better

the — the better

used to emphasize the importance or desirability of the quality or thing specified

越…越好

the sooner we're off the better.

我們越早離開越好。

better the devil you know than the devil you don't

(proverb)it's wiser to deal with an undesirable but familiar person or situation than to risk a change that might lead to a situation with worse difficulties or a person whose faults you have yet to discover

(諺)（待人處世）做生不如做熟；寧與熟悉的壞人打交道，不與不知其底細者相處

better off

in a more desirable or advantageous position, especially in financial terms

（尤指經濟情況）比以前好，比以前寬裕

the proposals would make her about ￡40 a year better off.

這些建議可以使她每年比以前多得40英鎊。

the better part of

almost all of; most of

幾乎所有的；大部分

it is the better part of a mile.

這差不多有一英里。

better safe than sorry

(proverb)it's wiser to be cautious and careful than to be hasty or rash and so do something you may later regret

(諺)謹言慎行不吃虧，輕率莽撞必后悔

better than

(N. Amer.)more than

(北美)多于，超過

he'd lived there for better than twenty years.

他已在那里住了20多年。

the better to —

so as to —— better

為了更好地…

he leaned closer the better to hear her.

他側身向她挨近以便聽得更清楚些。

for better or (for) worse

whether the outcome is good or bad

無論結果是好是壞

get the better of

(of a person) gain an advantage over or defeat (someone) by superior strength or ability

取得對（某人）的優勢；占（某人）的上風；擊敗（或勝過）…

no one has ever got the better of her yet.

到目前為止還從未有人戰勝過她。

go one better

narrowly surpass a previous effort or achievement

稍好，稍有提高

I want to go one better this time and score.

我這次想做得好一些，能夠得分。

had better do something

would find it wiser to do something; ought to do something

最好做某事；應該做某事

you had better be careful.

你最好小心些。

have the better of

be more successful in (a contest)

在（比賽）中占上風

Attlee had the better of these exchanges.

阿特利在這些辯論中占了上風。

no (或 little) better than

just (or almost) the same as (something bad); merely

與…如一丘之貉，半斤對八兩

viceroys who were often no better than bandits.

往往和盜匪無甚差別的總督大人們。

no better than one should (或 ought to) be

perceived as sexually promiscuous or of doubtful moral character

被認為有多個性伴侶的，亂交的；被認為道德品質有問題的