| 单词 | improve |
| 释义 | improve (ɪmpruːv ) Word forms: improves , improving , improved 1. verb A2 If something improves or if you improve it, it gets better. Both the texture and condition of your hair should improve. [VERB] The weather is beginning to improve. [VERB] Time won't improve the situation. [VERB noun] He improved their house. [VERB noun] Synonyms: get better, pick up, look up [informal], develop 2. verb A2 If a skill you have improves or you improve a skill, you get better at it. Their French has improved enormously. [VERB] He said he was going to improve his football. [VERB noun] Synonyms: make better, perfect, polish, strengthen 3. verb B2 If you improve after an illness or an injury, your health gets better or you get stronger. He had improved so much the doctor had cut his dosage. [VERB] Synonyms: recuperate, recover, rally, mend 4. verb B2 If you improve on a previous achievement of your own or of someone else, you achieve a better standard or result. We need to improve on our performance against France. [VERB + on] Collocations: improve a process In the past couple of years we have introduced coaching and training for managers to improve the process. Times, Sunday Times He outlined eight solutions to improve the process and incorporate community opinion into the decision-making process. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 He envisioned methods to improve the process of steel manufacturing. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Over the next five years, the institute conducted experiments to improve the process of electrophotography. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Baths that include sea salt seem to improve the process of softening and removing the thickened skin. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Previous governments believed that increasing the number of graduates would improve their skill sets and lead to a better-employed workforce. Times, Sunday Times He takes inspiration from nature, but continues to copy images he admires to improve his skill. Times, Sunday Times Human beings can follow a trail in the manner of a bloodhound and would improve their skill with practice, researchers say. Times, Sunday Times People shy away from putting themselves out on a limb and trying to improve a skill. Times, Sunday Times However, academic implications to improve the skill may involve reading or hearing a story and understanding the emotions of the characters and the plot. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Single workers would also improve their standard of living, even if they were earning the minimum wage. Times, Sunday Times That could improve the standard of some teams, but possibly at the expense of them developing their own players. Times, Sunday Times I think we improve the standard of living for the people we lend to. Times, Sunday Times They improve the standard, but they need encouragement because they don't want to spend a long time on the road. Times, Sunday Times Second, the exercise of choice acts as a stimulus to schools to improve the standard of education they offer. Times, Sunday Times Can you suggest other ways to improve my technique and maximise my walking workout? Times, Sunday Times A batsman has to work consciously to improve his technique, to make good habits more habitual, good shapes more reliably present even under pressure. Times, Sunday Times Additionally, practice courts are available for those who wish to improve their technique, complete with lots of handy tips and instructions. ST Video analysis will help you improve your technique. Times, Sunday Times There was plenty of time to ask questions and get tips on how to improve your technique. The Sun Academics said that they would improve literacy, language, communication and handwriting. Times,Sunday Times They can also improve literacy, behaviour and self-esteem. The Sun Even programmes designed to help adults improve literacy and numeracy skills could be threatened. Times, Sunday Times In fact, free meals did more to improve literacy levels than the nationwide introduction of a compulsory 'literacy hour' in 1998. Times, Sunday Times The government wants the new curriculum to give a huge jolt to schools to improve literacy. Times, Sunday Times Efficiency keeps prices low and tends to improve management. Times,Sunday Times His report says that the lottery fund needs to cut red tape and improve management skills for those who apply for cash to restore heritage sites. Times, Sunday Times In its report, published today, nine in ten charities that had merged said it had been a success, enabling them to save money, raise their profile or improve management. Times, Sunday Times Critics of the project argue that beneficiary states should improve management of their own water before importing it from outside the region. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Such data allows the farmer to improve management through analysis of trends in the herd, for example response of milk production to changes in feedstuffs. