improve是一个雅思常考词汇，这个词的常用解释为v. 改善， 改进， 增进； 好转， 进步，这个词在很多英文原版小说中怎么应用呢，今天小编就带您了解一下。
在查尔斯·狄更斯的《圣诞颂歌》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- It was made when we were both poor and content to be so, until, in good season, we could improve our worldly fortune by our patient indus-try.
在列夫·托尔斯泰的《安娜·卡列尼娜》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- All the profits of labor, on which they might improve their position, and gain leisure for themselves, and after that education, all the surplus values are taken from them by the capitalists.
-- I liked you simply, but you most likely only wanted to save me, to improve me."
-- "In what way are schools going to help the people to improve their material position?
-- And in what way a knowledge of addition and subtraction and the catechism is going to improve their material condition, I never could make out.
-- "He does not improve on closer acquaintance.
在辛克莱·刘易斯的《阿罗史密斯》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- V Few women can for long periods keep from trying to Improve their men, and To Improve means to change a person from what he is, whatever that may be, into something else.
-- I think I am right, but I must check my technique, perhaps improve it--be SURE.
-- If an aggressive, wide-awake, live-wire, and go-ahead church or chamber of commerce or charity desires to improve itself, which means to get more money, it calls in those few energetic spirits who run any city, and proclaims a Week.
在费奥多尔·陀思妥耶夫斯基的《罪与罚》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- You'll never improve a man by repelling him, especially a boy.
在查尔斯·狄更斯的《大卫科波菲尔》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- The kitchen will not improve you, in the many respects inwhich you need improvement.
-- In case of anything turning up (ofwhich I am rather confident), I shall be extremely happy if itshould be in my power to improve your prospects.'
-- I was awkward enough intheir games, and backward enough in their studies; but customwould improve me in the first respect, I hoped, and hard work inthe second.
-- He provided foils for us, and Steerforthgave me lessons in fencinggloves, and I began, of the same master,to improve in boxing.
-- 'Never you mind!You'd like to knowwhether I stop her hair from falling off, or dye it, or touch up hercomplexion, or improve her eyebrows, wouldn't you?
在简·奥斯汀的《爱玛》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- She would notice her; she would improve her; she would de-tach her from her bad acquaintance, and introduce her into good society; she would form her opinions and her man-ners.
-- He had no reason to wish his hair longer, to conceal any confusion of face; no reason to wish the money unspent, to improve his spirits.
-- She had a little beauty and a little accomplishment, but so little judgment that she thought herself coming with superior knowledge of the world, to enliven and improve a country neighbourhood; and conceived Miss Hawkins to have held such a place in society as Mrs. Elton's conse-quence only could surpass.
-- He was not in his best spirits, but seemed trying to improve them; and, at last, made himself talk nonsense very agreeably.
-- She had not deserved it; she had often been negligent or perverse, slighting his advice, or even wilfully opposing him, insensible of half his merits, and quarrel-ling with him because he would not acknowledge her false and insolent estimate of her own but still, from family at-tachment and habit, and thorough excellence of mind, he had loved her, and watched over her from a girl, with an en-deavour to improve her, and an anxiety for her doing right, which no other creature had at all shared.
在托马斯·哈代的《远离尘嚣》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- To the best of his judgement neither nature nor art could improve this perfect one of an imperfect many.
-- Unfortunately the erratic crumb did not improve his narrative powers, and a supplementary hindrance was that of a sneeze, jerking from his pocket his rather large watch, which dangled in front of the young man pendulum-wise.
在玛格丽特·米切尔的《乱世佳人》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- She discovered when she grew older that Gerald had stretched the truthsomewhat, as was his habit when a little stretching would improve a story; but Atlanta was only nine years older thanshe was, and that still left the place amazingly young by comparison with any other town she had ever heard of.
-- Without sugar or cream it was bitter asgall, for the sorghum used for "long sweetening" did little to improve the taste.
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