improvement 音标拼音: [ɪmpr'uvmənt]
n .
U 改进;
C 经改进的东西
U 改进;
C 经改进的东西
improvement 自改进; 自我改善
improvement 改进
improvement n 1 :
a change for the better ;
progress in development [
synonym :
{
improvement }, {
betterment }, {
advance }]
2 :
the act of improving something ; "
their improvements increased the value of the property "
3 :
a condition superior to an earlier condition ; "
the new school represents a great improvement " [
synonym : {
improvement },
{
melioration }] [
ant : {
declination }, {
decline }]
Improvement \
Im *
prove "
ment \,
n .
1 .
The act of improving ;
advancement or growth ;
promotion in desirable qualities ;
progress toward what is better ;
melioration ;
as ,
the improvement of the mind ,
of land ,
roads ,
etc .
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I look upon your city as the best place of improvement . --
South .
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Exercise is the chief source of improvement in all our faculties . --
Blair .
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2 .
The act of making profitable use or applicaton of anything ,
or the state of being profitably employed ;
a turning to good account ;
practical application ,
as of a doctrine ,
principle ,
or theory ,
stated in a discourse . "
A good improvement of his reason ." --
S .
Clarke .
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I shall make some improvement of this doctrine .
--
Tillotson .
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3 .
The state of being improved ;
betterment ;
advance ;
also ,
that which is improved ;
as ,
the new edition is an improvement on the old .
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The parts of Sinon ,
Camilla ,
and some few others ,
are improvements on the Greek poet . --
Addison .
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4 .
Increase ;
growth ;
progress ;
advance .
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There is a design of publishing the history of architecture ,
with its several improvements and decays . --
Addison .
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Those vices which more particularly receive improvement by prosperity . --
South .
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5 .
pl .
Valuable additions or betterments ,
as buildings ,
clearings ,
drains ,
fences ,
etc .,
on land or premises ;
as ,
to convey the land together with all improvements .
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6 . (
Patent Laws )
A useful addition to ,
or modification of ,
a machine ,
manufacture ,
or composition . --
Kent .
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132 Moby Thesaurus words for "
improvement ":
about -
face ,
accommodation ,
adaptation ,
adjustment ,
advance ,
alteration ,
amelioration ,
amendment ,
apostasy ,
apprenticeship ,
basic training ,
betterment ,
break ,
breaking ,
breeding ,
change ,
change of allegiance ,
change of heart ,
change of mind ,
changeableness ,
conditioning ,
constructive change ,
continuity ,
convalescence ,
conversion ,
cultivation ,
defection ,
degeneration ,
degenerative change ,
deterioration ,
development ,
deviation ,
difference ,
discipline ,
discontinuity ,
divergence ,
diversification ,
diversion ,
diversity ,
drill ,
drilling ,
enhancement ,
exercise ,
fetching -
up ,
fitting ,
flip -
flop ,
fostering ,
gain ,
gradual change ,
grooming ,
housebreaking ,
in -
service training ,
increase ,
instauration ,
manual training ,
melioration ,
military training ,
mitigation ,
modification ,
modulation ,
new birth ,
nurture ,
nurturing ,
on -
the -
job training ,
overthrow ,
practice ,
preparation ,
progress ,
qualification ,
radical change ,
raising ,
re -
creation ,
reactivation ,
readying ,
realignment ,
rearing ,
rebirth ,
reclamation ,
reconstitution ,
reconversion ,
recovery ,
recrudescence ,
recuperation ,
redemption ,
redesign ,
redintegration ,
reenactment ,
reestablishment ,
reform ,
reformation ,
regeneration ,
rehabilitation ,
rehearsal ,
reinstatement ,
reinstation ,
reinstitution ,
reinvestiture ,
reinvestment ,
remaking ,
renascence ,
renewal ,
repair ,
replacement ,
reshaping ,
restitution ,
restoration ,
restructuring ,
reversal ,
reversion ,
revival ,
revivification ,
revolution ,
rise ,
shift ,
sloyd ,
sudden change ,
switch ,
total change ,
training ,
transition ,
turn ,
turnabout ,
upbringing ,
upgrading ,
upheaval ,
upswing ,
variation ,
variety ,
violent change ,
vocational education ,
vocational training ,
worsening IMPROVEMENT ,
rights .
An addition of some useful thing to a machine ,
manufacture or composition of matter .
2 .
The patent law of July 4 ,
1836 ,
authorizes the granting of a patent for any new and useful improvement on any art ,
machine manufacture or composition of matter .
Sect .
6 .
It is often very difficult to say what is a new and useful improvement ,
the cases often approach very near to each other .
In the present improved state of machinery ,
it is almost impracticable not to employ the same elements of motion ,
and in some particulars ,
the same manner of operation ,
to produce any new effect .
1 Gallis .
478 ;
2 Gallis .
51 .
See 4 B . &
Ald .
540 ;
2 Kent ,
Com .
370 .
IMPROVEMENT ,
estates .
This term is of doubtful meaning It would seem to apply principally to buildings ,
though generally it extends to amelioration of every description of property ,
whether real or personal ;
it is generally explained by other words .
2 .
Where ,
by the terms of a lease ,
the covenant was to leave at the end of the term a water -
mill with all the fixtures ,
fastenings ,
and improvements ,
during the demise fixed ,
fastened ,
or set up on or upon the premises ,
in good plight and condition ,
it was held to include a pair of new millstones set up by the lessee during the term ,
although the custom of the country in general authorized the tenant to remove them .
9 Bing .
24 ;
3 Sim .
450 ;
2 Ves . &
Bea .
349 .
Vide 3 Yeates ,
71 ;
Addis .
R .
335 ;
4 Binn .
R .
418 ;
5 Binn .
R .
77 ;
5 S . &
R .
266 ;
1 Binn .
R .
495 ;
1 John .
Ch .
R .
450 ;
15 Pick .
R .
471 .
Vide Profits .
2 Man . &
Gra .
729 ,
757 ;
S .
C .
40 Eng .
C .
L .
R .
598 ,
612 .
3 .
Tenants in common are not bound to pay for permanent improvements ,
made on the common property ,
by one of the tenants in common without their consent .
2 Bouv .
Inst .
n .
1881 .
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