|
Từ điển LongMan Dictionary
improve
im‧prove S2 W1 /ɪmˈpruːv/ verb [Word Family: verb: improve; noun: improvement; adjective: improved] [date : 1500-1600; Origin : emprowe 'to improve' (15-16 centuries), from Anglo-French emprouer 'to make a profit', from Old French prou 'advantage, profit'; probably influenced by approve] [INTRANSITIVE AND TRANSITIVE] to make something better, or to become better: ▪ a course for students wishing to improve their English ▪ The doctors say she is improving (=after being ill). ▪ You could use the money for improving your home. ▪ Many wines improve with age (=get better as they get older). REGISTER In everyday English, people often say something gets better rather than improves: ▪ Her English is definitely getting better. ▪ I hope things get better soon. improve on/upon something phrasal verb to do something better than before or make something better than before: ▪ Bertorelli has scored 165 points, and I don’t think anyone will improve on that.
verb COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a situation improves ▪ The situation has improved over the last decade. an improved version ▪ The manufacturers come up with new, improved versions each year. expand/improve your vocabulary (also enrich your vocabularyformal) ▪ Reading helps to expand your vocabulary. improve relations ▪ The government emphasized the need to improve relations with neighbouring countries. improve safety ▪ New plans have been announced to improve safety on the railways. improve (sb's) health ▪ Doing more exercise will improve your health. improve sb’s performance ▪ These changes significantly improve the performance of the engine. improve the chance of sth ▪ The book shows you how to improve your chance of success. improve your fitness ▪ You can improve your fitness by going for a daily run. improve your image ▪ The casino industry was keen to improve its image. improve/enhance the appearance of sth/sb ▪ Fresh air improves the appearance of the skin. improve/enhance the flavour ▪ You can enhance the flavour by adding some cream. improve/enhance the quality ▪ The measures will improve the quality of the water in the river. improve/increase efficiency ▪ The company is taking steps to improve efficiency and reduce costs. ▪ Recent efforts by American business to increase efficiency seem to have failed. improve/remedy a situation ▪ They are doing what they can to improve the situation. improve/tighten security (=make it better) ▪ Mexico has tightened security along its southern border. increase/improve your knowledge ▪ If you want to improve your knowledge of the language, you should go and live in France. ▪ In the past twenty years, we have greatly increased our knowledge of how the brain works. increase/improve/enhance sb’s understanding ▪ The classes really helped to increase our understanding of the subject. increase/improve/raise productivity ▪ ways of increasing productivity raise/improve morale ▪ The special meetings were intended to raise morale. raise/improve standards ▪ We are determined to raise standards in our schools. sales improve ▪ Sales are expected to improve over the coming year. sb's health improves ▪ Her health improved slowly after she came home from hospital. sb's mood improves ▪ By the next morning, her mood had improved. sb’s position improves ▪ By March, the Democrats' position had improved. standards improve ▪ The standard of this festival improves every year. things improve ▪ Things appear to be improving. COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS ADVERB dramatically ▪ The section to the next town of Shanklin is built-up but the route improves dramatically on the way to and out of Ventnor. ▪ Datastorm also has dramatically improved the Procomm installation and setup routines. ▪ Not only did my own shape improve dramatically but so did that of my ladies. ▪ Crop yields will improve dramatically as vegetation thrives on an atmosphere rich in carbon dioxide. ▪ I hope at this point your self-image has improved dramatically. ▪ And their coaching has improved dramatically since ex-Purdue boss Lin Dunn took over late last season. ▪ Either I was wrong at the time or the author has dramatically improved. ▪ Packaging of such systems for the home has improved dramatically. greatly ▪ Production methods have been greatly improved. ▪ Not surprisingly, this first instance of mass production greatly improved the lot of the people. ▪ However, both these methods would be greatly improved by adding full-length curtains at the sides where space allows. ▪ Although the company lost, chances of success would be greatly improved under the proposed legislation. ▪ Incidentally, Chandos have greatly improved the presentation of their Collect series. ▪ The effect of the resulting orderliness was a greatly improved efficiency. ▪ Enterprise zones have not been environmentally harmful; in many cases standards have greatly improved. ▪ Increased and improved communication plus the passage of time and more frequent face-to-face contacts should greatly improve understanding. much ▪ In my opinion, these meetings would have been much improved by the presence of a few men. ▪ He is a Man of very good sense, but not much improved in his education. ▪ It has been much improved over the previous version and humanized, to boot. ▪ Watching others leave, even