| 释义 |
Examples:prevention (is better than cure)—jaw-jaw is better than war-war—the sauce is better than the fish—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—exceeds expectations (idiom); much better than anticipated—view as no better than weeds—fall short of the best but be better than the worst—seeing once is better than hearing a hundred times (idiom); seeing for oneself is better than hearing from many others—better than nothing [idiom.]—seeing sth for oneself is better than hearing about it from others—better go home and weave a net than to stand by the pond longing for fish [idiom.]—It is better travel hopefully than to arrive.—harmful and without benefit (idiom); more harm than good—Better broken jade than intact tile.—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—better be safe than sorry (proverb)—no better (or worse) than each other—the notion in society that it's better get ahead in the world by abandoning one's scruples than to suffer poverty—It is better squash enmity rather than keeping it alive (proverb)—please find sb better qualified than me [idiom.]—it's better hurry at the start than to rush later [idiom.]—Better a bad life than a good death [idiom.]— |