喜樂美語
  1. 1aB2/ɪmˈpruːvd/改良的；改善後的

    better than it was before, because someone has changed it or worked on it. It is used before a noun, often about a product, a system, or how well someone or something does.

    because someone has changed it or worked on it因為有人做了改變或加工 better than it was before所以比以前更好 It is used before a noun；用在名詞前面 often about a product, a system, or how well someone or something does常常是講一個產品、一個系統，或某人某事做得怎麼樣

    示範例句 · Example

    The new bus has improved seats, so the ride home is much more comfortable.

    逐字這台新公車有改良過的座椅，所以回家的車程舒服多了。

    improved 是 improve（改善）的過去分詞，被拿來當形容詞放在名詞前面：improved service、improved performance。可以想成它「回頭指著一次改變」——有人動手改過了，所以現在的版本比舊的好。這也是為什麼廣告最愛用它：new improved formula 就是在說「我們改過了，比以前好」。前面常加 much／greatly／vastly 來說「好很多」。

    常見搭配

    • new improved

      全新改良的

      changed so that it is better than the old one — used in advertising

      Would you like to try our new improved model?

    • much / greatly / vastly improved

      改善很多的

      a lot better than before

      The team showed much improved form after the winter break.

    • an improved version

      改良版

      a new form of something that is better than the earlier one

      The makers come up with an improved version every year.

    • improved performance

      更好的表現

      doing something better than before

      Everyone was pleased with the school choir's improved performance.

    • improved access (to something)

      更方便的使用管道

      a better or easier way for people to get or use something

      The city promised improved access to the park for wheelchair users.

    • improved service

      更好的服務

      better service than customers had before

      The new system lets them offer improved service to customers.

    意思相近

    betterupgradedenhancedrefinedadvanced

    用法接近

    improveimprovementnewupdated

    意思相反

    worseunchangedpoorer

core核心畫面

You can picture improved as a label stuck on the second version of something: someone went back to the first version, worked on it, and what you are looking at now is the result — better than what came before, and better because of that work. It always points backwards at an earlier state.

可以想成貼在「第二版」上的一張標籤：有人回頭去動了原本那個東西，你現在看到的是動過之後的成果——比先前好，而且是因為有人去改才變好的。它永遠隱含一個「之前」：improved formula 是相對於舊配方，improved results 是相對於上次的成績。放在名詞前面用，講產品、講制度、講表現都很順。

同家族的字

比較級 more improved最高級 most improved

意思相近

betterupgradedenhancedrefinedadvanced

用法接近

improveimprovementnewupdated

意思相反

worseunchangedpoorer

原始詞典資料2 筆記錄

以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，摘錄並精簡格式，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。

improvedadj/ɪmˈpɹuːvd/

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    That has been made better; enhanced.

    • The second is to develop a new generation of further improved contrast agent that can yield more intense myocardial contrast after intravenous injection.
    • "When we're finished in 2024, this upgrade programme will provide a much-improved railway between London Waterloo and Portsmouth," said NR's Wessex Route Director Mark Killick.

這個拼法也被記錄為下列字的變化形：

摘錄自 英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary，已精簡格式；依 CC BY-SA 4.0 授權使用，改動後的內容同樣以此授權提供。