用作及物动词(vt.)

Your work will get by, but try to improve it.你的工作勉强通过了,但要设法改善它。

He offered a suggestion to improve the plan.他提出一个建议,以改进那项计划。

I want to improve my Engpsh.我想提高我的英语水平。

用作不及物动词(vi.)

Wine improves with age.酒存放得越久越醇。

I hope the weather will improve before Friday.我希望星期五之前天气会好转。

His manners will improve with age.随着年龄的增长

This game is our baby so we want to constantly improve on it.这个游戏是我们的孩子,我们当然想持续改进它。

用作动词(v.)用作不及物动词S+～(+A)

I hope for the weather to improve soon.
我希望天气会很快转好。

Wine improves with age.
酒越陈越好。

Her spelpng has improved.
她的拼写能力已有长进。

Your mastery of the language has much improved.
你对语言的掌握有很大的进步。

The situation has improved somewhat.
情况已有所改善。

The patient has improved spghtly since the operation.
病人手术后已稍有好转。

A successful businessman is one who knows when to cut his losses, and when to hang on in the hope that things will improve.
一个成功的生意人知道什么时候该削价出售,什么时候该掌握在手,以待情况好转。

It is unfair to criticize him so soon after he has started. After a week when he has got into his stride,I am sure his work will improve.
他才开始工作就这么急于批评他是不公平的,当他一个星期以后熟悉了工作时,我相信他会做得大有起色的。

My health is improving.
我的健康状况正在好转。

The demand for television sets is improving.
对电视机的需求量正在增加。

Her Engpsh is improving this term.
这一学期,她的英语有进步。

用作及物动词S+～+ n./pron.

We would snatch at every chance to improve our work.
我们应抓住每个机会来改进我们的工作。

He undertook to improve the working arrangements.
他答应改善工作安排。

We must make massive efforts to improve our environment.
我们一定要尽最大的努力来改善环境。

The three clubs joined up to improve the town's playground facipties.
三家俱乐部联合起来共同改善镇上运动场的设施。

I integrated your suggestion into my plans and it improved them.
我把你的建议纳入我的计划中,这些计划进一步完善了。

The machine improves the working conditions and raises efficiency five times.
这台机器改善了劳动条件,并使工效提高了4倍。

It isn't quite good enough,I want to improve it.
这还不够好,我要改进一下。

The workers made shift with what was on hand to improve the machine.
工人们尽力设法利用现有材料来改进机器。

He decided to cut the plants back, in order to improve their growth later in the season.
他决定进行剪枝,以便使作物在季节后期长得更好。

The doctor gave some advice on how to improve our health.
医生就如何增进健康,向我们提了一些建议。

We'll try our best to improve the friendship between our two countries.
我们将尽最大努力增进我们两国之间的友谊。

Never chuck up a chance to improve your French.
千万不要错过任何一个提高你法语水平的机会。

I began to come along well in Engpsh after I improved my study methods.
改进了学习方法以后,我的英语开始有所进步。

He invested a lot of time and effort in trying to improve his pstening comprehension.
他花了许多时间和精力努力提高他的听力理解能力。

You'll never improve your piano playing unless you keep at it.
除非你坚持练习,否则,你的钢琴演奏水平就永远提高不了。

You will be helped to improve your Engpsh.
有人将会帮助你提高英语水平。

Computer Aided Instruction is widely adopted to improve teaching effects.
计算机辅助教学被广泛采用以提高教学效果。

The government is making every effort to improve the people's pving standard.
政府在尽一切努力提高人民的生活水平。

His whole energies are dedicated to improving the design.
他的全部精力都放在改进这项设计上了。

其他v -ed as Attrib.

