betterment

['betəmənt]

n.改善, （不动产的）增值,〈法律〉房客修缮房屋

例句与用法：

You would write better if you had a good pen.

要是有枝好笔，就能写得更好。

The result is not very important to us, but if we do win, (then) so much the better.

输赢对我们并不十分重要，但假如我们真赢了，(那)就更好了。

It's been done, and, for better or worse, we can't change it now.

事已至此，无论是好是坏，已无法改变。

His ankle is getting better.

他的脚踝渐渐痊愈了。

We had hoped for better.

我们曾希望情况好转。

We'd be better off without them as neighbours.

要是没有这家邻居，我们就过得更愉快了。

You'll like it better when you understand it more.

当你对它更了解时，你就会更喜欢它。

Don't buy now you'd do better to wait for the sales.

现在先别买--最好等到大减价时再买。

词形变化：

动词过去式: bettered | 动词过去分词: bettered | 动词现在分词: bettering | 动词第三人称单数: betters |

详细释义：

n.

1. 改善; 改进[U]

work for the betterment of senior citizens

为改善老年人的处境而工作

2. 【律】(使不动产增值的超出一般修缮的)改良[P]