meliorate
英 ['miːlɪəreɪt]
美 ['miljəret]
- vi. 改善；改良；变好
- vt. 改善；改良；变好
meliorate 改善，改良，变好来自拉丁语melior,更好的，-or,比较级后缀，来自PIE*mel,强壮的，有力的，增多的，词源同multi-,ameliorate.
- meliorate (v.)
- 1550s, "to make better," back-formation from melioration or else from Late Latin melioratus, past participle of Latin meliorare "improve," from melior "better," used as comparative of bonus "good," but probably originally meaning "stronger," from PIE root *mel- "strong, great, numerous" (see multi-). Related: Meliorated; meliorating; melioration; meliorative.
