- 1aB2
/ɪmˈpruːvd/
better than it was before, because someone has changed it or worked on it. It is used before a noun, often about a product, a system, or how well someone or something does.
改良的；改善後的
比較級 more improved最高級 most improved
核心畫面
You can picture improved as a label stuck on the second version of something: someone went back to the first version, worked on it, and what you are looking at now is the result — better than what came before, and better because of that work. It always points backwards at an earlier state.
可以想成貼在「第二版」上的一張標籤：有人回頭去動了原本那個東西，你現在看到的是動過之後的成果——比先前好，而且是因為…更多收起
可以想成貼在「第二版」上的一張標籤：有人回頭去動了原本那個東西，你現在看到的是動過之後的成果——比先前好，而且是因為有人去改才變好的。它永遠隱含一個「之前」：improved formula 是相對於舊配方，improved results 是相對於上次的成績。放在名詞前面用，講產品、講制度、講表現都很順。原始詞典資料2 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。
improvedadj/ɪmˈpɹuːvd/
- 1
That has been made better; enhanced.
- The second is to develop a new generation of further improved contrast agent that can yield more intense myocardial contrast after intravenous injection.
- "When we're finished in 2024, this upgrade programme will provide a much-improved railway between London Waterloo and Portsmouth," said NR's Wessex Route Director Mark Killick.
這個拼法也被記錄為下列字的變化形：
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。