improvement  /ɪmpr'uvmənt/

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資料來源(1): pydict data [pydict]

  improvement
  U改進;C經改進的東西

資料來源(2): Taiwan MOE computer dictionary [moecomp]

  improvement
  自改進; 自我改善

資料來源(3): Network Terminology [netterm]

  improvement
  改進

資料來源(4): Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]

  Improvement \Im*prove"ment\, n.
     1. The act of improving; advancement or growth; promotion in
        desirable qualities; progress toward what is better;
        melioration; as, the improvement of the mind, of land,
        roads, etc.
  
              I look upon your city as the best place of
              improvement.                          --South.
  
              Exercise is the chief source of improvement in all
              our faculties.                        --Blair.
  
     2. The act of making profitable use or applicaton of
        anything, or the state of being profitably employed; a
        turning to good account; practical application, as of a
        doctrine, principle, or theory, stated in a discourse. ``A
        good improvement of his reason.'' --S. Clarke.
  
              I shall make some improvement of this doctrine.
                                                    --Tillotson.
  
     3. The state of being improved; betterment; advance; also,
        that which is improved; as, the new edition is an
        improvement on the old.
  
              The parts of Sinon, Camilla, and some few others,
              are improvements on the Greek poet.   --Addison.
  
     4. Increase; growth; progress; advance.
  
              There is a design of publishing the history of
              architecture, with its several improvements and
              decays.                               --Addison.
  
              Those vices which more particularly receive
              improvement by prosperity.            --South.
  
     5. pl. Valuable additions or betterments, as buildings,
        clearings, drains, fences, etc., on premises.
  
     6. (Patent Laws) A useful addition to, or modification of, a
        machine, manufacture, or composition. --Kent.

資料來源(5): WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]

  improvement
       n 1: the act of improving something; "their improvements
            increased the value of the property"
       2: a change for the better; progress in development [syn: {betterment},
           {advance}]
       3: a condition superior to an earlier condition; "the new
          school represents a great improvement" [syn: {melioration}]
          [ant: {decline}]