those much improved, could have been discouraging in another way. ▪ If everyone knows and obeys the rules traffic flow and safety at roundabouts is much improved. ▪ Still others take the early scores as evidence that elementary schools are much improved and therefore no longer justify priority attention. ▪ For better-paid workers and their families, housing conditions were much improved and the diet was better. ▪ For now, there is work to be done in Seattle with a team expected to be much improved this season. significantly ▪ Her mood improved significantly as a result. ▪ Although these occupations may be unavoidably dangerous, it is conceivable that their safety could be significantly improved. ▪ Discussion: Evidently, collocational information can significantly improve the recognition process. ▪ Indeed, even the original bike's designer, Miguel Galluzzi, hasn't been able to significantly improve on it. ▪ Clean them up, and your writing will improve significantly. ▪ Doctors said yesterday his condition had improved significantly, but that it was still serious. ▪ After six months, only the pianists improved significantly on a test of spatial reasoning, assembling a puzzle of a camel. NOUN appearance ▪ Too see these premises re-opened and repaired would indeed improve the appearance of this area of the town. ▪ Want to improve the appearance of a document? ▪ For instance volunteer groups create external benefits by improving the appearance of the environment, through best-kept village competitions or reclaiming old canals. ▪ What can I do to improve its lifeless appearance? ▪ It is true that embalming improves the appearance of a corpse if it is to be viewed by friends and relations. ▪ This considerably improves appearance and provides for the disinfection requirement. ▪ Second phase With the essentials complete, the second phase of the project - to improve overall appearance, is well under way. ▪ A grill is good for improving the appearance of microwaved food. attempt ▪ This is important because there are many interests which may try to stifle attempts to improve health care. ▪ Until these patterns are changed or eliminated, any attempt at improving individual performance is likely to prove futile. ▪ It was upon them that the legal profession focussed in the early 1970s in an attempt to improve its tarnished public image. ▪ Officer Bass said he has met with protective agency workers in an attempt to improve communications. ▪ It is easiest to see this in attempts to improve one's chances of promotion. ▪ Car ownership and use grow continuously, severely undermining the government's fragile attempts to improve the environment. ▪ Lakatos developed his picture of science in an attempt to improve on, and overcome the objections to, Popperian falsificationism. ▪ Many current government programmes reflect major attempts to improve social and economic conditions in an increasingly complex society. care ▪ This is important because there are many interests which may try to stifle attempts to improve health care. ▪ Whether this revolution has improved medical care or worsened it is open to dispute. ▪ Computer generated protocols Editor, - Richard J Lilford and colleagues show that structured methods of recording data can improve patient care. ▪ Thursday, Vacco announced a new statewide commission to examine ways of improving the quality of care for the dying. ▪ And hospital chiefs are confident the shops will turn in healthy profits that will be used to improve patient care. ▪ Problems can be clearly identified through an audit, and solutions can be found to improve service and nutritional care. ▪ He also listed the capital investments that have been made to improve health care in his constituency. ▪ None is more demanding than the increasing clamor for improved quality of care while concomitantly reducing costs. chance ▪ With every passing day our chances of relief improve. ▪ Kinship can pay an individual to reduce its own chances if it improves the prospects of other members of its family. ▪ In addition, it is possible that colonic decompression may reduce the chance of perforation and improve blood flow to the bowel wall. ▪ But these children could have a wonderful chance to improve their skills. ▪ Industrial workers' best chance of improving their prospects is to act as a global working class. education ▪ Second, it is purposeful, directed towards improving the effectiveness of education. ▪ He is a Man of very good sense, but not much improved in his education. ▪ The motive behind the shake-up has been to improve post-16 education. ▪ Recognizing this, a number of black parents no longer see integration as central to an improved education for their children. ▪ Ultimately, economic growth and improved education are the best ways to raise wages. ▪ Effective school-to-work systems are not just a new and improved version of vocational education. efficiency ▪ If the scientists succeed, they will have taken a small step toward improving the efficiency of nuclear fusion devices. ▪ Switched hubs can improve network efficiency by more than an order of magnitude. ▪ These improvements are currently being geared to improving efficiency and output from the normal working day. ▪ In private industry, a budget analyst examines, analyzes, and seeks new ways to improve efficiency and increase