ameliorate

英 [əˈmiːliəreɪt]

美 [əˈmiːliəreɪt]

v.  改善; 改进; 改良

过去分词：ameliorated　第三人称单数：ameliorates　现在分词：ameliorating　过去式：ameliorated　

GRE

BNC.19718 / COCA.17496

牛津词典

verb

• 改善；改进；改良
  to make sth better
  1. Steps have been taken to ameliorate the situation.
     已经采取措施以改善局面。

柯林斯词典

• VERB 改善；使变好；减轻
  If someone or somethingamelioratesa situation, they make it better or easier in some way.
  1. Nothing can be done to ameliorate the situation...
     做什么也无法使情况好转。
  2. He expected me to do something to ameliorate his depression.
     他希望我做点什么好让他不那么沮丧。

英英释义

verb

• get better
  1. The weather improved toward evening
  Synonym:betterimprovemeliorate
• to make better
  1. The editor improved the manuscript with his changes
  Synonym:betterimproveamendmeliorate

双语例句

• We anticipate that pre-medication will ameliorate or prevent this symptom.
  我们期望前驱给药会改善或防止这种现象。
• Current strategies are insufficient to ameliorate this impact of diabetes on mortality, they state.
  目前对于改进糖尿病对死亡率的影响还缺乏足够的策略。
• How could we ameliorate such aspects and how could we improve the present University English situation?
  如何才能改善这种局面、如何才能提高我国大学英语教学的现状等问题接踵而至。
• But the only pretreatment is not enough to ameliorate the quality of the image.
  在实际改善图像质量以提高其视觉效果时仅仅采用一种预处理方法是不够的。
• Such studies will also, no doubt, give rise to an industry testing new classes of "probiotics" that can be added to food in order to ameliorate its obesity-inducing effects.
  毫无疑问，此类研究也引起了业界对新种类“益生菌”的测试，可以将其加入到食品中以改善人类导致肥胖的效应。
• Finally expound the matter and shortage of the system, in order to ameliorate better in the future.
  最后阐述了毕业设计存在的问题和不足，以便于将来更好地进行改进。
• Topiramate seems to act through multiple mechanisms to ameliorate diabetic symptoms, some of them unknown.
  托吡酯似乎通过多种作用机制改善糖尿病综合征，其中某些机制尚不清楚。
• That should ameliorate the loss of confidence.
  这将有助于缓解信心的损失。
• These results identify a readily modifiable environmental risk factor that may ameliorate disease progression in patients with NAFLD.
  研究结果发现了一种容易改变的环境危险因素，其可以改善NAFLD疾病的发展进程。
• He expected me to do something to ameliorate his depression.
  他希望我做点什么好让他不那么沮丧。