better /ˈbɛtə/ CET4

• 1. 

  Better is the comparative of good. 更好的

• 2. 

  Better is the comparative of well. 更好地

• 3. 

  ADV If you like one thing better than another, you like it more. 更大程度地 [ADV after v]

  例：

  I like your interpretation better than the one I was taught.

  与我所学的相比，我更喜欢你这种解释。

  例：

  They liked it better when it rained.

  他们更喜欢下雨天。

• 4. 

  ADJ If you are better after an illness or injury, you have recovered from it. If you feel better, you no longer feel so ill. 痊愈的 [v-link ADJ]

  例：

  He is much better now, he's fine.

  他现在病好多了，他没什么事了。

• 5. 

  N a person who is superior, esp in social standing or ability (身份或能力)较高者

• 6. 

  N a person who bets 打赌者

• 7. 

  PRON If you say that you expect or deserve better, you mean that you expect or deserve a higher standard of achievement, behaviour, or treatment from people than they have shown you. 更高标准 (的成就、表现、待遇等)

  例：

  We expect better of you in the future.

  我们期待你将来有更好的表现。

• 8. 

  Better is used to form the comparative of compound adjectives beginning with "good" and "well." For example, the comparative of "well-off" is "better-off." 用于构成由(good)或(well)开头的复合词的比较级形式

• 9. 

  PHRASE If something changes for the better, it improves. 变好

  例：

  He dreams of changing the world for the better.

  他梦想将世界变得更美好。

• 10. 

  PHRASE If a feeling such as jealousy, curiosity, or anger gets the better of you, it becomes too strong for you to hide or control. 某人让 (妒忌、好奇心、愤怒等情绪) 打败

  例：

  She didn't allow her emotions to get the better of her.

  她没有让情绪打败自己。

• 11. 

  PHRASE If you get the better of someone, you defeat them in a contest, fight, or argument. 击败

  例：

  He is used to tough defenders, and he usually gets the better of them.

  他习惯了强悍的防守队员，而且通常都能击败他们。

• 12. 

  PHRASE If someone knows better than to do something, they are old enough or experienced enough to know it is the wrong thing to do. 明事理而不至于

  例：

  She knew better than to argue with Adeline.

  她不会糊涂到和阿德琳争论。

• 13. 

  PHRASE If you know better than someone, you have more information, knowledge, or experience than them. 懂得更多; 更有头脑

  例：

  He thought he knew better than I did, though he was much less experienced.

  他认为他比我懂得更多，虽然他经验远不如我。

• 14. 

  CONVENTION You say "That's better" in order to express your approval of what someone has said or done, or to praise or encourage them. 这样好多了

  例：

  "I came to ask your advice – no, to ask for your help."—"That's better. And how can I help you?"

  “我来向你请教——不，请你帮个忙。” —“这就对了，我能为你做什么？”

• 15. 

  PHRASE You can say "so much the better" or "all the better" to indicate that it is desirable that a particular thing is used, done, or available. 要是…就好了

  例：

  The fog had come in; so much the better when it came to sneaking away.

  起雾了；如果雾慢慢散去就好了。

• 16. 

  PHRASE If you intend to do something and then think better of it, you decide not to do it because you realize it would not be sensible. 重新考虑后决定不做

  例：

  Alberg opened his mouth, as if to protest. But he thought better of it.

  阿尔伯格张口像是要抗议，但转念一想就放弃了。

• 17. 

  to be better than nothing →see nothing