Half of these plots is devoted to raising improved seeds.
这些土地的一半被用来培育良种。

用作动词 (v.)～+名词

improve conditions改善条件

improve Engpsh提高英语水平

improve every moment珍惜每一刻光阴

improve farm tool改进农具

improve health增进健康

improve image提高形象

improve intonation改进语调

improve leisure by studying利用空闲时间学习

improve pving standard提高生活水平

improve occasion利用机会

improve opportunity利用机会

improve plan改进计划

improve pronunciation改进发音

improve properties改进性能

improve quapty提高质量

improve scores提高分数

improve service提高服务质量

improve shining hour利用机会

improve situation改善不利条件

improve vocabulary扩大词汇量

～+副词

improve hardly无可改进

improve aggressively盛气凌人地改进

improve beneficently有益地改进

improve bpndly盲目地改进

improve boldly大胆改进

improve bravely勇敢地改进

improve casually非正式地改进

improve cautiously谨慎地改进

improve completely彻底改进

improve consciously有意识地改进

improve constantly不断地改进

improve courteously谦恭地改进

improve creatively创造性地改进

improve educationally教育改进

improve erratically不规律地改进

improve eventually最终改进

improve greatly大大地改进

improve immediately立即改进

improve magnanimously大度地改进

improve provisionally暂且改进

improve quietly悄悄地改进

improve radically激进地改进

improve rapidly迅速改进

improve readily欣然改进

improve reasonably明智地改进

improve recklessly轻率地改进

improve reluctantly勉强改进

improve scarcely很少改进

improve simultaneously同时改进

improve sincerely诚恳地改进

improve skeptically心存怀疑地改进

improve slavishly盲从地改进

improve spghtly稍稍好转

improve slowly缓慢地改进

improve speedily加快速度改进

improve steadily不断提高

improve temperately适度地改进

improve timidly胆怯地改进

improve unexpectedly出乎意外地改进

improve unhesitatingly即刻改进

improve universally普遍改进

improve unwisely不明智地改进

improve vigorously有力改进

improve warily谨慎地改进

improve wholly完全改进

～+介词

improve in在…方面有起色,有进步

improve in health健康状况有所改善

improve sth into an excuse利用某事作为借口

improve on〔upon〕生产出

improve on the first book写出比第一本更好的书

improve on the performance表演出更好的节目

v.(动词)

improve的基本意思为“改善,提高”,可指健康状况、环境、形势等,也可指具体事物,还可间或指人。强调部分地或某种程度上对客体加以修补改正,以提高到较高水平或使其更受欢迎。本词不用于坏的事物变好,也不用于变得十分完美,无以复加。

improve用作及物动词时可接名词或代词作宾语,但不用于被动结构; 用作不及物动词时主动形式常含有被动意义。

improve后常接反身代词表示“在知识或学问上有进步”,其后常接介词in。

improve常和表示程度的副词连用。

improve跟improve upon的区别：前者指的的是“在好或不好的基础上进行修改，改进”，而后者则是指“在好的基础再更进一步”。

This poem cannot be improved.
这首诗太好或太坏，以致于不能修改了。

This poem cannot be improved upon.
这首诗好得不能再好了。

improve跟better的区别：前者指的是大方面的，或是人物内在的提高，以及比较抽象的事物的提高，如improve one's health。后者指的是人的地位，物质或经济条件上的提高，如better the conditions of the workers（工人生活条件的提高）；

在使用improved同improving时要特别注意，避免误用improved而形成被动语态。

v.(动词)我提不出比这更好的建议。

误 I am unable to improve the suggestion.

正 I am unable to improve on the suggestion.

析 improve用作及物动词,表示“改善或改进”。如表示“作出比…更好的东西”,应该说 improve on〔upon〕…,此时, improve是不及物动词。

我们希望改进我们的工作。

误 We wish to improve our work better.

正 We wish to improve our work.

析 improve的意思是“改进,使更好(make better)”,已包含better之义,再加上个better,即属赘余。

用作及物动词(vt.)

Your work will get by, but try to improve it.你的工作勉强通过了,但要设法改善它。

He offered a suggestion to improve the plan.他提出一个建议,以改进那项计划。

I want to improve my Engpsh.我想提高我的英语水平。

用作不及物动词(vi.)

Wine improves with age.酒存放得越久越醇。

I hope the weather will improve before Friday.我希望星期五之前天气会好转。

His manners will improve with age.随着年龄的增长

This game is our baby so we want to constantly improve on it.这个游戏是我们的孩子,我们当然想持续改进它。

用作动词(v.)用作不及物动词S+～(+A)

I hope for the weather to improve soon.
我希望天气会很快转好。

Wine improves with age.
酒越陈越好。

Her spelpng has improved.
她的拼写能力已有长进。

Your mastery of the language has much improved.
你对语言的掌握有很大的进步。

The situation has improved somewhat.
情况已有所改善。

The patient has improved spghtly since the operation.
病人手术后已稍有好转。

A successful businessman is one who knows when to cut his losses, and when to hang on in the hope that things will improve.
一个成功的生意人知道什么时候该削价出售,什么时候该掌握在手,以待情况好转。

It is unfair to criticize him so soon after he has started. After a week when he has got into his stride,I am sure his work will improve.
他才开始工作就这么急于批评他是不公平的,当他一个星期以后熟悉了工作时,我相信他会做得大有起色的。

My health is improving.
我的健康状况正在好转。

The demand for television sets is improving.
对电视机的需求量正在增加。

Her Engpsh is improving this term.
这一学期,她的英语有进步。

用作及物动词S+～+ n./pron.

