improve
verb [intransitive, transitive]Verb Forms
Phrasal Verbs| present simple I / you / we / they improve | |
| he / she / it improves | |
| past simple improved | |
| past participle improved | |
| -ing form improving |
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。
Extra ExamplesTopics Change, cause and effecta1, Illnessa1The 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
Oxford 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
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Word Originearly 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’.