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

• 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。
• Renown eye drops can ameliorate the symptoms and signs of asthenopia safely and effectively.
  润洁萘扑维滴眼液14d内能安全有效地缓解视疲劳的一些症状和体征。
• 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。
• When he left, he promised to ameliorate the equipment of the ambulance.
  当他离开时，他许诺将来要改善野战医院的设备。
• 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。
• 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。
• ABER can ameliorate rat obesity induced by high fat probably through the mechanism of modulating lipid metabolism and accumulation.
  研究结果显示：黑米花色苷提取物能够改善高脂膳食诱导的大鼠肥胖相关指标。
• It is succeeded that adopts the ameliorate measure that advanced by this paper to solve the high temperature corrosion.
  采用该文提出的方法，解决高温腐蚀问题，是成功的。
• Nothing can be done to ameliorate the situation
  做什么也无法使情况好转。