profits. ▪ But cutting greenhouse emissions from transport will take more than just improving the efficiency of cars and trucks. ▪ Any profits from improved production efficiency are retained by the partners rather than benefiting the consortium. ▪ Both will seek to develop new markets and improve efficiency by adjusting timetables, introducing better locomotive diagramming and crew rosters. ▪ It was in 1763 that an event occurred which led Watt radically to improve the efficiency of Newcomen type steam engines. effort ▪ Motor industry analysts say Rover's upturn is partly down to efforts to improve its image. ▪ An appropriate response, it seemed, would have been for the company to redouble its efforts to improve its own offering. ▪ Meanwhile, residential social work is hedged about with overt and unspoken rules in any effort to improve matters. ▪ The panel has met twice in an effort to work out improved procedures. ▪ Late in the nineteenth century some efforts were made to improve irrigation facilities in these areas, where. ▪ Black efforts to improve their circumstances were met with hostility and suspicion, and finally, open aggression. ▪ Only time will tell if this is a serious effort at improving both public sector accountability and overall performance. ▪ Aiding his efforts was an improved method for dating rock known as uranium-lead isotope analysis. environment ▪ Car ownership and use grow continuously, severely undermining the government's fragile attempts to improve the environment. ▪ The city is planning to talk with local commercial brokers about what can be done to improve the business environment. ▪ It aims to improve awareness of the environment and looks at energy, transport, pollution and recycling. ▪ Emerson had written that the proposed trade agreement could help improve the border environment. ▪ The subcommittee questioned industry representatives on the role companies could play in improving the environment. ▪ Its underlying objective was to improve the man-made environment by testing a range of products. ▪ Considerable global assets have been spent to prevent non-communicable diseases - for example, with major investments to improve the environment. ▪ He is, however looking to improve his environment by joining most of his immediate colleagues in West Lothian! facility ▪ Some farms had in recent times improved their stock handling facilities and this had helped greatly. ▪ Immediate priorities should include improving facilities to deal with infectious agents that require high level microbiological safety precautions. iii. ▪ A Northallerton Town football player has been signed up to improve fitness facilities at Hambleton leisure centres. ▪ Late in the nineteenth century some efforts were made to improve irrigation facilities in these areas, where. ▪ It is now looking to raise a further £900,000 to improve facilities. ▪ In addition to the afternoon's official programme, there were several extra events, all raising funds to improve facilities at the centre. ▪ Stamford are improving their already rad facilities - more street stuff, a fun box with a handrail. ▪ If local authorities do seek to improve their residential care facilities, what form might this take? game ▪ I am a high-handicapper, but as keen as anyone else to improve my game. ▪ He must improve his overall game. ▪ And the public don't like it because they want high-tech equipment to improve their games. ▪ One needed a steady supply of opponents; men as good as oneself-better if one really wished to improve one's game. ▪ If you are changing your swing technique around to improve your game, it should never necessitate not playing on the course. ▪ All the Wilsons ladies' clubs incorporate features designed to help women players improve and enjoy their game. ▪ From that time onwards, when other children were out playing, they were practising their tennis and improving their game. health ▪ Constanze, thoroughly alarmed, forbade him to do any more work on the Requiem until his health improved. ▪ Almost at once Victor Amadeus's health began to improve. ▪ Once home again in Ninfania, his health improved. ▪ Mental health is also improved among patients who pray, according to studies. ▪ It might be expected that the percentage thinking that health had improved since their parents' time would increase with age. ▪ All of them found ways to reduce the toxicity and to regain their health and improve their productivity. ▪ My health is improving from day to day. ▪ Join a health club to improve your fitness and figure. look carefully at your clothes. image ▪ Motor industry analysts say Rover's upturn is partly down to efforts to improve its image. ▪ The only way Marana can improve its image is to improve the way it does business. ▪ Napoli 99 is a private organisation founded in1984 to improve the negative image that the city was acquiring. ▪ They usually focus on one of three areas: normal eating; comfortable exercise; or improved body image. ▪ A police report said the scheme would improve the image of Middlesbrough town centre night-life. ▪ The World Bank is finding it difficult to improve its image. ▪ The private sector, for example, was central to the approach, and improving the city's image was seen as vital. ▪ Also a conservatory can improve the overall image and give an extra incentive to attract