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be better than sth/sb
比较级结构，表示比……更好。
This book is better than that one.
这本书比那本更好。
更好的；较优的
先理解核心含义，再看它在真实句子里的用法。
更好的；较优的
Greater or lesser (whichever is seen as more advantageous), in reference to value, distance, time, etc.
This book is better than that one.
这本书比那本更好。
Greater in amount or quantity
Greater or lesser (whichever is seen as more advantageous), in reference to value, distance, time, etc.
Healed or recovered from an injury or illness.
This is a better solution than the previous one.
这是一个比之前更好的解决方案。
I feel much better today after getting some rest.
休息之后，我今天感觉好多了。
She is looking for a better job with a higher salary.
她正在找一份薪水更高的更好的工作。
比较级结构，表示比……更好。
This book is better than that one.
这本书比那本更好。
表示状态或能力的改善。
Your English is getting better.
你的英语正在变好。
表示在某方面更擅长。
She is better at math than me.
她数学比我好。
常用于建议或比较两种做法。
It is better to wait than to rush.
等待比匆忙更好。
Not this
This is more better.
Use this
This is better.
中文中常说'更加好'，但英语中better已是比较级，前面不能再加more，否则构成双重比较。
Not this
He is better than I.
Use this
He is better than me.
在非正式或口语中，than后通常用宾格me，而非主格I；这是英语惯用用法，中文学习者常误用主格。
Focus on the distinctions below. Other candidates are kept compact until a reliable usage note is available.
比...更好
This solution is better than the previous one.
这个解决方案比之前的更好。
好转；改善
I hope you get better soon.
希望你早日好转。
感觉好些
After taking the medicine, she felt much better.
服药后，她感觉好多了。
处境更好；更富裕
Many families are better off than they were ten years ago.
许多家庭比十年前更富裕了。
更好的理解
This book gives you a better understanding of the subject.
这本书让你对这个主题有更好的理解。
更好的质量
They offer better quality products at lower prices.
他们以更低的价格提供更高质量的产品。
迟做总比不做好
I finally finished the report a week late, but better late than never.
我终于晚了一周完成了报告，但迟做总比不做好。
谨慎总比后悔好
I always check the gas twice before leaving; better safe than sorry.
我离开前总是检查两次煤气；谨慎总比后悔好。
熟悉的魔鬼总比陌生的好（指宁可忍受已知的坏处，也不冒险尝试未知）
He decided to stay with his old job because better the devil you know than the devil you don't.
他决定留在原来的工作岗位上，因为熟悉的魔鬼总比陌生的好。
爱过又失去，总比从未爱过要好。
From Alfred Lord Tennyson's poem 'In Memoriam', this line is often quoted to comfort people after heartbreak.
出自阿尔弗雷德·丁尼生勋爵的诗《悼念》，这句话常被用来安慰失恋的人。
燃烧殆尽好过慢慢消逝。
A lyric from Neil Young's song 'Hey Hey, My My (Into the Black)', later popularized by Kurt Cobain in his suicide note.
出自尼尔·杨的歌曲《Hey Hey, My My (Into the Black)》，后因科特·柯本在遗书中引用而广为人知。
Use better naturally, then get feedback on meaning, tone, grammar, and phrasing.
Revisit a common error or keep this word in your review list.
better中的bet像是打赌，打赌能变得更好
Better 作为形容词比较级，意为“更好的”，用法中性，常出现在比较结构中。
Words such as 'letter', 'setter', 'getter', 'sweater', and 'debtor' rhyme with 'better' (stressed vowel /ɛ/ and ending /tər/). Note that 'pepper' is spelled similarly but pronounced with /pər/ instead of /tər/, so it does not rhyme. Also, 'debtor' has a silent 'b' but still rhymes.
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