喜樂美語

核心畫面

Picture a line that used to sit lower and now sits higher. The word can point at the whole climb — the fact that things are better than they were — or at the one specific thing somebody added to make the line move.

可以想成：一條線本來在下面，現在往上移了。這個字可以指整段上升——「比以前好了」這件事本身——也可以指某人加上去、讓…更多收起可以想成：一條線本來在下面，現在往上移了。這個字可以指整段上升——「比以前好了」這件事本身——也可以指某人加上去、讓那條線動起來的那一樣具體的東西。同一個字，一個看整體，一個看單項。

From the picture

讓它變好的那一項

視線從整條上升的線，移到讓線上升的那一個動作或那一樣東西——所以這時它可數，可以一項一項數。

a betterment made · noun · B1

A change or new thing you add that makes something better.

改良 / 改進之處

Also in this word

getting better · noun · B1

The process of getting better, or the state of being better than before.

改善 / 進步

原始詞典資料7 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。

improvementnoun/ɪmˈpɹuːvmənt/

  • 1

    The act of improving; advancement or growth; a bettering

    • November 9, 1662, Robert South, Of the Creation of Man in the Image of God I look upon your city as […] the best place of improvement.
    • Exercise is the chief source of improvement in all our faculties.
  • 2

    The act of making profitable use or application of anything, or the state of being profitably employed; practical application, for example of a doctrine, principle, or theory, stated in a discourse.

    • good improvement of his reason.
    • I shall make some improvement of this doctrine.
  • 3

    The state of being improved; betterment; advance

  • 4

    Something which is improved

    • the new edition is an improvement on the old.
    • The decade has seen vast improvements in techniques.
  • 5

    Increase; growth; progress; advance.

    • Those vices which more particularly receive improvement by prosperity.
  • 6

    Valuable additions or betterments, for example buildings, clearings, drains, fences, etc., on premises.

  • 7

    A useful addition to, or modification of, a machine, manufacture, or composition.

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。