better

for better or (for) worse

1. 不管怎样

He promised to take her for better or for worse.

他答应不管怎样都要娶她。

get the better of

1. 打败

They got the better of their opponents.

他们击败了对手。

no better than

1. 实际上和……一样

He is no better than a bum.

他与无业游民没有什么两样。


习惯用语all better1.[口]好啦, 不痛啦all the better1.更好, 更妙so much the better1.更好, 更妙any better1.好一些any the better (for)1.(因...而)更好一些(用于否定句、疑问句、条件句)be better1.最好, 更好be better off1.生活过得宽裕一些be better off without1.没有...生活更好过一些[更富裕一些]be the better for1.因...反而更好for better or for worse1.不管好坏; 同甘共苦; 祸福与共(在教堂举行婚礼时的誓言)get [have] the better of1.胜过, 占...的上风go (sb.) one better1.胜过(某人)一筹had better1.最好know better1.懂道理, 有头脑, 不会上当know better than1.懂道理, 有头脑, 不会上当little better than1.和...差不多(多指坏的人或东西)never better1.[口]从来没有这样好, 再好也没有了(主要指身心健康)no better than1.一样的; 并不比...好, 顶多不过是no better than one should be1.行为不正; 不规矩not better than1.不比...更好none the better for1.并不因、、、而好一些; 依然如此one's better1.比自己高明的人one's betters1.上级; 长辈so much the better1.反而更好, 当然更好take "for better for worse "1.与...结成夫妇, 白头到老, 与...同甘共苦, 苦乐与共think better of1.熟思; 对某事改变看法2.予(某人)以较高的评价think (all) the better of1.对...更加尊敬[有更高评价]better half1.(某人的)妻子; 娇妻2.(较少用)(某人的)丈夫Better late than never.1.[谚]亡羊补牢犹未为晚。better oneself1.提高自己的社会地位; 充实自己
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