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;過去式:?meliorated;過去分詞:?meliorated;現(xiàn)在分詞:?meliorating;
中文詞源
meliorate 改善，改良，變好來自拉丁語melior,更好的，-or,比較級后綴，來自PIE*mel,強壯的，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.