bettered
past simple and past participle ofbetter
| 单词 | bettered |
| 释义 | bettered past simple and past participle ofbetter better verb[T] uk/ˈbet.ər/us/ˈbet̬.ɚ/toimproveasituation: Theorganizationwasestablishedto betterconditionsfor thedisabled. betteryourself toimproveyoursocialposition, often by getting a betterjoboreducation: Hetriedto better himself by takingeveningclasses. Making things better
Examplesofbetteredbettered In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. As a study in the social construction of scientific and clinical knowledge, this book can hardly bebettered. From theCambridge English Corpus The detailed knowledge of outcrops and their relations probably cannot bebettered. From theCambridge English Corpus As an account of high politics and covert operations in the period 1940-2, this book will not bebettered. From theCambridge English Corpus It can be criticised (some people, for example, do not much care for its thematic organisation) but it will not bebettered. From theCambridge English Corpus Perhaps any world containing conscious beings who enjoy it isbetteredby a world containing the same beings enjoying their world even more. From theCambridge English Corpus Neither the human race nor my family will bebetteredby my unhappiness. From theCambridge English Corpus In wild animals, natural selection will ruthlessly expunge any strategy that can bebetteredat no extra cost but, of course, in nature there are resource constraints. From theCambridge English Corpus It is a form of thrift which cannot bebettered. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 I am most grateful for that intervention; as a declaration of intent, it could not bebettered. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 We say that that figure, which utterly fails to match need, could bebettered, but that is another story and this is bedtime. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 The review also indicated that no other member statebetteredour position. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 I doubt whether that record could bebetteredelsewhere. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 It has never beenbetteredin the past. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 I do not think that it could bebettered, but from there onwards the whole thing falls down. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 From the ratepayer's point of view the position is rather worsened thanbetteredfrom last year. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen 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. |
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