better.とは 意味・読み方・使い方
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意味・対訳 (…より)いっそうよい、(二者の中で)いっそうすぐれて(いる)、(容態・気分など)(…より)よくなって、(病後)回復して、元気になって
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何らかの比較対象よりも「よりよい」 質,程度,数量などが何らかの比較対象よりも高いことを表す |
better.の |
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研究社 新英和中辞典での「better.」の意味 |
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It would be better if you asked in person. あなたがじきじきに頼んだほうがよいだろう. So much the better! それはますますけっこう. Better late than never. 《諺》 遅くてもしないよりはまし. Nothing could be better.=Things couldn't be better. それがいちばんだ, すべての点で満足している. |
be bétter than one's wórd | be the bétter for… |
nò [líttle] bétter than… | nòt àny bétter than… |
the bétter párt of… |
(àll) the bétter for… | be bétter óff |
gò a person óne bétter | had bètter /hədbèṭɚ/ dó… |
knów bétter (than to dó) | knów nò bétter |
thìnk bétter of… |
for bétter (or) for wórse=for bétter or wórse | gèt [hàve] the bétter of… |
better working conditions 労働条件をさらに改善する. |
better2
good
good sandwiches おいしいサンドイッチ. |
get a good result in an exam 試験で優の成績をとる. |
It's good of you to invite me.=You're good to invite me. ご招待いただいてありがとうございます. |
b
叙述的用法の形容詞 〔+前+(代)名〕〔…が〕上手で,得意で,うまくて 〔at,in,on,with〕《★【用法】 at,in は技術の対象,on は特定のもの[事], with は扱いの対象に用いる》.
This fish won't keep [《主に英国で用いられる》 stay] good overnight. この魚はあしたまでもたないだろう. |
a good investment 安全な投資. good securities 優良証券. |
hàve it góod |
Is there any good in arguing with the inevitable? 避けがたい運命をどうこう言ってみたところで何の足しになろう. |
be úp to nó góod | còme to nó góod |
dò góod | dò a person góod |
for góod (and áll) | for the góod of… |
in góod with… | to the góod |
well1
áll vèry wéll | (áll) wéll and góod |
júst as wéll | (júst) as wèll… |
Vèry wéll. |
lèt [lèave] wéll (enòugh) alóne |
Well, I never!=Well, to be sure!=Well now! まあ, (これは)驚いた!, まさか! Well, well! これはこれは! Well, I'm not sure. さてどうだろう. |
Well, here we are at last. やれやれ, やっと着い(てよかっ)た. |
Well , as I was saying…. さて, さっき言ったとおり…. |
Óh wéll | Wéll I néver (díd)! |
Wéll thén |
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コア何らかの比較対象よりも「よりよい」質,程度,数量などが何らかの比較対象よりも高いことを表す
形容詞
1〔人について〕a(他の人または当人自身を以前の状態などと比較して)〈…よりも〉よりすぐれた,より能力が高い,もっと上手な〈than〉
b〈…より〉より満足できる,より目的にかなった〈than〉
2〔事物について〕a(他の事物または当該事物自体を以前の状態などと比較して)(質・状態などが)〈…より〉よりすぐれた,もっとよい〈than〉
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bより効果的な;より適した;より目的にかなった
3《it is better (for A) to do》(A(人)が)…する方がよい[賢い];《it is better+that節》…ということの方がよい[賢い]
4((叙述))(病気・けがなどの状態が)よくなって;回復して(この意味では最上級のbestは用いない)
成句have seen better days
((口))以前より貧しい[悪い]状態である
成句no [little] better than ...
(悪い意味で)…も同然である;ほとんど…と同じくらい悪い
成句or better
私に言わせれば
成句the better part of ...
…の大部分,大半の
副詞
1〈…より〉よりよく,より上手に〈than〉(←→worse)
2a〈…より〉より高い程度で,よりよく,ずっと〈than〉(likeやknowなどの動詞と共に用いる)
b(数量が)〈…より〉より多く〈than〉
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3…した方がよい
4((複合語を作って))より…に;より…な
成句all the better
①((be [feel] all the better for ...で))((口))…のおかげでより状態がよい
②=so much the better
成句be better off
①以前よりも[他の人々よりも]裕福である;暮し向きがよくなっている
②より満足度の高い状態である;より幸福である
成句be better off doing
(人に提案または意見を述べて)…した方がよい
成句better still [yet]
いっそのこと(その前に述べたことよりもさらによいことを言うときに使う)
成句do better to do
…した方が賢明である
成句go one better (than ...)
