音标:[imˈpru:vz] ;
v. 改善, 改进, 提高( improve的第三人称单数 ); 提高(土地、地产)的价值; 利用(机会); 抓紧(时间)
v to make better
v get better

improve的用法和样例:

例句

用作及物动词(vt.)
  1. Your work will get by, but try to improve it.你的工作勉强通过了,但要设法改善它。
  2. He offered a suggestion to improve the plan.他提出一个建议,以改进那项计划。
  3. I want to improve my English.我想提高我的英语水平。
用作不及物动词(vi.)
  1. Wine improves with age.酒存放得越久越醇。
  2. I hope the weather will improve before Friday.我希望星期五之前天气会好转。
  3. His manners will improve with age.随着年龄的增长
  4. This game is our baby so we want to constantly improve on it.这个游戏是我们的孩子,我们当然想持续改进它。

常见句型

用作动词(v.)
用作不及物动词S+~(+A)
  1. I hope for the weather to improve soon.我希望天气会很快转好。
  2. Wine improves with age.酒越陈越好。
  3. Her spelling has improved.她的拼写能力已有长进。
  4. Your mastery of the language has much improved.你对语言的掌握有很大的进步。
  5. The situation has improved somewhat.情况已有所改善。
  6. The patient has improved slightly since the operation.病人手术后已稍有好转。
  7. A successful businessman is one who knows when to cut his losses, and when to hang on in the hope that things will improve.一个成功的生意人知道什么时候该削价出售,什么时候该掌握在手,以待情况好转。
  8. It is unfair to criticize him so soon after he has started. After a week when he has got into his stride,I am sure his work will improve.他才开始工作就这么急于批评他是不公平的,当他一个星期以后熟悉了工作时,我相信他会做得大有起色的。
  9. My health is improving.我的健康状况正在好转。
  10. The demand for television sets is improving.对电视机的需求量正在增加。
  11. Her English is improving this term.这一学期,她的英语有进步。
用作及物动词S+~+ n./pron.
  1. We would snatch at every chance to improve our work.我们应抓住每个机会来改进我们的工作。
  2. He undertook to improve the working arrangements.他答应改善工作安排。
  3. We must make massive efforts to improve our environment.我们一定要尽最大的努力来改善环境。
  4. The three clubs joined up to improve the town's playground facilities.三家俱乐部联合起来共同改善镇上运动场的设施。
  5. I integrated your suggestion into my plans and it improved them.我把你的建议纳入我的计划中,这些计划进一步完善了。
  6. The machine improves the working conditions and raises efficiency five times.这台机器改善了劳动条件,并使工效提高了4倍。
  7. It isn't quite good enough,I want to improve it.这还不够好,我要改进一下。
  8. The workers made shift with what was on hand to improve the machine.工人们尽力设法利用现有材料来改进机器。
  9. He decided to cut the plants back, in order to improve their growth later in the season.他决定进行剪枝,以便使作物在季节后期长得更好。
  10. The doctor gave some advice on how to improve our health.医生就如何增进健康,向我们提了一些建议。
  11. We'll try our best to improve the friendship between our two countries.我们将尽最大努力增进我们两国之间的友谊。
  12. Never chuck up a chance to improve your French.千万不要错过任何一个提高你法语水平的机会。
  13. I began to come along well in English after I improved my study methods.改进了学习方法以后,我的英语开始有所进步。
  14. He invested a lot of time and effort in trying to improve his listening comprehension.他花了许多时间和精力努力提高他的听力理解能力。
  15. You'll never improve your piano playing unless you keep at it.除非你坚持练习,否则,你的钢琴演奏水平就永远提高不了。
  16. You will be helped to improve your English.有人将会帮助你提高英语水平。
  17. Computer Aided Instruction is widely adopted to improve teaching effects.计算机辅助教学被广泛采用以提高教学效果。
  18. The government is making every effort to improve the people's living standard.政府在尽一切努力提高人民的生活水平。
  19. His whole energies are dedicated to improving the design.他的全部精力都放在改进这项设计上了。
其他v -ed as Attrib.
  1. Half of these plots is devoted to raising improved seeds.这些土地的一半被用来培育良种。

常用短语

用作动词(v.)
improve in (v.+prep.)
    在…有所提高 (cause to) become better with regard toimprove in sth

    He's going to improve in his first book.

