meliorate
英 ['mi?l??re?t]
美['milj?ret]
- vi. 改善；改良；變好
- vt. 改善；改良；變好
詞態(tài)變化
第三人稱單數(shù):?meliorates;過(guò)去式:?meliorated;過(guò)去分詞:?meliorated;現(xiàn)在分詞:?meliorating;
中文詞源
meliorate 改善，改良，變好
來(lái)自拉丁語(yǔ)melior,更好的，-or,比較級(jí)后綴，來(lái)自PIE*mel,強(qiáng)壯的，有力的，增多的，詞源同multi-,ameliorate.
英文詞源
- 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.