worse later.
[谚语]宁亮丑于今，毋遗患日后。
Better be a fool than a knave.
[谚语]宁当傻子，不当贼子。
Better be alone than in bad (或ill) company.
[谚语]交损友不如无友；宁可独处，勿交坏友。
Better be envied than pitied.
[谚语]遭人嫉妒比受人怜悯强。
Better be ill spoken of by one before all than by all before one.
[谚语]被人说坏话，与其被大众诉诸一人，不如让一人诉诸大众。
Better bend than break.
[谚语]好死不如恶活。
Better be poor than wicked.
[谚语]宁过穷日子，不走歪道。
Better (be) sure (或safe) than sorry.
[谚语]宁求稳，不后悔。
Better be unmannerly than troublesome.
[谚语]宁可说话粗野，不可啰啰唆唆。
Better buy than borrow.
[谚语]宁买不借；去借不如去买。
Better children weep than old man.
[谚语]宁让小孩哭，勿使大人泣。
Better cut the shoe than pinch the foot.
[谚语]宁截鞋子，不让夹脚。
Better early than late.
[谚语]宁早勿迟。
Better go to bed supperless than (to) rise in debt.
[谚语]与其背着债务起床，不如饿着肚子上床；宁可少吃不负债，不愿𪤛口债缠身。
Better go to heaven in rags than to hell in embroidery.
[谚语]与其衣锦而入地狱宁可褴褛而入天堂。
Better hazard once than be always in fear.
[谚语]长期担惊受怕，不如一次走险。
Better keep the devil at the door than turn him out of the house.
[谚语]把魔鬼拒之门外，强于给魔鬼下逐客令；治恶不如防恶。
Better late than never.
[谚语]迟做总比不做好。迟来总比不来好。亡羊补牢未为晚也。
Better leave than lack.
[谚语]宁可剩余，不可不足。
Better lose a jest than a friend.
[谚语]宁失一谑，不失一友；莫因玩笑伤感情。
Better lose the saddle than the horse.
[谚语]宁失鞍，不失马。
Better luck next time!
下次好运(或顺利、成功)!(用以鼓励这次在考试、竞赛等中的失败者)
Better marry over the midden than over the moor.
[谚语]娶邻女为妻胜于娶自远方。
Better my hog dirty home than no hog at all.
[谚语]宁可养猪把房子弄脏，胜过完全不养猪。
Better no law than law not enforced.
[谚语]法而不行，不如无法。
better nor like
喜出望外
better not look a gift-horse in the mouth
受人馈赠礼物决不可以计较好歹或加以挑剔
better off
境况更好，境况好起来，更富有，有更多的收入(或财富等)，生活优裕起来
较幸福；较幸运；较自在
[the better off]较为富有的人们，境况较好的人们
better (off) dead
死了反而更好的
better part of man's nature
一心皈依，虔诚
Better poor with honour than rich with shame.
[谚语]富而可耻不若贫而可敬。
better ride on an ass that carries me than on a horse that throws me.
[谚语]宁乘驮我的驴，不骑甩我的马；宁可安全不图快。
better safe than sorry
见 better (be) sure than sorry
Better small fish than an empty dish.
[谚语]盘中有小鱼，总比空盘好。
Better spare at the brim than at the bottom.
[谚语]宁可囤尖上留，不在囤底下愁；早贮存以备不时之需。
Better speak truth rudely than lie correctly.
[谚语]粗鲁说真话，胜于周密编谎言。
Better suffer ill than do ill.
[谚语]宁可受害，不可为害；宁可人负我，不可我负人。
Better ten guilty escape than one innocent man suffer.
[谚语]宁可放走十个而不欲错整一人。
better than
比…多(或快)，多于，超过
better than nothing (或none)
聊胜于无；不更坏就算运气
better than oneself
所做的比所答应的好
超过应尽的责任
better than one's word
做的比说的多，做的比许诺的还要好，所做的比答应的还要好；超过应尽的责任
better that way
那样更好，那样更合适
Better the feet slip than the tongue.
[谚语]宁可失足，不可失言。
Better the last smile than the first laughter.
[谚语]开头大笑不如最后微笑；别高兴过早。
Better to ask the way than go astray.
[谚语]与其迷路，不如问路。
Better to be blind than to see ill.
[谚语]眼视邪恶，不如瞎掉为好；非礼勿视。
Better to be half hungry than ill fed.
[谚语]宁半饥而不食败物。
Better (to be) safe than sorry.
[谚语]宁可小心求平安，不可莽撞而后悔。(或：安全至上；注意安全。)
Better to have one eye than be blind altogether.
[谚语]独眼总比全瞎好。
Better unborn than unbred (或untaught).
[谚语]与其无教养，还不如不出世；不教不如不生。
Better untaught than ill taught.
[谚语]宁可没受教育，也强于受坏教育。
Better wear out shoes than sheets.
[谚语]磨破鞋子强过磨坏床单；宁奔波而健身，勿贪睡而罹病。
Better wear out than rust out.
与其锈掉不如用坏；与其闲散不如忙碌，闲死不如忙死。
Better wed over the mixen than over the moor.
[谚语]宁娶邻家女，不娶外乡人。
for better of for worse
不管(结果)怎样；不论是福是祸，祸福与共；不论好坏，不管是好是歹[亦作 for better for worse或for better or worse]
for the better
为了得到更好的结果
向着较好的情况(转变)，(转)向好的情况(或方面)，好转，改善
get the better of
胜过；在…中占上风
打败，战胜；赢；智胜
成功地解决(困难)
go (someone) one better
超过以前的成绩；更胜一筹
[美国英语]胜过(某人)
出价超过对手
had better
还是…好，最好不是；应该，必须(后接不带to的不定式，在口语中有时连had也省略掉)
have the better of
=get the better of
know better (than)
见 know
never better
[口语]再好没有了，从来没这么好(主要指身体健康)
no better than
仅仅
实际上和…一样；简直是；几乎等于；并不比…强
no better than she should (或ought to) be
[委婉语](女人)淫荡的，行为不正派(或不规矩)的，水性杨花的
none the better for it (或something)
不因某事而变得更好，并不见得好些；丝毫不受影响；依然如故
one's better
比自己高明的人
one's betters
上级；长辈
so much the better
那就更好了
take for better for worse
与…结为夫妇，白头到老，苦乐与共，与…同甘共苦
The better the day,the better the deed.
[谚语]天气好，心情好，万事顺利。
think (all) the better of someone
对某人有较好印象，对某人有较高的评价，对某人更加钦佩
think better of
见 think