    他打算把他的第一部书修改一下。

    He has much improved in health.

    他的健康状况大有改善。

    improve oneself/sth in sth/v-ing

    He tried his best to improve his marks in school.

    他尽自己的最大努力来提高成绩。

    They were working out a plan to improve themselves in the way of research.

    他们正在制定一套计划以改进他们的研究方法。

improve on〔upon〕 (v.+prep.)
    在…上加以提高 produce sth better thanimprove on〔upon〕 sth

    I am able to improve on this plan.

    我能改进这个计划。

    This singer will have to improve on the performance we have just heard if she is to be accepted by the company.

    如果这位歌手想让公司雇用她的话,就必须拿出比我们刚才所听到的更好的节目来。

    He has improved upon her poem.

    他对他的诗做了改进。

    The poem cannot be improved upon.

    这首诗再好不过。

词汇搭配

用作动词 (v.)
~+名词
  • improve conditions改善条件
  • improve English提高英语水平
  • improve every moment珍惜每一刻光阴
  • improve farm tool改进农具
  • improve health增进健康
  • improve image提高形象
  • improve intonation改进语调
  • improve leisure by studying利用空闲时间学习
  • improve living standard提高生活水平
  • improve occasion利用机会
  • improve opportunity利用机会
  • improve plan改进计划
  • improve pronunciation改进发音
  • improve properties改进性能
  • improve quality提高质量
  • improve scores提高分数
  • improve service提高服务质量
  • improve shining hour利用机会
  • improve situation改善不利条件
  • improve vocabulary扩大词汇量
~+副词
  • improve hardly无可改进
  • improve aggressively盛气凌人地改进
  • improve beneficently有益地改进
  • improve blindly盲目地改进
  • improve boldly大胆改进
  • improve bravely勇敢地改进
  • improve casually非正式地改进
  • improve cautiously谨慎地改进
  • improve completely彻底改进
  • improve consciously有意识地改进
  • improve constantly不断地改进
  • improve courteously谦恭地改进
  • improve creatively创造性地改进
  • improve educationally教育改进
  • improve erratically不规律地改进
  • improve eventually最终改进
  • improve greatly大大地改进
  • improve immediately立即改进
  • improve magnanimously大度地改进
  • improve provisionally暂且改进
  • improve quietly悄悄地改进
  • improve radically激进地改进
  • improve rapidly迅速改进
  • improve readily欣然改进
  • improve reasonably明智地改进
  • improve recklessly轻率地改进
  • improve reluctantly勉强改进
  • improve scarcely很少改进
  • improve simultaneously同时改进
  • improve sincerely诚恳地改进
  • improve skeptically心存怀疑地改进
  • improve slavishly盲从地改进
  • improve slightly稍稍好转
  • improve slowly缓慢地改进
  • improve speedily加快速度改进
  • improve steadily不断提高
  • improve temperately适度地改进
  • improve timidly胆怯地改进
  • improve unexpectedly出乎意外地改进
  • improve unhesitatingly即刻改进
  • improve universally普遍改进
  • improve unwisely不明智地改进
  • improve vigorously有力改进
  • improve warily谨慎地改进
  • improve wholly完全改进
~+介词
  • improve in在…方面有起色,有进步
  • improve in health健康状况有所改善
  • improve sth into an excuse利用某事作为借口
  • improve on〔upon〕生产出
  • improve on the first book写出比第一本更好的书
  • improve on the performance表演出更好的节目

经典引文

  • The Roman army improved the victory of their fleet by..marching to Egesta.

    出自:Bosworth Smith
  • He..had been improving the time in prison by collecting examples..of other parodists.

    出自:E. P. Thompson
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