| 单词 | 更好的 |
| 释义 | 〔offer〕"This plan was dropped, because of its risk, and because a better offered"(T.E. Lawrence)“这个计划被放弃了，因为它太冒险，也是因为有了一个更好的计划”(T.E.劳伦斯)〔regenerate〕Restored to a better state; refreshed or renewed.复原的，复兴的：使恢复到更好的状态；重新振作精神的或更新的〔lift〕To pick up (a golf ball) to place it in a better lie.选放：捡起（高尔夫球）放在更好的球位〔cap〕To follow with something better; surpass or outdo:做得更好：用更好的事物来接续；超过或胜过：〔superlative〕Of the highest order, quality, or degree; surpassing or superior to all others.最高的：最高的等级、品质或程度的；比所有别的更好的或更优越的〔transformation〕A marked change, as in appearance or character, usually for the better.变化：一个明显的变化，如在外表或性格上，通常是朝更好的方向变化〔make〕makes for better communication.促进更好的交流〔improve〕These verbs mean to advance to a more desirable, valuable, or excellent state.这些动词都意味着改进到一个更良好的、更有价值的或更好的状态。〔vote〕"If older cities are allowed to decay and contract, can citizens who vote with their feet . . . hope to find better conditions anywhere else?”(Melinda Beck)“如果老城被允许崩溃并且缩小，用行动选择的公民能希望在别处找到更好的环境吗?”(梅琳达·贝克)〔be〕A nicer person has never breathed.世上活着的人里再没有比他更好的了。〔billing〕The product needed better billing to outsell its competition.这种产品需要更好的促销来超过其对手的销量〔better〕a better chance of success.更好的成功机会〔rattling〕"the guiltless gust of a rattling good yarn"(Anthony Burgess)“听完一个更好的笑话后发出的善意的大笑”(安东尼·伯吉斯)〔ship〕When my ship comes in, I'll move to a better apartment.如果我交了好运，我要找个更好的公寓住〔reform〕To improve by alteration, correction of error, or removal of defects; put into a better form or condition.改革：通过改变、改正错误或消除缺点来改进；置于更好的形式或状态中〔shop〕To look for something, such as a better job.寻找想要的东西：寻找某物，如一个更好的工作〔strawberry〕Izaak Walton's 1655 comment,"We may say of Angling as Dr. Boteler said of Strawberries; Doubtless God could have made a better berry, but doubtless God never did,”is perhaps the nicest use of the wordstrawberry in its history. This history goes back much further in English to the Old English period when the word is first recorded.We know thatstrawberry was formed during that period from the Old English ancestors of our words straw and berry. What is not known is why the wordstraw is the first part of this compound. One possibility is that the small, one-seeded fruits on the surface of a strawberry resemble fragments of straw.尹扎卡·沃尔顿在1655年的评论道，“我们可以谈论钓鱼就如同包特勒医生谈论草莓；无疑地，上帝可以创造一种更好的浆果，但毫无疑问他从来没有做”，这一评论可能是strawberry 这个词在其历史上最好的用法。 在英语中，这个词的最早记录历史可更远地追溯到古英语时期。我们知道，strawberry 这个词在那时来自于我们的词语 straw 和 berry 的古英语祖先。 为什么这个复合词的前半部分为straw 无从得知。 一种可能是草莓表面小的单个种子状的果实象稻草的碎片〔reform〕To cause (a person) to give up harmful or immoral practices; persuade to adopt a better way of life.使改过自新：使（某人）放弃对人有害的不道德的行为；劝导人采取更好的生活方式〔progress〕To advance toward a higher or better stage; improve steadily:进步：向更高或更好的阶段前进，稳定地改善：〔shingle〕Beach gravel consisting of large smooth pebbles unmixed with finer material.海滨砂石：由大而光滑的鹅卵石构成没有混有其它更好的材料的海滩砾石〔consumerism〕The movement seeking to protect and inform consumers by requiring such practices as honest packaging and advertising, product guarantees, and improved safety standards.保护消费者利益运动：一种通过要求在包装及广告上诚实无欺 、产品保证以及更好的安全标准等商业行为从而设法保护消费者并为他们提供信息的运动〔method〕"The convention system has its faults, of course, but I do not know of a better method for choosing a presidential nominee" (Harry S Truman).“传统的一套当然有它的缺点，但我并不认为有选择一个总统提名人的更好的办法” （哈利·S·杜鲁门）。〔rearm〕To equip with better weapons.配备更好武器：给…配备更好的武器装备〔discontent〕A restless longing for better circumstances.无止境的渴望：从不休止地渴望更好的环境〔constellation〕a constellation of demands ranging from better food to improved health care; a constellation of feelings about the divorce.一系列从更好的食物到改善保健的不同要求；离婚情感的组合〔than〕She is a better athlete than I.与我相比她是个更好的运动员〔square〕To bring (oneself) into a better position or relation:使调和，使和谐：使（自己）进入更好的位置或关系中：〔blatant〕 Certain contexts may admit either word depending on what is meant:a violation of international law might be eitherblatant or flagrant. But writers who refer tothe blatant torturing of animals or the flagrant liberal bias of the media have implied something other than what they presumably intended. In the first case, the writer is probably more troubled by the enormity of the mistreatment of animals than by the failure to conceal it,so thatflagrant would have been the better choice. In the second case, by contrast, the writer probably wants to draw attention to a moral failing in the media's unapologetic refusal to hide its bias,rather than to the iniquity of the bias itself,an implication that would have been conveyed more successfully byblatant. Blatant should not be used to mean simply "obvious,”as inthe blatant danger of such an approach. 