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improved 音标拼音: [ɪmpr'uvd] a. 改良的 改良的 improved adj 1: made more desirable or valuable or profitable; especially made ready for use or marketing; "new houses are springing up on an improved tract of land near the river"; "an improved breed" [ant: {unimproved}] 2: become or made better in quality; "was proud of his improved grades"; "an improved viewfinder" 3: (of land) made ready for development or agriculture by clearing of trees and brush; "improved farmlands" Improve \Im*prove"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Improved}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Improving}.] [Pref. in- in prove, in approve. See {Approve}, {Prove.}] 1. To make better; to increase the value or good qualities of; to ameliorate by care or cultivation; as, to improve land. --Donne. [1913 Webster] I love not to improve the honor of the living by impairing that of the dead. --Denham. [1913 Webster] 2. To use or employ to good purpose; to make productive; to turn to profitable account; to utilize; as, to improve one's time; to improve his means. --Shak. [1913 Webster] We shall especially honor God by improving diligently the talents which God hath committed to us. --Barrow. [1913 Webster] A hint that I do not remember to have seen opened and improved. --Addison. [1913 Webster] The court seldom fails to improve the opportunity. --Blackstone. [1913 Webster] How doth the little busy bee Improve each shining hour. --I. Watts. [1913 Webster] Those moments were diligently improved. --Gibbon. [1913 Webster] True policy, as well as good faith, in my opinion, binds us to improve the occasion. --Washington. [1913 Webster] 3. To advance or increase by use; to augment or add to; -- said with reference to what is bad. [R.] [1913 Webster] We all have, I fear, . . . not a little improved the wretched inheritance of our ancestors. --Bp. Porteus. Syn: To better; meliorate; ameliorate; advance; heighten; mend; correct; rectify; amend; reform. [1913 Webster] improved \improved\ adj. 1. advanced to a more desirable or valuable or excellent state. Opposite of {unimproved}. [Narrower terms: {built, reinforced}; {cleared, tilled ; {developed}; {grade ; {graded, graveled ] Also See: {restored}. [WordNet 1.5] 2. changed for the better; as, her improved behavior. Syn: amended. [WordNet 1.5] 40 Moby Thesaurus words for "improved":
advanced, altered, ameliorated, beautified, better, bettered, changeable, changed, civilized, converted, cultivated, cultured, degenerate, developed, deviant, divergent, educated, embellished, enhanced, enriched, metamorphosed, metastasized, modified, mutant, perfected, polished, qualified, rebuilt, refined, reformed, renewed, revived, revolutionary, subversive, transfigured, transformed, translated, transmuted, unmitigated, worse
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