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 He said that home furnishing sales continued to be particularly poor and were unlikely to improve markedly until the autumn, when new ranges could be introduced. Times, Sunday Times He plays golf, though not enough to be able to improve markedly. Times, Sunday Times He has had just five starts over fences and has improved markedly since being fitted with cheekpieces on the past three occasions. Times, Sunday Times Trading after the end of the financial year has improved markedly. Times, Sunday Times But the series has improved markedly since it was first aired nearly five years ago. Times, Sunday Times The quality and choice available have improved massively over the past few years. The Sun (2012) My quality of life has improved massively since then. The Sun (2008) And that in turn means massively improved fuel consumption. Times, Sunday Times (2013) The purpose of team-building exercises is to improve morale and group working. Times, Sunday Times (2009) The survey's intent was not to determine how to improve morale and thereby to reduce turnover. A Conceptual View of Human Resource Management: Strategic Objectives, Environments, Functions Their aim is twofold: to increase productivity and to improve morale by giving employees a feeling of participation in and identification with the company. A Conceptual View of Human Resource Management: Strategic Objectives, Environments, Functions Hi-tech sandals help you burn calories and improve posture. The Sun These miracle contraptions not only relieve foot, ankle, lower-back pain, as stiffness after exercising, improve posture and the build-up of calluses. Times, Sunday Times Using the harness, you perform moves that improve posture, train core muscles and loosen the spine. The Sun The clothes are designed to pull you in and hold you upright to improve posture. Times, Sunday Times It helps to improve posture, reduce tension, resting heart rate and blood pressure while increasing flexibility, tone and core strength. The Sun The measures, designed to improve prospects for vets, will save bosses £2,000 in tax for a worker hired on a £25,000 salary. The Sun I'm a student nurse trying to improve prospects for my family but am constantly at my wits' end because we are always counting the days until next payday. The Sun A group of between four and six students analyse an issue facing a company and come up with recommendations that can be used to improve prospects. Times, Sunday Times To improve prospects of success, government should harness the expertise of those who know how systems work, understand supply chains, and can manage complexity. Times, Sunday Times It has become an article of faith that mentoring improves prospects. Times, Sunday Times Iraq's oil production, while improving rapidly, is not yet back to pre-war levels. The Sun (2008) Her symptoms did not improve rapidly with steroids, nor did she rapidly decompensate as has been frequently described. 2011, 'A Case of Late-Onset Gemcitabine Lung Toxicity', Clinical Medicine Insights: Oncology Their fuel efficiency is improving rapidly, though in general they remain thirstier than diesels or hybrids. Times, Sunday Times (2015) I learnt that playing football can improve diplomatic relations and promote peace. Times, Sunday Times (2010) Allies say he believed that a period of separation between the two brothers would help them to define themselves better and also improve relations between them. Times, Sunday Times (2019) His instincts - to ensure that ethnic minority communities are policed with a force that better reflects them, to garner better intelligence and to improve community relations - was also sound. Times, Sunday Times (2006) It won’ t slow down the ongoing robotics revolution in manufacturing, because current processes still have lots of room for automation to improve safety, speed and quality. Smithsonian Mag (2017) But abandoning patients seems a perverse way of improving safety. The Sun (2016) They were ignoring the law which prohibited such conduct; a law which had been enacted to improve safety on the roads. Times, Sunday Times (2009) There were also other ways to improve safety. Times, Sunday Times (2012) The introduction of sodium hyaluronate agents with different rheologic properties has improved the safety and reliability of intraocular surgeries. 2008, 'Use of viscoelastic substance in ophthalmic surgery — focus on sodium hyaluronate', Clinical Ophthalmology The airline added that punctuality had improved in November and said it was working with the airport 's owners and air traffic control to improve service. Times, Sunday Times (2013) His overall intention is to improve the service the agency and its staff provide to the public. Times, Sunday Times (2009) The basic, elegant design is already complete; modifying it to improve service will be an afterthought. Total Customer Service (The Ultimate Weapon) (1990) Some models have improved significantly over the past 15 years as manufacturers have added safety features, such as side-impact protection and air-bags, to later versions. Times, Sunday Times (2006) Next year work will begin on a light railway that will improve significantly the flow of people around the city. Times, Sunday Times (2009) Yes, you can improve significantly without much change in diet, just by including oat bran and niacin. The 8-Week Cholesterol Cure (1990) Diversity in the lower tiers of the judiciary has improved significantly in the past five years. Times, Sunday Times (2007) Moreover, the synergistic antiwear properties of the said additives are improved significantly under the optimum additives ratios. 