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出处：按学科分类—语言、文字 辽宁人民出版社《英汉辞典》第123页（1252字）

【释义】：

a．(good的比较级)①较好的，更好的．更多的：This is good but that is better．这个固然好，那个更好．This method is better than that．这个方法比那个方法好．no better than简直是，(实际上)跟…一样：He is no better than a rascal．他简直就是个流氓not better than并不比…好，顶多不过是．the better part of大半．be better off境况更好，更加富裕．think better of sth．(or of doing sth．)改变念头，决定不做某事．better than one’s word做的比说的更好．one’s better half【口语】妻子．Better fate than never．【谚】不怕慢，就怕站．②(疾病)渐好的：get better 好些，好转．Do you feel any better today?你今天觉得好一些吗?

－ad．(well的比较级)更，更好，更加：The better I know him the more I respect him．我越了解他，就越尊敬他．You play table tennis better than I do．你乒乓球比我打得好．Which do you like better，this one or that one?你更喜欢哪个，这个还是那个?had better 最好：You had better go to the fields and have a look．你最好到地里看一下．know better 1)不至于那样愚蠢： You ought to know better than to go out without an overcoat on such a cold day．你应该知道在这样一个冷天不穿大衣就出去是不行的．2)不相信(某种说法)．

－n．①较好的事(或物)，更好的事(或物)：for better or worse 1)同甘共苦．2)不论好歹也就只好这样了．for the better 好转：Things are changing for the better．情况变得越来越好．get the better of 1)占上风：He got the better of me in the argument．辩论中他占了我的上风．2)欺骗．think(all)the better of sb．更加钦佩某人．②(pl．)长辈，上级．

－vt．改善，改进：better the working conditions改善劳动条件．