及物动词提高(土地、地产)的价值; 利用(机会); 改善,改良
不及物动词变得更好; 改进,改善
1. improve away : 改良祛除;
及物动词
1.
1. He put forward a plan for improving the rate of production.
他提出了一个提高生产率的计划。
2. He came back from his holiday with greatly improved health.
他度假回来,健康大为好转。
3. This is not good enough. I want to improve it.
这还不够好,我要加以改进。
不及物动词
1. Their working conditions are improving.
他们的工作条件正在改善。
2. The price of steel improved.
钢材价格提高了。
Laid off-(下岗)
A:What’s wrong?
出什么事了?
B:I got laid off today.
我今天下岗了。
A:Oh no! That’s terrible!
哦,天。真是糟糕。
B:Yeah.
是呀。
A:What happened?
怎么会这样?
B:My boss said I didn’t have enough skills to do the job well.
我的老板说我不具备足够的技能做好我的工作。
A:What are you going to do?
那你打算怎么办?
B:I’m going to start taking classes at the local community college to try to improve my skills. Then I’ll start looking for a new position.
我打算在本地的社区大学学习,以此来提高自己的技能。然后我会开始找一份新的工作。
Quality Control-(品管)
A:We're having some quality-control problems, Jim. We need to go to the source to work them out.
吉姆,我们有一些品管的问题。我们必须找出问题根源并设法解决。
B:What problems are you having, exactly?
你们究竟有什么问题?
A:The complaint rate for our new product line is very high, almost seven percent.
我们新产品的抱怨率非常高,几乎高达百分之七。
B:That's high.
的确很高。
improve
A:Yes. We keep finding problems when testing the boards.
没错。我们测试声卡时一直发现问题。
B:But your promotional materials claim the boards are the least expensive of their type on the market.
可是你们的促销材料要求这种声卡必须是市场上同类型产品中最便宜的。
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A:The least expensive, but still fully functional. And we think that your factory needs to take measures to improve quality control.
是要最便宜,但仍要有完备的功能。我们认为你们工厂需要采取措施来改善品管。
B:That will involve additional expenses for us, which we'll have to pass on to you as a rate hike.
那意味我们会有额外的开销,而我们会把价格增加部分转嫁到你们身上。
A:I'm afraid that's unacceptable. Your contract says that you will deliver a product with a reject rate of less than five percent.
恐怕我们无法接受。你们的合约上说你们会以低于百分之五的瑕疵率交货。
B:Well, I'll tell you what, Mike. I'll review the contract and talk with management. Then we'll get together and hash this out.
嗯,莱斯特我跟你说,我会再看一遍合约,并和管理部门讨论。然后我们会一起讨论解决这个问题。
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1. 提高:在教育领域,国家不再继续秉持残酷的优胜劣汰,而是主张让每一所学校成功,让每一位儿童成功.从课程2000的酝酿阶段也可以看出这种转换:1995年迪林爵士(Sir Ron Dearing)应邀对如何提高(improve)16-19岁阶段教育的证书标准进行调查,
2. 改良:即使是常见的商业促销手法,若能掌握其原理(如创意密码>提示),加以改良>(Improve)或转用>(Put to other use),创意就源源不绝了. (待续)
1. 改进;改善;增进
If something improves or if you improve it, it gets better.
e.g. Both the texture and condition of your hair should improve...
你头发的发质与健康状况都应改善。
e.g. The weather is beginning to improve...
天气开始好转了。
2. 提高;(使)变得更熟练
If a skill you have improves or you improve a skill, you get better at it.
e.g. Their French has improved enormously...
他们的法语进步很大。
e.g. He said he was going to improve his football.
他说他要提高足球技术。
3. 康复;健康好转
If you improve after an illness or an injury, your health gets better or you get stronger.
e.g. He had improved so much the doctor had cut his dosage.
他康复很快,医生已减少了用药剂量。
4. 超过;胜过
If you improve on a previous achievement of your own or of someone else, you achieve a better standard or result.
e.g. We need to improve on our performance against France.
我们需要比对阵法国队时表现得更好。
verb
1. get better
e.g. The weather improved toward evening
Synonym: betteramelioratemeliorate
2. to make better
e.g. The editor improved the manuscript with his changes
Synonym: betteramendamelioratemeliorate