meliorate

动词 v.
中文释义

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. To make better; to improve; to solve a problem. transitive
    — They offered some compromises in an effort to meliorate the disagreement.
  2. To become better. intransitive

词形变化

meliorates present,singular,third-person meliorating participle,present meliorated participle,past meliorated past

词汇关系

衍生词
meliorable meliorater melioration meliorative meliorator
相关词
ameliorate

词源

First attested in 1542; borrowed from Late Latin meliorātus, perfect passive participle of meliorō (see -ate (verb-forming suffix)), from melior (“better”).
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