betteradj詞源 1/ˈbɛt.ə/

• 1

  Greater in amount or quantity

  • “The air was still with the lonely thrill of 'now the hour is near' And the smell of sweat was better yet than the awful stench of fear.”
• 2

  Greater or lesser (whichever is seen as more advantageous), in reference to value, distance, time, etc.

  • The top electric vehicles have a range of 300 kilometres or better.
  • Only one swimmer finished the race with a time better than two minutes.
• 3

  Healed or recovered from an injury or illness.

  • We can't go to the zoo today because you're sick; let's go when you're all better.

betternoun詞源 1/ˈbɛt.ə/

• 1

  An entity, usually animate, deemed superior to another; one who has a claim to precedence; a superior.

  • He quickly found Ali his better in the ring.
  • Their betters would hardly be found.

betterverb詞源 2/ˈbɛt.ə/

• 1

  Had better.

  • It's getting late. You better get on home.
  • Nobody better hurt any of my kids.

betterverb詞源 3/ˈbɛt.ə/

• 1

  To improve.

  • This government will better our society.
  • They tried to better themselves by attaining a good education.
• 2

  To become better; to improve.

• 3

  To surpass in excellence; to exceed; to excel; to improve on.

  • He summed the whole thing up in a way that I couldn't possibly better.
  • The works of nature do always aim at that which can not be bettered.
• 4

  To give advantage to; to support; to advance the interest of.

  • Weapons more violent, when next we meet, / May serve to better us and worse our foes.

這個拼法也被記錄為下列字的變化形：

• good and well
• well
• bettor