2018, 'The Synergistic Antiwear Performances of Organic Titanium Compounds Containing Sulfur with Borate Ester Additive', Journal of Spectroscopy The majority expected to cut company spending in 2017, though hiring and capital expenditure intentions improved slightly on three months earlier. Times, Sunday Times (2016) Last night his condition had improved slightly after three weeks in hospital and he was critical but stable. The Sun (2013) The visibility had improved slightly, maybe to three miles, the wind down to eight knots - a lazy, hazy day. CORMORANT Team experts examine data and try to improve speed, handling and reliability. The Sun Both said they would improve speed and service. Times, Sunday Times His lean composition will improve speed and jump performance on a match day as a result of an improved power to weight ratio. Times, Sunday Times Players were stretched in every dimension, forced to improve speed, accuracy and perceptual awareness. Times, Sunday Times Sprint work helps to improve speed, and longer runs build endurance. Times, Sunday Times It will improve standards of care. Times, Sunday Times (2011) Britain will also commit 10 million this year to improve security standards around nuclear plants and waste facilities. Times, Sunday Times (2016) An overwhelming majority backed some form of regulation, while one third said that mandatory accreditation would improve standards. Times, Sunday Times (2014) The worst of the credit crunch may be over, but borrowers expecting the availability of mortgage funding to improve steadily from here on in should think again. Times, Sunday Times Ranked 34th in the world, he has shown excellent form this season and has improved steadily in the past five years. Times, Sunday Times Trading in the grey market has improved steadily this week after some shorting at the end of last week. Times, Sunday Times Across the 12 weeks, we found them improving steadily. Times, Sunday Times Teaching grades improved steadily with physics, psychology and hospitality, sport, leisure and tourism recording perfect scores. Times, Sunday Times Plus, if you want to be practical, improved strength makes daily life that little bit easier. BE YOUR BEST: How Anyone can become Fit, Healthy and Confident (2002) The exercise obviously will improve strength and endurance. Living with Angina (1991) Not only do the new arrivals improve the strength of the squad, they lessen the chance of signed us complacency in others. Times, Sunday Times (2007) The improved blood supply and more efficient use of oxygen in the skeletal muscle leads to improved strength and endurance, or stamina. Coping with Angina (1990) Low chromium ferritic stainless steel has great potential in automobile structures for improved strength. 2019, 'Microstructures and Properties of a Low-Carbon-Chromium Ferritic Stainless Steel Treated by a Quenching and Partitioning Process', Materials Economics of producing microalgal biodiesel need to improve substantially to make it competitive with petrodiesel, but the level of improvement necessary appears to be attainable. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Doctors are subject to a robust system of regulation, and training in report writing and court procedures for those giving expert evidence has improved substantially. Times, Sunday Times Its underlying earnings improved substantially to 24.8 million for the period, thanks to a rise in assets before the trading investigation. Times, Sunday Times It has made clear previously that its systems and processes have since been improved substantially. Times, Sunday Times In the mid-2000s, funding of the space program continued to improve substantially, amounting to 21.59 billion rubles in 2005 and rising to 23 billion rubles in 2006. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 For years, the medical community has pushed for increased donor registry among racial minorities to improve survival rates for leukemia, lymphoma and other blood diseases. The Star (South Africa) (2005) Hormone therapy (for example, tamoxifen, letrozole, anastrozole and goserelin) improve survival rates and reduce recurrence. Times, Sunday Times (2010) The majority have not fared well as monotherapies for improving survival of these patients. 2015, 'A Synthetic Lethality Screen Using a Focused siRNA Library to Identify Sensitizers to Dasatinib Therapy for the Treatment of Epithelial Ovarian Cancer', PLOS ONE This early intervention can streamline service delivery across different tiers of local government and the voluntary sector and provide an improved outcome for the citizen. Times, Sunday Times (2010) Thus, inosine might be a useful therapeutic for improving outcome after spinal cord injury. 