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betterment 音標拼音: [b'ɛtɚmənt] n. 改進,改善,漲價 改進,改善,漲價 betterment n 1: a change for the better; progress in development [ synonym: { improvement}, { betterment}, { advance}] 2: an improvement that adds to the value of a property or facility 3: the act of relieving ills and changing for the better [ synonym: { amelioration}, { melioration}, { betterment}] Betterment \ Bet" ter* ment\, n. 1. A making better; amendment; improvement. -- W. Montagu. [ 1913 Webster] 2. ( Law) An improvement of an estate which renders it better than mere repairing would do; -- generally used in the plural. [ U. S.] -- Bouvier. [ 1913 Webster] 91 Moby Thesaurus words for " betterment": Great Leap Forward, about- face, accommodation, adaptation, adjustment, advance, advancement, alteration, amelioration, amendment, apostasy, ascent, bettering, boost, break, change, change of heart, changeableness, constructive change, continuity, conversion, defection, degeneration, degenerative change, deterioration, deviation, difference, discontinuity, divergence, diversification, diversion, diversity, enhancement, enrichment, eugenics, euthenics, fitting, flip- flop, furtherance, gradual change, headway, improvement, lift, melioration, mend, mending, mitigation, modification, modulation, overthrow, pickup, preferment, progress, progression, promotion, qualification, radical change, re- creation, realignment, recovery, redesign, reform, reformation, remaking, renewal, reshaping, restoration, restructuring, reversal, revival, revivification, revolution, rise, shift, sudden change, switch, total change, transition, turn, turnabout, upbeat, upheaval, uplift, upping, upswing, uptrend, upward mobility, variation, variety, violent change, worsening
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