An improvement in living standards could be years away.

生活水平的提高可能还要几年。

《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》

He sees no signs of improvement in the U.K. and continental economy.

他看不出英国和欧洲大陆的经济好转的迹象。

《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》

Predictions of an early improvement in the housing market proved false.

认为房屋市场很快就有好转的预测结果证明是错误的。

《牛津词典》

"Women who had their ovaries removed had a decrease in the risk of breast cancer, a decrease in the risk of ovarian cancer and,in addition,they were less likely to die of breast cancer, less likely to die of ovarian cancer and also had an improvement in their overall survival."

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I think much could be done in medical care and the hospitals in this country are probably about to get vast improvement in their facilities.

比如我们的医疗体系,和医院,需要得到改善。

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The institutions and the ideas therefore, that provide for freedom and improvement in the material conditions of life, cannot take root and flourish without an understanding of how they came about and what challenges they have had to surmount.

故此,这些机制和理念,为物质生活条件的自由和改善,提供了基础,但在不知道其根源且,无法预料的挑战之前,机制和理念是不可能扎根的

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Like many analysts, he sees a slow but considerable improvement in earnings as a result.

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Global consumption is picking up relative to the U.S., bringing an improvement in the outlook.

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Operating margins in the Eastern Hemisphere showed good improvement in the fourth quarter, he notes.

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