ameliorate

英 [əˈmiːliəreɪt]

美 [əˈmiːliəreɪt]

v.  改善; 改进; 改良

过去分词：ameliorated　第三人称单数：ameliorates　现在分词：ameliorating　过去式：ameliorated　

GRE

BNC.19718 / COCA.17496

牛津词典

verb

• 改善；改进；改良
  to make sth better
  1. Steps have been taken to ameliorate the situation.
     已经采取措施以改善局面。

柯林斯词典

• VERB 改善；使变好；减轻
  If someone or somethingamelioratesa situation, they make it better or easier in some way.
  1. Nothing can be done to ameliorate the situation...
     做什么也无法使情况好转。
  2. He expected me to do something to ameliorate his depression.
     他希望我做点什么好让他不那么沮丧。

英英释义

verb

• get better
  1. The weather improved toward evening
  Synonym:betterimprovemeliorate
• to make better
  1. The editor improved the manuscript with his changes
  Synonym:betterimproveamendmeliorate

双语例句

• They advocated increased intervention in the economy to ameliorate the worse effects of capitalism.
  他们主张增加经济干预，以减缓资本主义的不良影响。
• Such studies will also, no doubt, give rise to an industry testing new classes of "probiotics" that can be added to food in order to ameliorate its obesity-inducing effects.
  毫无疑问，此类研究也引起了业界对新种类“益生菌”的测试，可以将其加入到食品中以改善人类导致肥胖的效应。
• That should ameliorate the loss of confidence.
  这将有助于缓解信心的损失。
• In every human being there is a wish to ameliorate his own condition.
  改善自己境况的愿望人皆有之。
• Current strategies are insufficient to ameliorate this impact of diabetes on mortality, they state.
  目前对于改进糖尿病对死亡率的影响还缺乏足够的策略。
• Results Octreotide can improve the prognosis of ANP by regulating blood levels of TXB2 and PGI2 and increasing the ratio of PGI2/ TXB2 to ameliorate microcirculation of organs, especially the pancreas.
  结论奥曲肽可能通过改变ANP血液中TXB2、PGI2水平，升高PGI2及TXB2比值，从而改善全身各脏器，特别是胰腺组织微循环血供，改善病变脏器的预后。
• Topiramate seems to act through multiple mechanisms to ameliorate diabetic symptoms, some of them unknown.
  托吡酯似乎通过多种作用机制改善糖尿病综合征，其中某些机制尚不清楚。
• By putting something between the Service Consumer and the Service Provider you can ameliorate the problem.
  通过把一些东西放在服务消费者与服务提供者之间，你可以缓解这个问题。
• We anticipate that pre-medication will ameliorate or prevent this symptom.
  我们期望前驱给药会改善或防止这种现象。
• Nothing can be done to ameliorate the situation
  做什么也无法使情况好转。