ameliorate
verb🔊/əˈmiːliəreɪt/
🔊/əˈmiːliəreɪt/
(formal)Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they ameliorate | 🔊/əˈmiːliəreɪt/ 🔊/əˈmiːliəreɪt/ |
| he / she / it ameliorates | 🔊/əˈmiːliəreɪts/ 🔊/əˈmiːliəreɪts/ |
| past simple ameliorated | 🔊/əˈmiːliəreɪtɪd/ 🔊/əˈmiːliəreɪtɪd/ |
| past participle ameliorated | 🔊/əˈmiːliəreɪtɪd/ 🔊/əˈmiːliəreɪtɪd/ |
| -ing form ameliorating | 🔊/əˈmiːliəreɪtɪŋ/ 🔊/əˈmiːliəreɪtɪŋ/ |
- ameliorate something
to make better something that was bad or not good enough 改善；改进；改良 Steps have been taken to ameliorate the situation. 已经采取措施以改善局面。 🔊🔊 The new laws were designed to ameliorate the problem of chronic debt. 新的法律旨在缓解长期债务问题。 The side-effects of the treatment can be ameliorated to some extent. 治疗的副作用可以在一定程度上得到改善。
Oxford Collocations DictionaryAmeliorate is used with these nouns as the object:- condition
- effect
- situation
- …
Word Originmid 18th cent.: alteration of meliorate (of the same meaning), influenced by French améliorer, from meilleur ‘better’.