new customers. life ▪ The Plan sets out a vision to improve the quality of life. ▪ We as a union knew that our primary job was to protect the worker and improve his economic life. ▪ I thought that might improve my life but on Monday Barron demonstrated that was not true, so I left. ▪ Clinical trials provide valuable information on new treatments that can save lives or improve quality of life. ▪ But the volunteers could only pledge to try and improve life for them. ▪ It would improve the quality of life for residents, families and staff in residential care, to set clear goals. ▪ He repeated promises that the council was doing all it could to improve the quality of life for residents in the area. lot ▪ The founding of these organisations gave real impetus to a movement directed towards improving the lot of domestic animals. ▪ Not surprisingly, this first instance of mass production greatly improved the lot of the people. ▪ If they're married, they look to improve their lot and that of their family. ▪ There is no middle class and little opportunity to improve one's lot. ▪ Now, I believe that a Labour Government holds more promise of greatly improving the lot of people with HIV/AIDS. ▪ The Eastern philosophies and religions have little to offer in improving the lot of mankind. ▪ He was also the leader of a pressure-group to improve the lot of old-age pensioners. ▪ The second proposal is to allow people collectively to improve their lot. management ▪ The structure of the business development group can also improve relationship management. ▪ Under no pressure to improve, management had itself ignored the reality of the situation. ▪ The belief that government performance can be improved by better management is hardly new. ▪ Failing schools are improved and failing management is replaced. ▪ It calls on countries to improve management of plantations and set aside remaining native forests to allow them to regenerate naturally. ▪ The Priority Estates Project, designed to improve the management of public-sector housing, is discussed in Chapter 4. ▪ Some local areas will be amalgamated to improve their economics and management. ▪ Landfill tax credits have been used to restore these ancient boundaries, and to improve water management on the site. measure ▪ Some companies are taking measures to improve this situation. ▪ Yet when they lost weight, all those measures improved. ▪ There are also other measures that can improve overall health and make the body more resilient. ▪ One policy of the Regional Council is to introduce measures to improve conditions and facilities for pedestrians and cyclists. ▪ The combination of those measures will improve the situation dramatically. ▪ But these measures had to improve. performance ▪ The use of statistical process control by world class manufacturing companies shows how non-financial information can be used to improve performance. ▪ Mounting a strong staff development component to help special education staff to improve their performance on the job. 5. ▪ As a result it is often difficult to analyse the errors of a probabilistic system in an effort to improve its performance. ▪ Peer pressure among journalists also can have a powerful influence on improving performance. ▪ Hartzell claim improved take-off and climb performance, reduced noise and vibration, and better ground clearance. ▪ Even a Little League coach urged Ritalin for a 9-year-old catcher to improve his performance. ▪ Simply improving the performance of the pattern recognition module will not produce a recognition performance comparable to that of a human. ▪ If you experience difficulty in reaching these standards, your manager will try to help you improve your performance. position ▪ She was a little sorry for him, but also glad that she had improved her position since they last met. ▪ If his opponents were intent on overplaying their hand, it could only improve his position with the cardinal. ▪ Instead, particular professions try to improve their individual staffing position. ▪ But governments are still likely to emerge from it having promised to improve women's position across the board. ▪ This may also not be the best, but it is hard to see how Black can improve his position. ▪ Our refining costs remain lower than those of the industry and we are taking steps to improve on this advantaged position. ▪ The right hon. Gentleman said that a reduction in the prison population was the way to improve the position in prisons. ▪ Two accounting changes could help trusts improve their revenue positions. productivity ▪ Thus an industrial salesperson may be able to advise his customers on improving productivity or cutting costs. ▪ This chapter explains how that broader application facilitates decentralization and greater employee interest in improving quality and productivity. ▪ Hydraulic Fracturing Hydraulic fracturing is a method frequently used in Carboniferous wells to improve productivity. ▪ All of them found ways to reduce the toxicity and to regain their health and improve their productivity. ▪ He thinks the changes would improve the productivity of the office and enable it to handle more work each week. ▪ It also seeks to improve productivity by mining 24 hours a day, seven days a week. ▪ Making change in processes and systems to improve efficiency and productivity. ▪ But in his search