| 釋義 |
bettern. superior in rank,person of higher rank thanoneself身份更優(yōu)越者，地位更高的人。
△Ham.3.4. 31:“Thou wretched,rash,intruding fool. farewell!/ Itook thee for thy better.”i.e. the King,who Hamletthought was hiding behind the arras.你這個(gè)倒霉魯莽、多事的蠢材，再見了！ 我把你當(dāng)做了你的主子。
△2H.Ⅳ.4.3.71 (65):“I am.my lord. but as my betters are,/Thatled me hither.”大人，我不過是跟領(lǐng)我到這里來的那些地位比我高的人們一樣罷了。
△H.Ⅴ.4.1.43: “Then you a bet-ter than the King.”這么說，你比國(guó)王還高了。
△2H.Ⅵ.1.3.112(109):“Ambitious Warwick,let thy bettersspeak.”狂妄的沃里克，讓比你身份更高的人說話。
△2H.Ⅵ5.1.119: “The sons of York,thy betters in theirbirth,/Shall be their father’s bail，”約克的兒子們，出身比你優(yōu)越，自然可以做他們父親的保人。
△3H.Ⅵ.5.5.35:“And thou,misshapen Dick (i.e. Richard),I tell yeall/I am your better,traitors as ye are,/And thouusurp’st my father’s right and mine.”還有你，畸形丑陋的狄克，我告訴你們?nèi)齻€(gè)人，我是你們的主子，你們不過是叛賊，而你篡奪了我父親和我自己的合法權(quán)利。
bettera.
1.greater 更大的，較大的。
△As.3.1.2: “But were Inot the better part(i.e. for the greater part) mademercy，” i.e. if mercy did not predominate in my na-ture. 不過，假如我不是大部分心腸慈善(又譯：我若不是生性慈善為本)。
2. of higher rank身份更高的。
△1H.Ⅵ.2.4.98: “Andthat I’ll prove on better men than Somerset，” 這一點(diǎn).我要用與比薩默塞特身份更高的人決斗來證明。
better worth: worth more值得更多。
△2H.Ⅵ.1.3.88(85): “The very train of her worst wearing gown Was better worth than all my father’s lands,/ TillSuffolk gave two dukedoms for his daughter.”哪怕她最不值錢的一件長(zhǎng)袍的邊角，也比薩福克拿兩塊公爵領(lǐng)地給我父親來換他的女兒之前，我父親的全部土地要值錢得多。
Phrases & Expression:better angel:i.e. guardian angel善良天使，（指）守護(hù)天使。
△Oth.5.2.206 (208): “Yea,curse his better an-gel from his side，”i.e.drive from his side with curseshis guardian angel. 哼，用咒罵趕走他身邊的善良守護(hù)天使。
Better once than never,for never too late: It is nevertoo late to mend. 知過能改，永遠(yuǎn)不遲。(“亡羊補(bǔ)牢，未為晚也。”)
△Shr.5.1.157(150).better part: the best qualities of a man（一個(gè)人）最優(yōu)秀的品質(zhì)。
△Com.2.2.127(123): “Am better than thydear self’s better part.”我是比你自己的靈魂還更重要的一部分。
better place: higher rank更高的地位。
△Mer.3.5.74(68): “A many fools,that stand in better place.”有許多傻子，地位比他高。
better wisdoms: superior advice 高見。
△Ham.1.2.14: “nor have we herein barred/Your better wis- doms，”，關(guān)于此事，朕也不曾拒絕各位的高見。
betterad.
1. more更，更大程度地。
△Ham.3.2.265 (251):“Stillbetter,and worse.”i.e. Even more keen,but less de-cent. 更尖刻了，也更不像話了。(又譯：更妙了，更糟了。)
△H.Ⅴ.2.2.25: “Never was monarch better fearedand loved/Than is your Majesty.”從來沒有哪一位君王比陛下更受到臣民的敬畏和愛戴。
2. the more readily更愿。
△Gent. 3.2. 19:“Makes methe better to confer with thee.”使我更愿意和你商量一下。
bettervt.
1. improve upon,perfect改進(jìn)，使完善；（反語）變本加厲。
△Mer.3.1. 76(71): “The villainy you teach me,Iwill execute,and it shall go hard but I will better theinstruction.”你們教給我的壞事，我要照樣實(shí)行，我若不變本加厲地處置你們，那才是怪哩。
△Ham. 5. 2. 277 (263): “Butsince he is bettered,we have therefore odds.” 不過他又有了改進(jìn)，所以我們就請(qǐng)他讓你幾著。
2. exceed,surpass超過，超越。
△Ado.1.1.15:“Hehath indeed better bettered expectation than you must expect of me to tell you how.”他的確能夠超過一般人對(duì)他的期望，我這張嘴也說不盡他的好處。
3. reinforce,help 補(bǔ)充，幫助。
△Mer.4.1.158: “bet-tered with his own learning，”更以他自己的學(xué)問補(bǔ)充之。4. magnify,exaggerate放大，夸大。
△R.Ⅲ.4.4.122:“Bettering thy loss makes the bad-causer worse.”夸大你的損失就能使造成損失的壞人顯得更壞。
～ vi. improve改進(jìn)。
△Lr.1.4. 371 (346):“Striving tobetter,oft we mar what’s well.”想求改善，我們常把好事毀掉。 better[?bet?]adj.adv.& n. 較好（的），更好（的）v. 改善，勝過
◇ all the better 更加好
be better off 境況較好
be the better for it 因此（反）而更好
better be the head of an ass than the tail of a horse 寧為雞頭，毋為牛后
Better late than never.遲做總比不干好。better oneself 改善自己的狀況
for better or worse 不管怎樣
for the better 較好
get the better of 勝過
had better還是…好
no better than 幾乎等于
so much the better 甚至更好
the sooner,the better 越快越好
‖ better a record 刷新紀(jì)錄
better attempt 較好的試作
better foot 技術(shù)能力較好的腳
better try 較好的試作
bettermost adj. 最好的，大部分的 |