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单词 melioration
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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024
mel•io•ra•tion  (mēl′yə rā′shən, mē′lē ə-),USA pronunciation n. 
  1. Linguistics[Historical Ling.]semantic change in a word to a more approved or more respectable meaning. Cf. pejoration (def. 2).
  2. amelioration.
  • Late Latin meliōrātiōn- (stem of meliōrātiō), equivalent. to meliōrāt(us) (see meliorate) + -iōn- -ion
  • 1620–30

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
ˌmelioˈration /ˌmiːlɪəˈreɪʃən/ n
  1. the act or an instance of improving or the state of being improved
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