he could find only pieces of various techniques to improve quality and productivity. quality ▪ This easy-to-read article presents business examples of ways to measure and improve service quality. ▪ Congress required this to improve air quality in cities whose air violates health standards. ▪ The project is one of several at schools around the country, with the aim of improving pupils' quality of life. ▪ He responded with courage and knocked back the load of special interests trying to weaken efforts to improve air quality. ▪ We will establish an independent National Statistical Commission to collect and publish statistics and improve their quality. ▪ What they were concerned about-and we were concerned about-was improving quality. ▪ In recent years, a lot of work has gone into improving the quality of care that patients receive from the health service. ▪ Wise entrepreneurs understand that what they do should improve the quality of their lives and the lives of everyone they touch. rate ▪ He has set up the Starbucks Foundation to help improve literacy rates. ▪ So in 1990, School &038; Main launched an ambitious initiative to improve college retention rates for young people called Higher Ground. ▪ One of these is to improve prosecution and conviction rates. ▪ The improving default rate is a welcome sign, they say. ▪ A push to improve the overall attendance rate involved several different strategies. ▪ The Cheltenham trainer has steadily improved his strike rate over the past five years and should eclipse his 1991/92 tally of 31. ▪ How then, do we retain our numbers and improve our success rate? safety ▪ We have helped to establish the Football Trust, which now devotes £20 million a year to improving the safety of grounds. ▪ Functional matters For paths and steps, permanent mains-voltage lighting can improve safety considerably. ▪ It provides assistance to member states in improving safety practices in the chemical industry. ▪ We will eliminate racial discrimination in housing allocation and improve safety on estates. ▪ The findings could lead to improved seismic safety standards at nuclear plants. ▪ The money will be used to restructure workshops, improve site safety and increase environmental protection. ▪ About three weeks ago, Teran released a four-year strategic plan to improve public safety throughout Baja California. school ▪ It will prevent the taking of prompt action to improve failing schools. ▪ In 1993, the consortium published a report on its seven most improved high schools. ▪ To improve secondary school library provision and the quality of book selection. ▪ The schools had not improved, although new school buildings were planned. ▪ Some of the obsequies that marked Chris Woodhead's passing spoke of his work to improve school standards. ▪ Some of the chiefs also urged improved information sharing between schools and law enforcement officials. ▪ In the last five years, £9 million has been spent on improving school buildings in the area. ▪ The city in 1995 began levying an education tax to improve schools, for example. service ▪ The Conservative Government always said that we had to create wealth first, and then improve our public services. ▪ Problems can be clearly identified through an audit, and solutions can be found to improve service and nutritional care. ▪ It has recently completed a major computerisation programme which will enable it to improve its service to the customer still further. ▪ Short-term projects to improve customer service might buck up the conviction of those managers. ▪ They rake through customer complaints for ideas for improving their products or service. ▪ That money has been plowed back into the budget to improve services, he said. ▪ Labour still believes that it has a better story about its own plans for improving public services than the Tories. ▪ Since it began its pay-for-\\#service test about two years ago, the bureau has improved its service, he said. situation ▪ The region claims the situation should improve this year with new storm water tanks in Dunfermline reducing the likelihood of overflows. ▪ He reappeared as soon as the battlefield situation improved. ▪ If, however, other countries take similar measures to cut pollution, the situation obviously improves. ▪ And the situation is barely improving, if at all. ▪ However, the therapist did not think that the situation had improved and therefore offered further open access. ▪ While efforts are afoot to retain experienced sailors and train more, it may take years before the situation improves. ▪ You should find that with regular watering and feeding until the foliage dies down naturally the situation will improve next year. ▪ Although my tuition skyrocketed in Miami, our financial situation improved. skill ▪ Keeping up to date, helping to improve skills for the off-farm job, and making contact with other farmers were other minor responses. ▪ In some cases, the temporary help company will train employees to improve their skills. ▪ The main conclusion to be drawn here is that the way to aid slow readers is to improve their word-recognition skills. ▪ I came here to improve on my soccer skills. ▪ She may lack motivation to increase knowledge and improve skills, and appear uninterested. ▪ Player ratings and statistics change as the players learn and improve their skills with