英语词汇“improve”的音标、意思、用法及中文翻译-反思网

improve on/upon something

improve | American Dictionary

improve
verb[ I/T ]
us/ɪmˈpruv/
to get better, or to make something better:
[ I ]Her grades have improved greatly this semester.
[ T ]He did a lot to improve conditions for factory workers.
If you improve on something, you succeed in doing or making it better:
[ I ]The company is hoping to improve on last year’s sales figures.

improve | Business English

improve
verb
uk /ɪmˈpruːv/us
[ I ]
to get better:
gradually/greatly/vastly improveConditions for foreign investors are also gradually improving.
improve considerably/dramatically/significantly
[ T ]
to make something better:
We're working hard to improve the situation.
to improve performance/profitability/service
improve efficiency/quality/productivity
if prices, shares, sales, etc. improve a particular amount, they increase by that amount:
Total new business improved by almost a quarter in the three months to September 30.
The shares improved 20p to 730p.
begin/continue to improveTotal exports continued to improve and increased by 10.3% in November.

Phrasal verb

improve on/upon sth

Examples of improve

improve
Several works aimed at improving the "similar words" method by considering the context of the word.
Because of increased use of fertiliser, improved seeds and crop protection measures, crop yields have increased - sometimes greatly.
Cooperating teachers and university supervising teachers' communication with student teachers can be improved.
Having the language to talk about language can greatly assist students in improving their wr iting.
They conclude that improving teacher didactics is possible.
Example sentences were very useful for improving the uniqueness of the case set.
Also, while the quality of machine-generated text is improving all the time, it is not yet as good as human-written text.
They have since improved their overall fine-grained score to 66.3%.
Almost a decade and a half later, have things improved?
Accordingly, they extol the virtues of a monarch who, although autocratic, was also enlightened and improved the lot of his people.
Geographical variation in the timing of improved food supply may therefore explain variation in such conditions today.
The efficiency of the procedures can be improved by changes to the implementations of the combinators only.
Other potential objectives-such as reduction of environmental impacts or improving the cost-effectiveness of regulations-have been under-emphasized or not attained.
We found that all subjects improved to a certain degree, although large individual differences were observed.
In both experiments prior bimodal presentation improved recognition memory for spoken words and nonwords compared to single modality presentation.
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