词组 | improvement |
释义 | improvement The chief prepositions used with improvement are on, in, of, and to. • ... some of whom offered improvements on Patterson's original proposal —Current Biography 1947 • ... where life would be such an improvement on dull dingy Paris —Vladimir Nabokov, Lolita, 1958 • ... studies for possible improvements in State and Federal social security legislation —Current Biography 1947 • ... spent every dollar he earned on the comfort of his family and the improvement of their station in life —Herman Wouk, Marjorie Morningstar, 1955 • ... the patents taken out by Watt for improvements to the steam engine —Times Literary Supp., 5 Mar. 1970 |
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