2013, 'Inosine Enhances Axon Sprouting and Motor Recovery after Spinal Cord Injury', PLoS ONE Oncolytic virus-based therapies may further improve the outcome of these cancer patients. 2019, 'Rational Combination of Parvovirus H1 With CTLA-4 and PD-1 Checkpoint Inhibitors Dampens the Tumor Induced Immune Silencing', Frontiers in Oncology Try adjusting measures such as your weight, cholesterol and smoking habits to see how changes can improve your outlook. Times, Sunday Times I have done volunteer service for 10 years and find there's nothing better to improve my outlook than to focus on those less fortunate than myself. Times, Sunday Times The rush of money has improved the outlook for the top end of the market. Times, Sunday Times And the weather was also likely to have an impact on how people were feeling, with people saying that a sunny day improved their outlook on life. Times, Sunday Times But recent advances in treatment have dramatically improved the outlook with some studies showing five-year survival rates of up to 40 per cent even in advanced cases. Times, Sunday Times We have improved the soil beyond recognition by double digging and adding plenty of local mushroom compost. Times, Sunday Times (2008) There's no doubt that the more work that goes into improving the soil, the better the end results will be. Times, Sunday Times (2016) Clearly leadership is needed to improve the understanding of what is meant by localism. Times, Sunday Times (2011) A number of new areas will be covered which will improve the understanding and care of psoriasis patients. Times, Sunday Times (2008) This research seeks to improve understanding of project management software toolset training practices and outcomes. 2017, 'The Impact of PMIS Training: Patterns of Benefit Realization in Project Management Information Systems Training', Journal of Engineering, Project, and Production Management Vitrification is an improved method by which embryos are flash-frozen in liquid nitrogen, together with an antifreeze. Times, Sunday Times (2008) Through the simulation experiment, the results show that this improved method can anonymize all service requests effectively. 2017, 'Location Privacy Protection Based on Improved K-Value Method in Augmented Reality on Mobile Devices', Mobile Information Systems An improved method, using video camera technology, has been utilized to measure the dynamics of linting during the printing process. 2015, 'Dynamic Optical Measurement of Lint Accumulation during Offset Printing', BioResources An improved method for determining the relative biosynthetic rate of isoprenoid cytokinins has been developed. 2010, 'An Improved in Vivo Deuterium Labeling Method for Measuring the Biosynthetic Rate of Cytokinins', Molecules But the quality has improved noticeably in recent years. Times, Sunday Times His results have improved noticeably since the decision was taken, with four competition victories this year. Times, Sunday Times Selecting the most-quiet setting (128) caused average random access time to increase about 10% while quieting improved noticeably over the middle setting. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The neighborhoods physical appearance improved noticeably, and many residents felt a new sense of optimism. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The orchestra improved noticeably in the quality of its playing. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Head and legroom have been significantly improved. The Sun (2006) We work with five charities and have significantly improved our school outreach projects. Times, Sunday Times (2013) The results show that the addition of silane layers significantly improved anticorrosion properties. 2015, 'Corrosion Behaviour of a Silane Protective Coating for NdFeB Magnets in Dentistry', International Journal of Corrosion Additionally, axonal supercharge from the hypoglossal nerve significantly improved outcomes. 2014, 'Unilateral Multiple Facial Nerve Branch Reconstruction Using “End-to-side Loop Graft” Supercharged by Hypoglossal Nerve', Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Global Open Palmitic, stearic, oleic and linoleic acids were significantly improved. 2019, 'Nutritional value, protein quality and antioxidant activity of Sudanese sorghum-based kissra bread fortified with bambara groundnut (Voandzeia subterranea) seed flour', Journal of the Saudi Society of Agricultural Sciences After inventing the flash-freezing procedure called vitrification, scientists vastly improved the success rate. Times, Sunday Times (2018) The artificial intelligence is also vastly improved, with enemies seeking tactical fire positions. Times, Sunday Times (2007) Computer simulations are key to this understanding and the models have vastly improved over the last 40 years. Times, Sunday Times (2015) But payouts to wounded troops must be vastly improved. The Sun (2011) Investing more usually yields a better made and more flexible product with vastly improved sound. Times, Sunday Times (2007) Translations: Chinese: 改进 Japanese: 改善する |
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