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正面 496.better
英 ['betə]美 ['bɛtɚ]

背面
释义:
n. 长辈;较好者;打赌的人(等于bettor)adv. 更好的;更多的;较大程度地adj. 较好的vt. 改善;胜过vi. 变得较好n. (Better)人名;(西、瑞典、德)贝特尔
例句:
1. Ever tried. Ever failed. No matter. Try Again. Fail again. Fail better.努力过,失败过,没关系,屡战屡败,屡败屡战,每一次失败都比上一次更好。

1、ac- ( ad- "to" ) + cord- + -ing.2、literally "be of one heart, bring heart to heart".3、=> make agree, reconcile, agree, be in harmony.
better 更好单词boot的比较级,后用作good的比较级。
better (adj.)Old English bettra, earlier betera, from Proto-Germanic *batizo-, from PIE *bhad- "good;" see best. Comparative adjective of good in the older Germanic languages (compare Old Frisian betera, Old Saxon betiro, Old Norse betr, Danish bedre, Old High German bezziro, German besser, Gothic batiza). In English it superseded bet in the adverbial sense by 1600. Better half "wife" is first attested 1570s.better (v.)Old English *beterian "improve, amend, make better," from Proto-Germanic *batizojan (cognates: Old Frisian beteria, Dutch beteren, Old Norse betra, Old High German baziron, German bessern), from *batiz- (see better (adj.)). Related: Bettered; bettering.better (n.)late 12c., "that which is better," from better (adj.). Specific meaning "one's superior" is from early 14c. To get the better of (someone) is from 1650s, from better in a sense of "superiority, mastery," which is recorded from mid-15c."

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