better off 1. 境况好起来，生活优裕起来；[the better off off] 境况较好的人们，较为富有的人们 Since my husband was made the manager, we are better off. 自从我的丈夫被任命为经理以来，我们的境况好转了。 They have to pay out more of their income in rates than the better off. 比起较为富裕的人们来，他们反而得把更多的收入用在纳税上。 2. 较自在；较幸运；较幸福 I was better off going alone. 我独自去反而自在一些。 You're better off at that hotel; they're civil to you in there. 你住在那个旅馆里比较幸运，那里的人礼貌待客。 That seriously ill dog would be better off dead. 那条患着重病的狗还是死了好。