playing experience. ▪ We must ensure that they receive ample opportunities to improve their skills and monitor their progress. ▪ Clearly, though, the best way to improve your presentation skills is through practice and constructive criticism, hardly new concepts. standard ▪ Labour standards improved in the West as countries became richer, not because draconian conditions were imposed on them from outside. ▪ It said standards would be further improved. ▪ Secondly, social work is likely to become more professional as training standards improve. ▪ The obvious conclusion here is that the Giants are more likely to lose games to the new standard than improve them. ▪ Enterprise zones have not been environmentally harmful; in many cases standards have greatly improved. ▪ In addition, environmental standards have improved - sometimes dramatically - and leisure and recreational facilities have been substantially enhanced. ▪ Global demand is projected to double over the next 30 years as population increases and living standards improve. system ▪ The Bill is the latest in a long line of measures to protect society from criminals and to improve the penal system. ▪ Qigong is said to improve the immune system and restore physical energy. ▪ We will improve recycling and waste-disposal systems. ▪ Even if returns improve, the pension system still faces serious problems. ▪ There was then more silence, and I was later told that the Microwriter company had been improving the Agenda system. ▪ Since then, she has gained 80 pounds and begun to show an improved immune system and responsiveness. ▪ The firm is also committed to integrating object technology to improve workflow automation, systems management and decision support functionality. ▪ But this bill would hurt families without truly improving our legal system. things ▪ If we had more courage at Goodison in facing up to the truth unpalatable though it may be things might begin to improve. ▪ Her boss was pleased with her new forthrightness, and things improved. ▪ BIf things do not improve, then parents are summoned to a private meeting with school and district attorney officials. ▪ He did some things he will improve on. ▪ While things have improved in 1992, champagne is still struggling. ▪ People, not things, improve an organization. ▪ That was back in the early 1600s and things had been improving gradually ever since. ▪ The pity of it was, not long after my father died in 1933 things improved quite a lot in the material sense. ways ▪ It gives clear detailed instructions, answers queries and suggests ways to improve your technique. ▪ Instead, he lay in the room next door and thought about new ways to improve the bungalow. ▪ It focuses on the manager helping the individual to find ways to improve in the future. ▪ Ask the students to suggest ways they could improve the sound. ▪ Part of the agitation for reform of local government concerned ways of improving this research function. ▪ Worker suggestions were sought for ways to improve the proposed layout. ▪ The group also will look for ways to improve the safety of nuclear power plants worldwide. VERB aim ▪ Two other recent products aim to improve the way in which light is reflected from the skin. ▪ Wilson also is proposing modest environmental programs aimed at improving the coast and wetlands. ▪ Comprising area energy representatives, the committee aims to improve energy performance by exchanging information and ideas on best practice. ▪ Ford Motor Co. and Chrysler Corp. are displaying all-aluminum cars -- an old idea -- aimed at improving fuel economy. ▪ They aim to improve family relationships and parenting skills in order to reduce the possibility of family break-up. ▪ The Eisenhower grant, established in the 1950s, is aimed at improving education in science, math and technology. ▪ It aims to improve awareness of the environment and looks at energy, transport, pollution and recycling. continue ▪ Meanwhile, the price of laser-printers halves every four years or so, and their resolution and speed continue to improve. ▪ Management continued to improve across the board, and success yielded more success. ▪ He also vowed to maintain ties with the United States while continuing to improve relations with the Soviet Union. ▪ Percentage Defects continue to improve as shown by a noticeable reduction in variability and level. ▪ The challenge for all of us working in palliative care is how to continue to improve. ▪ The mass payback continues to improve with each additional mission. ▪ Innovation and learning: How can we continue to improve. ▪ First, continue to improve your human relations skills. design ▪ The final plank of the strategy is designed to improve the attractiveness of nursing as a career in competition with others. ▪ Example: Our food stamp program is designed to improve the diets of low-income families. ▪ This programme was designed to improve their relationship with Gary by providing opportunities for mutually reinforcing activities. ▪ The following exercises were designed to improve flexibility as it relates to driving. ▪ They did so before and after the individuals involved had been on an intensive programme designed to improve their reading. ▪ The Post Office and its unions have entered into agreements which are designed to improve productivity. ▪ The Project has three aims designed