| 释义 |
better —更好 adv (often used) 更好的 adj Examples:To enjoy blessings and endure misfortune together (idiom); for better or for worse—To do a good job, an artisan needs the best tools (idiom). Good tools are prerequisite the successful execution of a job—If one does not know any better, one cannot be held responsible—the sauce is better than the fish—accept a position on a provisional basis, in the absence of better qualified candidates (humble expr.)—better have nothing (than substandard choice) (idiom); would prefer to go without than accept shoddy option—better just get the pain over with, rather than prolong the agony—make an effort to become strong (idiom); determined to do better—exceeds expectations (idiom); much better than anticipated—give up one's wrong way of life and turn to a better one—relative superiority (better or worse, stronger or weaker, above or below etc)—fall short of the best but be better than the worst—much capital, good business (idiom); fig. good trading conditions—it's better make slow progress than no progress at all (proverb)—lit. the Zhangs are better off than the Lis (idiom); gossip about the neighbors—recover speedily (idiom); to get better quickly—the notion in society that it's better get ahead in the world by abandoning one's scruples than to suffer poverty—seeing once is better than hearing a hundred times (idiom); seeing for oneself is better than hearing from many others—seeing sth for oneself is better than hearing about it from others—fig. get the better of an enemy during diplomatic functions—the right approach saves effort and leads better results—(you) had better (do what we suggest)—half the work, twice the effect (idiom); the right approach saves effort and leads better results—pool knowledge and ideas to produce a better outcome—It is better squash enmity rather than keeping it alive (proverb)—write no more because others write so much better [idiom.]—better go home and weave a net than to stand by the pond longing for fish [idiom.]—things can only get better [idiom.]—it's better hurry at the start than to rush later [idiom.]—If one can change after making a mistake, there is nothing better [idiom.]—can't reach the high or accept the low (idiom); not good enough for a high post, but too proud take a low one—It takes ten years nurture a tree, but a hundred years to train a man (idiom). A good education program takes a long time to develop.—harmful and without benefit (idiom); more harm than good—sit and waste a good opportunity (idiom); to lose the chance—good teacher and helpful friend (idiom); mentor—return to the same school and repeat a course from which one has already graduated, as a result of failing to get good enough results to progress to one's desired higher-level school—the eye cannot take it all in (idiom); too many good things see—Amitayus, the Buddha of measureless life, good fortune and wisdom—bitterness finishes, sweetness begins (idiom); the hard times are over, the good times just beginning—a person of good moral standing and reputation—good Chinese wood-oil tree (Aleurites cordata)—(Buddhism) be moved at the sight of good deeds—for the common good and forgetting personal interests (idiom); behave altruistically—good action, deed, thing or work (also sarcastic, "a fine thing indeed")—give up one's private interests for the public good (idiom); to behave altruistically—a thousand tries leads one success (idiom, humble expr.); Even without any notable ability on my part, I may still get it right sometimes by good luck.—fine time, lucky day (idiom); fig. good opportunity—consider oneself as being not as good as the others—wife kids and a warm bed (common saying); the simple and good life—lit. a good horse doesn't come back the same pasture [idiom.]—a good deed goes unnoticed, but scandal spreads fast [idiom.]— |