某些语境下两个词都可以用，但意思不同：对国际法律的违反既可能是blatant（公然的） 也可能是 flagrant（无耻的）。 但是提到the blatant torturing of animals（肆无忌惮地虐待动物） 或者 the flagrant liberal bias of the media（媒体公然的、不严谨的偏见） 的作者已经暗示了他们本来意图以外的意思。 在第一种情况下，作者可能对大量虐待动物的行为所困扰而不是为隐藏这种行为的失败而困扰，因此flagrant 应该是更好的选择。 相反地，在第二种情况下，作者可能是要着重指出新闻媒介对其偏见一概否认的这种道德上弱点，而不是针对偏见本身的不公正性，这种含义若由blatant来表达的话会更加正确。 Blatant 不应仅仅表示“明显的”，就象在the blatant danger of such an approach（这种方法明显的危险性）中。 〔progressive〕Promoting or favoring progress toward better conditions or new policies, ideas, or methods:进步主义的：提倡或支持向更好的情况、新政策、新思想或新方法前进的：〔overdominance〕The condition of a heterozygote having a phenotype that is more pronounced or better adapted than that of either homozygote.超显性：杂合了具有产生比纯合子延伸更长或适应性更好的表现型的条件〔prowl〕salespeople on the prowl for better jobs.四处寻觅更好的工作的推销员〔rehouse〕To provide with new, usually improved housing.提供新房：给…提供新住房，通常是更好的住房〔noise〕For those who find that too much noise makes them ill,it will come as no surprise that the wordnoise possibly can be traced back to the Latin word nausea, "seasickness, feeling of sickness.” Our wordsnausea and noise are doublets, that is, words borrowed in different forms from the same word.Nausea, first recorded probably before 1425, was borrowed directly from Latin.Noise, on the other hand, first recorded around the beginning of the 13th century, came to us through Old French,probably ultimately from Latin,which explains its change in form.The unrecorded change in sense probably took place in Vulgar Latin.Old Frenchnois, descended from Latin nausea, meant "sound, din, uproar, quarrel,” all senses that came into Middle English with the word.Noise, however, is an example of how words can change for the better, for a noise can be pleasantas well as unpleasant,as in the sentence "The only noise was the wind in the pines.”对那些发现太多的嘈杂声使他们很不舒服的人来说，无须惊奇词语noise 很可能可以追溯到拉丁语 nausea “晕船，不舒服的感觉”。 词语nausea 和 noise 是同源词， 也就是说这两个词是同一单词的不同形式。Nausea 第一次记录也许在1425年以前， 它直接来自于拉丁语。另一方面，noise 大约在13世纪初第一次记录下来， 在古法语中使用，可能最终源自拉丁语，这解释了它的形式变化。这种意义上讲未被记录的变化可能在民间拉丁文中。古法语nois 从拉丁语 nausea “声音，嘈杂声，喧嚣，吵闹”转变过来， 所有意义都随此词进入中世纪英语。然而noise 是一个词语如何演变向更好的方面的例子， 因为一种声音可能是悦耳的，也可能是不悦耳的，如在句子"The only noise was the wind in the pines"中〔Barry〕Irish-born American labor leader who campaigned for better factory wages and working conditions for women and children.巴里，莉奥诺拉·玛丽·卡尼：(1849-1930) 爱尔兰裔的美国工党领袖，为争取妇女和儿童的更好的劳动报酬和工作条件而奋争〔scotophil〕Growing or functioning best in darkness:适暗的：在黑暗中更好的生长或起作用的：〔shortlist〕A list of preferable items or candidates that have been selected for final consideration, as in making an award or filling a position.最后侯选人名单：一个已经被选为进行最后考虑的更好的事物或候选人的名单，比如在颁发奖项或填补空缺职位时〔naff〕In the dual tradition of looking to one's betters for models of how to use language and American obeisance to British usage,let us look at two British words spellednaff. One is an adjective,meaning "clichéd, unstylish" (first recorded in 1969),that may be derived from dialectal wordssuch asnaffhead, "simpleton,” or niffy-naffy, "stupid.” The othernaff is a verb, usually used in the imperative in combination withoff (first recorded in 1959). This is the delicate injunction that members of the royal family such as Princess Anne have used in requesting members of the press to beat it.The origin ofnaff is unknown, but it has been suggested thatnaff may be related to an older English slang term naf, meaning "the female sexual organ.” Naf has been derived from a backward spelling offan, from fanny. 在看待如何使用语言的模式和美语遵从于英语那个更好的两个传统上，让我们看两个拼写为naff 的美语单词。 一个是形容词，表示“过时的，老调的”（首次记录于1969年），可能源于方言单词，如naffhead “傻子”或 niffy-naffy “愚蠢的”。 另一个naff 是动词， 通常用于命令语气与off 连用（首次记录于1959年）。 这是王室家族成员如安娜公主在要求报刊成员禁用时所使用的微妙禁令。Naff 不知源自何处， 但它表明naff 有与旧英语俚语 naf 相关的迹象表示“女性生殖器官”。 Naf 源于从fanny 而来的逆序拼写形式 fan 〔view〕used binoculars to get a better view.用双目望远镜进行更好的检查〔better〕found a better way to go; a suit with a better fit than that one.找到一条更好的路；比那件更合适的衣服〔incarnation〕hopes for a better life in another incarnation.希望在下一世能有更好的生活 |
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