- 1vA2
/ɪmˈpruːv/
To become better than before, or to make something better than it was.
改善 / 進步
過去式 improved過去分詞 improved-ing improving三單 improves
核心畫面
You can picture 'improve' as a line moving upward from worse toward better — something that was at one level gets lifted to a higher one. It works both ways: you can lift the thing yourself (improve your English), or the thing can rise on its own (the weather improved).
可以想成「一條往上走的線」：本來在某個水準的東西，被抬到更高的位置，從差變好。它兩邊都通——你可以親手把它抬上去（i…更多收起
可以想成「一條往上走的線」：本來在某個水準的東西，被抬到更高的位置，從差變好。它兩邊都通——你可以親手把它抬上去（improve your English，把英文變好），東西也可以自己往上爬（the weather improved，天氣轉好）。原始詞典資料5 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
improveverb詞源 1/ɪmˈpɹuːv/
- 1
To make (something) better; to increase the value or productivity (of something).
- Painting the woodwork will improve this house.
- Buying more servers would improve performance.
- 2
To become better.
- I have improved since taking the tablets.
- The error messages have improved since the last version, when they were incomprehensible.
- 3
datedTo use or employ to good purpose; to turn to profitable account.
- to improve one's time; to improve his means
- We shall especially honour God, by discharging faithfully those offices which God hath entrusted us with: by improving diligently those talents which God hath committed to us
improveverb詞源 2/ɪmˈpɹuːv/
- 1
obsoleteTo disprove or make void; to refute.
- One ſayth this and a nother that / but can not agre. Nether can any of them make ſo ſtronge a reaſon vvhich a nother can not improve.
- 2
obsoleteTo disapprove of; to find fault with; to reprove; to censure.
- [W]hen he reherſed his preachinge and his doynges vnto the hye Apoſtles / they coulde improve no thinge […]
- You would improve his negligence, too oft to ease retir’d: […]
資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。