for better
7. for the better 好转；改善
- a change for the better 好的转变
- Things have recently changed for the better. 近来情况有所好转。
- He dreams of changing the world for the better. 他梦想着让世界变得更美好。
8. for better or worse or for better or for worse 不论好坏；不管结果怎样；不论是福是祸
9. to get the better of sb
(in contest, fight) 战胜某人；超过某人； [jealousy, curiosity, anger +] 让人难以掩饰；使人难以自制
- My curiosity got the better of me. 我按捺不住自己的好奇心。
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for better
来自翻译宝典
- 英语>简体中文, 英汉大词典
for better or worse or for better or for worse
adv. phr.
1. With good or bad effect, depending on how one looks at the matter. 不论好坏。
- The historian did justice, for better or worse, to the careers of several famous men. 那位历史学家对几位名人的生平，不论好坏，均作出了公正的评价。
2. Under any eventuality; forever; always. 不管结果怎样；永远。
- Alex and Masha decided to leave Moscow and come to Chicago, for better or for worse. 不管结果如何，亚历克斯和玛莎决定离开莫斯科到芝加哥来。
3. (Marriage vows) Forever, for as long as one may live.（结婚誓言）永远；不论是福是祸。
- With this ring I thee wed, for richer or poorer, in sickness and in health, for better or worse, til death do us part. 我以这枚戒指娶你为妻，今后无论是富是穷，无论是生病还是健康，无论是福是祸，都永远相爱，直到死亡把我们分开。
adv. phr.
1. With good or bad effect, depending on how one looks at the matter. 不论好坏。
- The historian did justice, for better or worse, to the careers of several famous men. 那位历史学家对几位名人的生平，不论好坏，均作出了公正的评价。
2. Under any eventuality; forever; always. 不管结果怎样；永远。
- Alex and Masha decided to leave Moscow and come to Chicago, for better or for worse. 不管结果如何，亚历克斯和玛莎决定离开莫斯科到芝加哥来。
3. (Marriage vows) Forever, for as long as one may live.（结婚誓言）永远；不论是福是祸。
- With this ring I thee wed, for richer or poorer, in sickness and in health, for better or worse, til death do us part. 我以这枚戒指娶你为妻，今后无论是富是穷，无论是生病还是健康，无论是福是祸，都永远相爱，直到死亡把我们分开。
- 英语>简体中文, 美国习语词典