to improve our knowledge and understanding of the business community. help ▪ It looks as though the parasites are actually helping their host by improving its shell. ▪ This person, whether a business associate or spouse, is exerting energy to help you improve. ▪ Wordpower and Numberpower are certificates that have been introduced to help candidates improve their communication and numeracy skills. ▪ Talking it over will help improve communication. ▪ Trafford education authority has received about £13 million in the past two years to help it reorganise and improve its schools. ▪ Emerson had written that the proposed trade agreement could help improve the border environment. ▪ He has set up the Starbucks Foundation to help improve literacy rates. ▪ Allen King in Salinas has also adopted a new approach to helping his obese patients improve the quality of their lives. need ▪ It is an important Bill even if, as it stands, we believe that it needs to be improved. ▪ The mortgage payments were no small trouble, what with his sister gone; he needed to improve his profits, dramatically. ▪ Once behind their peers they need individual attention to improve their reading. ▪ What is needed to improve? 5. ▪ Consider whether lawyers need to improve their typing skills. ▪ They needed to improve organizational performance with the equipment and the people at hand. ▪ We particularly need to improve the placement of our publicity material in tourist centres, including the development of hotel packs. ▪ Some parents say back-to-basics schools are exactly what is needed to improve public education in Arizona. seek ▪ In each encounter with discourse, we start with a set of assumptions, whose accuracy we seek to improve. ▪ Worker suggestions were sought for ways to improve the proposed layout. ▪ If local authorities do seek to improve their residential care facilities, what form might this take? ▪ It would be customer driven, set goals, measure itself, and seek to continuously improve. ▪ Recently the Dulverton Trust has contributed more than £1 million to charities which seek to improve industrial relations. ▪ It also seeks to improve productivity by mining 24 hours a day, seven days a week. ▪ Media training courses run by the Press and Parliamentary Unit continued to attract in numbers lawyers seeking to improve their publicity skills. ▪ In private industry, a budget analyst examines, analyzes, and seeks new ways to improve efficiency and increase profits. try ▪ Or to try and improve the lives of the people who would one day be his subjects? ▪ We will continue to advertise, and try to improve it, and build an audience. ▪ And they send over their secretary of state to praise you for trying to improve relations and then they resume financial assistance. ▪ Everyone tries to improve on past performances and learn from mistakes. ▪ What you can do It's important for anyone with arthritis to try to retain and improve mobility through exercise and movement. ▪ Instead, particular professions try to improve their individual staffing position. ▪ Mr Threlfall added that the service was not complacent and was always trying to improve. ▪ Management has recognised this and over recent decades has tried various ways to improve this front line contact. work ▪ The author's royalties will all go to charities working to improve the welfare of farm animals. ▪ But they want to see you working, trying to improve. ▪ This would not preclude close working relations between purchasers and providers working closely to improve quality. ▪ So even when he worked hard to improve in that area, he simply could not get people on his side. ▪ Many thanks to all involved for working so hard towards improving our bank balance. ▪ That would be left to government statisticians, who would work simultaneously to improve the index. ▪ We have really worked hard on improving and focusing and repositioning the engineering operation of the cars. ▪ It discourages housing authorities from working to improve their operations. EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES ▪ By managing natural resources more effectively, our quality of human life could be improved greatly. ▪ Changes will be made if the situation doesn't improve. ▪ Conditions in prisons have improved dramatically in the last 20 years. ▪ I wanted to improve my French, so I got a job in Paris. ▪ In the weeks that followed, his health continued to improve. ▪ Let's hope the weather improves before Saturday. ▪ My health finally began to improve when I changed to a less stressful job. ▪ She was told to go back to the doctor in two weeks if she hadn't improved. ▪ Some wines improve with age. ▪ Susie's improving gradually with this new treatment. ▪ The funds will go towards improving road and rail services. EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ In some cases, the temporary help company will train employees to improve their skills. ▪ It is librarians and information scientists who can best improve the latter situation. ▪ Medical facilities, too, have vastly improved and are more widely available. ▪ The goal of donor led initiatives should be to improve health care, not to increase private provision. ▪ The only way Marana can improve its image is to improve the way it does business.
|
|
▼ Từ liên quan / Related words
Related search result for "improve"
|
|