improved 音标拼音: [ɪmpr'uvd]
a . 改良的
改良的
improved adj 1 :
made more desirable or valuable or profitable ;
especially made ready for use or marketing ; "
new houses are springing up on an improved tract of land near the river "; "
an improved breed " [
ant : {
unimproved }]
2 :
become or made better in quality ; "
was proud of his improved grades "; "
an improved viewfinder "
3 : (
of land )
made ready for development or agriculture by clearing of trees and brush ; "
improved farmlands "
Improve \
Im *
prove "\,
v .
t . [
imp . &
p .
p . {
Improved };
p .
pr . &
vb .
n . {
Improving }.] [
Pref .
in -
in prove ,
in approve .
See {
Approve }, {
Prove .}]
1 .
To make better ;
to increase the value or good qualities of ;
to ameliorate by care or cultivation ;
as ,
to improve land . --
Donne .
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I love not to improve the honor of the living by impairing that of the dead . --
Denham .
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2 .
To use or employ to good purpose ;
to make productive ;
to turn to profitable account ;
to utilize ;
as ,
to improve one '
s time ;
to improve his means . --
Shak .
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We shall especially honor God by improving diligently the talents which God hath committed to us . --
Barrow .
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A hint that I do not remember to have seen opened and improved . --
Addison .
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The court seldom fails to improve the opportunity .
--
Blackstone .
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How doth the little busy bee Improve each shining hour . --
I .
Watts .
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Those moments were diligently improved . --
Gibbon .
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True policy ,
as well as good faith ,
in my opinion ,
binds us to improve the occasion . --
Washington .
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3 .
To advance or increase by use ;
to augment or add to ; --
said with reference to what is bad . [
R .]
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We all have ,
I fear , . . .
not a little improved the wretched inheritance of our ancestors . --
Bp .
Porteus .
Syn :
To better ;
meliorate ;
ameliorate ;
advance ;
heighten ;
mend ;
correct ;
rectify ;
amend ;
reform .
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improved \
improved \
adj .
1 .
advanced to a more desirable or valuable or excellent state .
Opposite of {
unimproved }. [
Narrower terms : {
built ,
reinforced }; {
cleared ,
tilled ; {
developed }; {
grade ;
{
graded ,
graveled ]
Also See : {
restored }.
[
WordNet 1 .
5 ]
2 .
changed for the better ;
as ,
her improved behavior .
Syn :
amended .
[
WordNet 1 .
5 ]
40 Moby Thesaurus words for "
improved ":
advanced ,
altered ,
ameliorated ,
beautified ,
better ,
bettered ,
changeable ,
changed ,
civilized ,
converted ,
cultivated ,
cultured ,
degenerate ,
developed ,
deviant ,
divergent ,
educated ,
embellished ,
enhanced ,
enriched ,
metamorphosed ,
metastasized ,
modified ,
mutant ,
perfected ,
polished ,
qualified ,
rebuilt ,
refined ,
reformed ,
renewed ,
revived ,
revolutionary ,
subversive ,
transfigured ,
transformed ,
translated ,
transmuted ,
unmitigated ,
worse
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