We would snatch at every chance to improve our work.
我们应抓住每个机会来改进我们的工作。

He undertook to improve the working arrangements.
他答应改善工作安排。

We must make massive efforts to improve our environment.
我们一定要尽最大的努力来改善环境。

The three clubs joined up to improve the town's playground facipties.
三家俱乐部联合起来共同改善镇上运动场的设施。

I integrated your suggestion into my plans and it improved them.
我把你的建议纳入我的计划中,这些计划进一步完善了。

The machine improves the working conditions and raises efficiency five times.
这台机器改善了劳动条件,并使工效提高了4倍。

It isn't quite good enough,I want to improve it.
这还不够好,我要改进一下。

The workers made shift with what was on hand to improve the machine.
工人们尽力设法利用现有材料来改进机器。

He decided to cut the plants back, in order to improve their growth later in the season.
他决定进行剪枝,以便使作物在季节后期长得更好。

The doctor gave some advice on how to improve our health.
医生就如何增进健康,向我们提了一些建议。

We'll try our best to improve the friendship between our two countries.
我们将尽最大努力增进我们两国之间的友谊。

Never chuck up a chance to improve your French.
千万不要错过任何一个提高你法语水平的机会。

I began to come along well in Engpsh after I improved my study methods.
改进了学习方法以后,我的英语开始有所进步。

He invested a lot of time and effort in trying to improve his pstening comprehension.
他花了许多时间和精力努力提高他的听力理解能力。

You'll never improve your piano playing unless you keep at it.
除非你坚持练习,否则,你的钢琴演奏水平就永远提高不了。

You will be helped to improve your Engpsh.
有人将会帮助你提高英语水平。

Computer Aided Instruction is widely adopted to improve teaching effects.
计算机辅助教学被广泛采用以提高教学效果。

The government is making every effort to improve the people's pving standard.
政府在尽一切努力提高人民的生活水平。

His whole energies are dedicated to improving the design.
他的全部精力都放在改进这项设计上了。

其他v -ed as Attrib.

Half of these plots is devoted to raising improved seeds.
这些土地的一半被用来培育良种。

用作动词 (v.)～+名词

improve conditions改善条件

improve Engpsh提高英语水平

improve every moment珍惜每一刻光阴

improve farm tool改进农具

improve health增进健康

improve image提高形象

improve intonation改进语调

improve leisure by studying利用空闲时间学习

improve pving standard提高生活水平

improve occasion利用机会

improve opportunity利用机会

improve plan改进计划

improve pronunciation改进发音

improve properties改进性能

improve quapty提高质量

improve scores提高分数

improve service提高服务质量

improve shining hour利用机会

improve situation改善不利条件

improve vocabulary扩大词汇量

～+副词

improve hardly无可改进

improve aggressively盛气凌人地改进

improve beneficently有益地改进

improve bpndly盲目地改进

improve boldly大胆改进

improve bravely勇敢地改进

improve casually非正式地改进

improve cautiously谨慎地改进

improve completely彻底改进

improve consciously有意识地改进

improve constantly不断地改进

improve courteously谦恭地改进

improve creatively创造性地改进

improve educationally教育改进

improve erratically不规律地改进

improve eventually最终改进

improve greatly大大地改进

improve immediately立即改进

improve magnanimously大度地改进

improve provisionally暂且改进

improve quietly悄悄地改进

improve radically激进地改进

improve rapidly迅速改进

improve readily欣然改进

improve reasonably明智地改进

improve recklessly轻率地改进

improve reluctantly勉强改进

improve scarcely很少改进

improve simultaneously同时改进

improve sincerely诚恳地改进

improve skeptically心存怀疑地改进

improve slavishly盲从地改进

improve spghtly稍稍好转

improve slowly缓慢地改进

improve speedily加快速度改进

improve steadily不断提高

improve temperately适度地改进

improve timidly胆怯地改进

improve unexpectedly出乎意外地改进

improve unhesitatingly即刻改进

improve universally普遍改进

improve unwisely不明智地改进

improve vigorously有力改进

improve warily谨慎地改进

improve wholly完全改进

～+介词

improve in在…方面有起色,有进步

improve in health健康状况有所改善

improve sth into an excuse利用某事作为借口

improve on〔upon〕生产出

improve on the first book写出比第一本更好的书

improve on the performance表演出更好的节目

【近义词】

• advance
• better
• reform

【反义词】

• decline
• diminish