英语词典 · 单词释义
meliorate
英 ['miːlɪəreɪt] 美 ['miljəret]
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词义详解
翻译 · 词源 · 例句- vi. 改善；改良；变好
- vt. 改善；改良；变好
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词源 · 例句 · 用法词态变化
第三人称单数: meliorates;过去式: meliorated;过去分词: meliorated;现在分词: meliorating;
中文词源
meliorate 改善，改良，变好
来自拉丁语melior,更好的，-or,比较级后缀，来自PIE*mel,强壮的，有力的，增多的，词源同multi-,ameliorate.
英文词源
- meliorate (v.)
- 1550s, "to make better," back-formation from melioration or else from Late Latin melioratus, past participle of Latin meliorare "improve," from melior "better," used as comparative of bonus "good," but probably originally meaning "stronger," from PIE root *mel- "strong, great, numerous" (see multi-). Related: Meliorated; meliorating; melioration; meliorative.