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improving 音标拼音: [ɪmpr'uvɪŋ] vbl. 改良,改进 改良,改进 improving adj 1: getting higher or more vigorous; " its an up market"; " an improving economy" [ synonym: { improving}, { up}] Improving \ Im* prov" ing\, a. Tending to improve, beneficial; growing better. -- { Im* prov" ing* ly}, adv. [ 1913 Webster] { Improving lease} ( Scots Law), an extended lease to induce the tenant to make improvements on the premises. [ 1913 Webster]
Improve \ Im* prove"\, v. t. [ imp. & p. p. { Improved}; p. pr. & vb. n. { Improving}.] [ Pref. in- in prove, in approve. See { Approve}, { Prove.}] 1. To make better; to increase the value or good qualities of; to ameliorate by care or cultivation; as, to improve land. -- Donne. [ 1913 Webster] I love not to improve the honor of the living by impairing that of the dead. -- Denham. [ 1913 Webster] 2. To use or employ to good purpose; to make productive; to turn to profitable account; to utilize; as, to improve one' s time; to improve his means. -- Shak. [ 1913 Webster] We shall especially honor God by improving diligently the talents which God hath committed to us. -- Barrow. [ 1913 Webster] A hint that I do not remember to have seen opened and improved. -- Addison. [ 1913 Webster] The court seldom fails to improve the opportunity. -- Blackstone. [ 1913 Webster] How doth the little busy bee Improve each shining hour. -- I. Watts. [ 1913 Webster] Those moments were diligently improved. -- Gibbon. [ 1913 Webster] True policy, as well as good faith, in my opinion, binds us to improve the occasion. -- Washington. [ 1913 Webster] 3. To advance or increase by use; to augment or add to; -- said with reference to what is bad. [ R.] [ 1913 Webster] We all have, I fear, . . . not a little improved the wretched inheritance of our ancestors. -- Bp. Porteus. Syn: To better; meliorate; ameliorate; advance; heighten; mend; correct; rectify; amend; reform. [ 1913 Webster]
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