【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】
fetter n.束缚，禁锢，羁绊；脚镣 vt.束缚；限制；给…上脚镣
letter n.信；字母 v.用字母标明；写字母于
enfetter vt.束缚；上脚镣；使为奴隶
【单词例句】
◇ Eros was the god of love,better known by his latin name Cupid.
厄洛斯是爱神，它的拉丁名称丘比特更为人熟知。
---- Eros(Cupid)
◇ When he told me he was leaving I felt like a vase which has just smashed. There were pieces of me all over the tidy, tan tiles. He kept talking, telling me why he was leaving, explaining it was for the best, I could do better, it was his fault and not mine.
当他告诉我他要离开的时候，我感觉自己就像花瓶裂成了碎片，跌落在茶色瓷砖地板上。他一直在说话，解释着为什么要离开，说什么这是最好的，我可以做得更好，都是他的错，与我无关。
---- A Little Piece of Me
◇ When we put a small piece of alum into muddy water, we can see the alum can soon make the water clear. If each of us has an attitude of being grateful, we'll be able to get rid of impulse, upset, dissatisfaction and misfortune. Being grateful can bring us a better and more beautiful life.
当我们把一小块明矾放入混沌的水中，我们发现，水很快就澄清了。如果人人都有一颗感恩的心，就能沉淀许多的浮躁和不安，消融许多的不满和不幸。感恩能让我们的生活变得更加美好。
---- Being Grateful
◇ Recognize the benefits of forgiveness. Research has shown that people who forgive report more energy, better appetite and better sleep patterns.
认识到原谅的好处。研究表明，原谅他人的人精力更好，胃口不错，起居有序。
◇ In promising to fuse media as diverse as television,telephone communication,video games,music and data transmission,the era of digital convergence goes better than yesterday's celebrated “information superhighway.” Yet achieving this single technology is far from straightforward.
希望把媒体结合起来并像电视、电话、游戏、音乐和数据传输一样富有变化，数字集成时代将比以前著名的信息高速公路发展得好。要得到这单一的技术不是那么容易的。
◇ By not demonizing the straw as an object, he thinks activists can hope to achieve better goals. "I am not out to ban straws. I think it's much more effective to encourage people to make the choice not to use them. Voluntary participation encourages people to spread the word. Forcing people to do things is not always the most effective way to make a change."
他认为，如果不将吸管这个物品妖魔化，反吸管活动有望达到更高的目标。“我不赞成禁止吸管。我认为鼓励人们选择不用吸管会有效得多。自愿的参与会鼓励人们传播信息。强迫人们去做事不一定是达成改变最有效的方式。”
---- Is time up for this plastic relic
◇ Poverty alleviation efforts will be carried out through the development of local industries, education and better healthcare, Li said when delivering the Government Work Report at the first session of the 13th National People's Congress.
李克强代表国务院向十三届全国人大一次会议作政府工作报告时说，要深入推进产业、教育、健康扶贫。
---- Eliminating poverty builds larger market
◇ "I actually found that day really hard. I ran myself ragged," laughs Taylor, who is a solo mother. "I hadn't yet programmed that routine into my life. I thought: I don't know when the next one of these is coming, I better get everything done. I don't think I did it well, but heck it was a productive day!"
身为单身母亲的泰勒大笑着说：“事实上，我觉得第三天很难熬。我把自己累坏了。我还没有将这种长周末纳入常规生活。我在想，不知道下一个长周末会是什么时候，所以我最好把一切事情都干完。我觉得自己干得不够好，但这一天还真是非常高效！”
---- New Zealand employees try four-day week
◇ Another key to getting better sleep is not letting outside influencers impair your sleep.
睡个好觉的另一个关键因素是别受外在事物影响。
---- Bad habits you should break
◇ It's believed that this cycle helps round out your sense of smell. As Matt Soniak reports for MentalFloss, some smells are better picked up by fast moving air through your nose, while others take more time and are detected better with slow-moving air.
据称，这种循环有助于丰富人们的嗅觉。据MentalFloss网站的马特-索尼亚克报道说，某些气味能更好地被鼻孔中快速气流捕捉到，而其它气味需要更多时间被慢速气流捕捉到。