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bet.ter COMPARATIVE OF GOODH5bet7E5, $5bet7Ladj [not gradable]of a higher standard, or more suitable, pleasing or effective than other things or people较好的，更好的He stood near the front to get a better view of the procession.为了看游行队伍看得更清楚他尽量靠前站。Relations between the two countries have never been better.两国关系现在比历史上任何时候都好。The phone call could not have come at a better time.电话来得正是时候。It's much better to have a small cosy room than a big cold one.拥有一间小而暖的房间要比拥有一间大而冷的房间好得多。The film was better than I expected.这部电影比我预料的好。This is a better restaurant than the last one we went to.这家餐馆比我们上次去的那家好。She thinks they will have a better life in the US than in their own country.她认为他们在美国会比在故乡生活得更好。She is much better at tennis than I am.她网球打得比我好得多。It is far (= much) better to save some of your money than to spend it all at once.你把钱存起来要比一下子花完好得多。Fresh vegetables are better for you (= They are more beneficial to you) than canned ones.新鲜蔬菜比罐装蔬菜对你的健康更有益。The longer you keep this wine, the better it tastes (= It has a better flavour if you keep it for a long time).这种酒越陈越香。The only hotel in town was filthy, but it was better than nothing.镇里唯一的旅馆很不卫生，可有总比没有好。If you are or get better after an illness or injury, you are healthy and no longer ill.康复的I was rather ill last week, but I'm much better now.上星期我病得很重，不过现在已好多了。Are you feeling any better today?你今天好些了吗?I hope you get better soon.我祝你早日康复。I felt (all the) better for (= I felt I had obtained both physical and mental benefits from) a quick walk.快走对我身体有益。If you say better luck next time to someone, you mean that you hope they will succeed when they try again.下次走运I'm sorry to hear that you failed your driving test, but better luck next time.你没通过驾驶考试我很难过，不过祝你下次成功。If a situation gets better, it improves.改善Even after the cease-fire, the situation in the capital got no better and the violence continued.即使停火之后首都的局势也未好转，暴力事件接踵而来。If a person gets better at an activity, they improve their skills in it.提高技能She practises the piano every day after school and she's getting much better at it.她每天放学后练习弹钢琴，现已有了很大进步。If you go one better than someone else, you do something which is more advanced or more generous than them.比某人更胜一筹I gave her a card, but my brother had to go one better and bought her an expensive present.我送她一张贺卡，可哥哥更胜一筹，居然送她一份厚礼。If you say that someone is no better than a person who is unpleasant or unkind, you mean that they have behaved in a similar way to this type of person.几乎等于"People who don't pay their bus fares are no better than common criminals, " she told him.“乘车不买票的人比一般的罪犯好不了多少，”她对他说。(dated) A person's better half is their husband, wife or usual sexual partner.妻子，丈夫或性伙伴A person's better nature is the more honourable or moral side of their character.人性中善良的一面。(saying) "Better late than never" is used when someone or something is late, and it means that it is better for them to be late than for them never to arrive or happen.“迟做总比不做好”(saying) "Better safe than sorry" means it is wise to be extremely careful and protect yourself against all types of risk rather than be careless and harm yourself.“宁愿稳妥免致后悔”(saying)"Better the devil you know (than the devil you don't)" means it is wiser to choose something which is familiar when you have to make a choice in which none of the possibilities seem very good.“不熟不做”" 'Tis better to have loved and lost /Than never to have loved at all" (from Alfred Tennyson's poem In Memoriam, 1850)“失去所爱总比从未爱过好”（选自阿尔弗雷德·坦尼森的诗《在记忆中》）"You're a better man than I am, Gunga Din!"(Rudyard Kipling in the poem Gunga Din, 1892)“你比我行，冈格·丁！”（选自拉迪亚德·基普林的诗《冈格·丁》)
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