| 词汇 | improvement |
| 释义 | improvement noun[ C or U ] uk /ɪmˈpruːv.mənt/ us /ɪmˈpruːv.mənt/ B1 an occasion when something gets better or when you make it better: 改进，改善 improvement inWe expect to see some improvement in the economy. home improvements家居修缮 improvement onThese white walls are a big improvement on that disgusting old wallpaper.这些白墙比起那些令人生厌的旧墙纸来说是个大的改观。 He's been having treatment for two months now without any improvement.他接受治疗已有两个月了，但毫无起色。 There's been a definite improvement in your English since you arrived. Billy's work at school has shown signs of improvement this year.比利的学业今年有进步的迹象。 Local parents successfully campaigned for safety improvements at the playground. The report suggests that there has only been a marginal improvement in women's pay over the past few years.报告显示，过去几年女性的工资只有小幅增长。 The improvement in sales figures had a beneficial effect on the company as a whole. Becoming better a step upidiom alive back on your feetidiom bloom blossom blossom into something bounce by/in leaps and boundsidiom come aliveidiom heal marginal mend mend your waysidiom move on to bigger/better thingsidiom on the up (and up)idiom rally shape up or ship out!idiom sharpen (something) up sharpen up your actidiom step improvement | American Dictionaryimprovement noun[ C/U ] us/ɪmˈpruv·mənt/ the process of making something better or of getting better: [ C ]We made some improvements to the house before selling it. [ U ]There’s been no improvement in his condition. improvement | Business Englishimprovement noun uk /ɪmˈpruːvmənt/us [ U ] the fact of something getting better, or the act of making something better: constant/continued/significant improvement signs of improvement need/show/see improvementAugust appeared to show improvement in the job market. improvement on/over sthIt is unlikely that the current year will see any improvement on the $2.19bn net profit achieved in the year to June. areas/opportunities/room for improvement [ C ] a situation that is better than it was before, or a change that makes a situation better: 21% improvement in annual profits performance/product/quality improvements improvement to/in sthThey plan to make incremental improvements to existing products and services. See also capital improvement continuous improvement home improvement process improvement Examples of improvementimprovement Demonstration of these improvements is planned for the near future. Models by definition are simply representations and are liable to change and constant improvement. We incline to think that the latter change, in contrast to the former, represents a cognitive improvement in our condition. The behaviorally oriented intervention produced significant reductions in coercive parenting and improvements in positive parenting. Experiments evaluating the effects of isoproteronol on tissue removed from the heart at surgery demonstrated initial inhibition of contraction with improvements over time. These improvements in the outcome of pregnancy, nonetheless, concomitantly increase the genetic risk in the surviving population. Technology facilitates aspects of our teaching environment and practice that make these improvements possible. It is supposed that these improvements of clinical symptoms are based on inhibition of vasoconstriction and platelet aggregation in pulmonary circulation. These improvements could also complement and even enhance the benefits of drugs that help with the symptoms of dementia. Participants in both intervention and control groups showed significant improvement in mood symptoms over time. Differential improvements in schizophrenia symptoms and relapse rates (hospitalization) observed in subjects on olanzapine can partially explain current findings. Alternatively, a manualized and structured therapy may have brought about more improvement or a therapy using a different theoretical orientation. Moreover, the researchers observed that improvement in attentional skills tended to be associated with a reduction in aggression and higher sociability. The results showed significant improvement after training across age groups. The farmers provided various suggestions for possible improvements in the distribution of available irrigation water. These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. Collocations withimprovementimprovementThese are words often used in combination with improvement. Click on a collocation to see more examples of it. business improvement district The nature of the activities of the business improvement district and the levy must be set out before the vote. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 civic improvement The popular clamour was for housing at all costs, and not civicimprovement. comprehensive improvement Subsidy is payable where insulation forms part of a comprehensiveimprovement scheme or is provided to meet the special needs of elderly or disabled tenants. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. See all collocations with improvement |
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