((口))(相手または過去の成績などを)上回る;しのぐ
成句had better do
①…すべきである;…しなさい;…した方がよい(比較的強い調子の提案,忠告,命令)
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成句know better (than that)
⇒know動詞成句
成句so much the better
それに越したことはない;そうなればさらによい
成句think better of ...
⇒think動詞成句
名詞
2(達成度・扱いなどが)実際よりもよいこと,高水準であること(expect, deserveなどの動詞と共に用いる)
3((one's ~s))((しばしばおどけて))(その人よりも)社会的地位などが高い人々;目上の人々
成句for better or (for) worse
よきにつけあしきにつけ(結婚式の宣誓のことばから)
成句for the better
良い方向に向かって,好転して
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成句get [have] the better of ...
①(感情が)(人)の自制心をなくす;(人)に勝る
②(争い・議論などで)(人)を負かす;(人が)(争い・議論など)に勝つ
=bettor
動詞
他動詞
2a(状態・状況など)をよりよくする,改善する,好転させる
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b《better oneself》よりよい地位につく,出世する;高収入を得る;自分を磨く,向上する
自動詞
日本語WordNet(英和)での「better.」の意味 |
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better
好転する
it would be better to speak to him それは彼に話す方がいい |
素晴らしさ、品質、好ましさあるいは適合性のもう一つ(同じ部類、組、種類の)より優れている
(superior to another (of the same class or set or kind) in excellence or quality or desirability or suitability)
(the superior one of two alternatives)
chose the better of the two 2つのうちよりよい方を選んだ |
Wiktionary英語版での「better.」の意味 |
better
発音
- (non-rhotic) IPA(key): /ˈbɛtə/
- (rhotic) IPA(key): /ˈbɛtəɹ/
語源 1
From Middle English better, bettre, betre, from 古期英語 betera (“better”), from Proto-West Germanic *batiʀō, from Proto-Germanic *batizô (“better”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰed-rós, from *bʰed- (“good”).
Cognate with Sanskrit भद्र (bhadrá, “blessed, fortunate, happy, good”) (from *bʰn̥d-ró-s). For Germanic cognates: see Proto-Germanic *batizô. Related to best and battle (“getting better, improving, fruitful, fertile”). Compare also Icelandic batna (“to improve”), bót (“improvement”), German besser. More at batten, boot.
形容詞
better (positive good, adverb well, comparative (humorous) betterer, superlative (humorous) betterest, or (standard) best)
- comparative degree of good
- comparative degree of well
- Greater in amount or quantity
派生語
- against one's better judgment
- all to the better
- an ounce of prevention is better than an ounce of cure
- an ounce of prevention is better than a pound of cure
- are you feeling better
- better and better
- better an egg today than a hen tomorrow
- better angels
- better angels of one's nature
- better angels of somebody's nature
- better angels of someone's nature
- better ball
- better dead than red
- better Dead than Red
- better dead than Red
- better half
- better is the enemy of good
- better-known
- better late than never
- better light
- better nature
- betterness
- better off
- better-paid
- better part of
- better place
- better safe than sorry
- bettership
- better than a kick in the teeth
- better than a poke in the eye
- better than a poke in the eye with a burnt stick
- better than a poke in the eye with a rusty nail
- better than a poke in the eye with a sharp stick
- better than a poke in the eye with a shitty stick
- better than nothing
- better than sex
- better the devil you know than the devil you don't
- better the devil you know than the devil you don't know
- better the devil you know than the one you don't
- better the devil you know than the one you don't know
- better to be late than be dead on time
- better to light a candle than to curse the darkness
- better to light a single candle than to curse the darkness
- better to light one candle than to curse the darkness
- better to light one small candle than to curse the darkness
- build a better mousetrap
- discretion is the better part of valor
- discretion is the better part of valour
- do someone one better
- for better or for worse
- for better or worse
- for the better
- get better
- go one better
- half a loaf is better than no bread
- half a loaf is better than no loaf
- half a loaf is better than none
- have seen better days
- I couldn't have said it better myself
- it is better to travel hopefully than to arrive
- it's better to ask forgiveness than permission
- it's better to be judged by twelve than to be carried by six
- know any better
- know better
- make a better door than a window
- no better than one ought to be
- prevention is better than cure
- something is better than nothing
- so much the better
- strictly better
- take a turn for the better
- the better is the enemy of the good
- the devil we know is better than the devil we don't
- the devil we know is better than the devil we don't know
- the devil you know is better than the devil you don't
- the devil you know is better than the devil you don't know
- the fewer the better fare
- the grey mare is the better horse
- think better of
- two heads are better than one
- you better believe it
副詞
better
- comparative degree of well
- 1901, Louis Couperus, Alexander Teixeira de Mattos (translator), Small Souls,
- Greater or lesser (whichever is seen as more advantageous), in reference to value, distance, time, etc.
