【better音标】 英[ˈbetə(r)] 美[ˈbetər]
【单词释义】 better是什么意思：
adj. 更好的，较好的；更合适的；能力更强的；好转的；good的比较级;well的比较级
adv.更好地；更妥；更
v.胜过；上进
n.更好者；更有才智者
[单词分级] 高考英语词汇
[单词复数] betters [第三人称单数] betters
[单词现在分词] bettering
[单词过去式] bettered
[单词过去分词] bettered
【better形近词/近似词】
letter n.信；字母 v.用字母标明；写字母于
fetter n.束缚，禁锢，羁绊；脚镣 vt.束缚；限制；给…上脚镣
enfetter vt.束缚；上脚镣；使为奴隶
【单词例句】
◇ The wolf thought to himself, "Now that sweet young thing is a tasty bite for me. She will taste even better than the old woman. You must be sly, and you can catch them both."
狼在心中盘算着：“这小东西细皮嫩肉的，味道肯定比那老太婆要好。我要讲究一下策略，让她俩都逃不出我的手心。”
---- Little Red Cap
◇ “I will fly to them, the royal birds, and they will hack me to pieces because I who am so ugly venture to approach them. But it won’t matter. Better to be killed by them than be snacked up by the ducks, pecked by the hens, or spurned by the hen wife, or suffer so much misery in the winter.”
“我要飞向他们，飞向这些高贵的鸟儿！可是他们会把我劈碎的，因为我是这样丑，居然敢接近他们。不过这没有什么关系！被他们杀死，要比被鸭子咬、被鸡群啄，被看管养鸡场的那个女佣人踢和在冬天受苦好得多！”
---- The Ugly Duckling
◇ I have learned there is a limited set of answers applicants give in response to this question and one particular answer is so much better than all the others. It leaves me with a much more favorable impression than any of the other answers.
求职者听到这个问题时，有几种回答，其中有一种回答明显优于其它，给我留下更好的印象。
---- Why do you want to work here?
◇ Before long, he started his own bakery and lived a better life.
不久，他就开了自己的面包店，过上了稍好一点的生活。
---- Immigrate to America
◇ She danced over the churchyard, but the dead did not dance--they had something better to do than to dance.
她跳到一个教堂的墓地里去，不过那儿的死者并不跳舞：他们有比跳舞还要好的事情要做。
---- The Red Shoes
◇ As for the name of his novel, he couldn't think of a better one than the phrase “Go Ahead”.
至于这部小说的名字，他再也不能想到一个比“前进”更好的短语了。
---- Sailing Home
◇ You probably know better than to eat a strawberry straight from of the carton without washing it. Fruits and veggies are often coated in harmful pesticides to ward off pests when they're growing. These chemicals are not exactly safe for human consumption either.
你可能很清楚，买来的草莓不能不洗就从盒子里拿着吃。水果和蔬菜在生长过程中常常被喷上有害的农药以抵御害虫。实际上，人类摄入这些化学物质也并不安全。
---- How to washing your fruits and veggies
◇ The researchers found that while water -- both still and sparkling --does a pretty good job of quickly hydrating the body, beverages with a little bit of sugar, fat or protein do an even better job of keeping us hydrated for longer.
研究人员发现，尽管水（包括白水和苏打水）能够迅速给身体补水，但是，含有一点糖、脂肪或蛋白质的饮料补水效果更长久。
---- Which drink is best for hydration? Hint: It isn't water
◇ No one wants to hear that you're happy to just travel at the same pace as you have been at other jobs. They want to know that you're motivated to be better than you ever were.
没有哪家公司想听到你打算原地踏步。他们想听到你有心上进，变得更优秀。
---- Five most common questions asked at a job interview
◇ Patients with coronary artery disease who engaged in a course of laughter therapy had reduced inflammation and better health, the research found.
研究发现，采用“大笑疗法”的冠心病患者炎症减轻了，身体变好了。