- (Can we clean up(+) this sense?) (colloquial shortening) Had better.
- You better do that if you know what's good for you.
派生語
- better the devil you know
- had better
- 'd better
- bettern't
名詞
- An entity, usually animate, deemed superior to another; one who has a claim to precedence; a superior.
- 1594–1597, Richard Hooker, J[ohn] S[penser], editor, Of the Lawes of Ecclesiastical Politie, […], London: […] Will[iam] Stansby [for Matthew Lownes], published 1611, OCLC 931154958, (please specify the page):
- Their betters would hardly be found.
派生語
語源 2
Shortening of had better ('d better)
動詞
better
- (modal, auxiliary verb, colloquial) Had better.
- It's getting late. You better get on home.
使用する際の注意点
- Better in this sense has often been considered an adverb. But it is virtually synonymous with should in We better be going. and with ought to in We better go. Should and ought are auxiliary verbs.
参考
語源 3
From Middle English beteren, from 古期英語 beterian, betrian, from Proto-Germanic *batizōną. Cognate with West Frisian betterje (“to better”), Dutch beteren (“to better”), German bessern (“to better”), Danish bedre (“to better”), Swedish bättra (“to better”).
動詞
better (三人称単数 現在形 betters, 現在分詞 bettering, 過去形および過去分詞形 bettered)
- (transitive) To improve.
- 1815, William Wordsworth, From the same (To the Supreme Being)
- 1847 January – 1848 July, William Makepeace Thackeray, chapter 2, in Vanity Fair, London: Bradbury and Evans […], published 1848, OCLC 3174108:
- He thought to better his circumstances.
- 1849–1861, Thomas Babington Macaulay, chapter 3, in The History of England from the Accession of James the Second, volume (please specify |volume=I to V), London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, OCLC 1069526323:
- (intransitive) To become better; to improve.
- This government will better this society
- (transitive) To surpass in excellence; to exceed; to excel.
- 1594–1597, Richard Hooker, J[ohn] S[penser], editor, Of the Lawes of Ecclesiastical Politie, […], London: […] Will[iam] Stansby [for Matthew Lownes], published 1611, OCLC 931154958, (please specify the page):
- The works of nature do always aim at that which can not be bettered.
- (transitive) To give advantage to; to support; to advance the interest of.
Conjugation
infinitive | (to) better | ||
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present tense | past tense | ||
1st-person singular | better | bettered | |
2nd-person singular | |||
3rd-person singular | betters | ||
plural | better | ||
subjunctive | better | bettered | |
imperative | better | — | |
participles | bettering | bettered |
同意語
派生語
- betterer
- betterment
参照
- better at OneLook Dictionary Search
- better in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911
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better
はるかによい.
better by far
the more the better
よりよくする
to make better
よりよくする
like better
well
好転する
上達した
より悪くする
not too much better
優れた
ほどが好い
The more the better.
多ければ多いほどいい.
The more the better.
よりどころ
何よりも
行儀のよい
好んで
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That's better.発音を聞く例文帳に追加
良くなりました。 - Tanaka Corpus
You'd better believe it.発音を聞く例文帳に追加
本当ですよ。 - Tanaka Corpus
a change for the better例文帳に追加
好転 - Eゲイト英和辞典
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