Improvement

(noun.) the act of improving something; 'their improvements increased the value of the property'.

(noun.) a change for the better; progress in development.

(noun.) a condition superior to an earlier condition; 'the new school represents a great improvement'.

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• The tithe, which is but a tenth of the produce, is found to be a very great hindrance to improvement. 亚当·斯密. 国富论.
• In 1822 the important improvement of the reciprocating knife bar was made by Ogle, which became a characteristic feature of all subsequent successful reapers. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世纪发明进展.
• This improvement put weaving ahead of spinning, and the weavers were continually calling on the spindlers for more weft yarns. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世纪发明.
• Her mind, disposition, opinions, and habits wanted no half-concealment, no self-deception on the present, no reliance on future improvement. 简·奥斯汀. 曼斯菲尔德庄园.
• Notwithstanding the establishment of a regular routine of manufacture and sale, Edison did not cease to experiment for improvement. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
• Concurrently with this change of ownership there was going on a great improvement in agriculture. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• A recent improvement in the handling of iron from the blast furnace is shown in Fig. 255. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世纪发明进展.
• If the profit is less, mercantile employments will draw capital from the improvement of land. 亚当·斯密. 国富论.
• The new cushions are a great improvement upon the hard marble seats we have been so long accustomed to. 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.
• This proving a failure, he, in 1830, turned his attention to the improvement of rubber goods. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世纪发明.
• Before sunset he had cut six acres of wheat, and convinced his audience that his machine was a great improvement over the old method. 鲁伯特·萨金特·荷兰. 历史性发明.
• The only important improvement made in it during that long term of service was the substitution of the percussion cap for the flint lock. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
• Tom seemed to think there was decidedly room for improvement in me, and seemed very earnest that I should be converted. 哈丽叶特·比切·斯托. 汤姆叔叔的小屋.
• No amount of improvement in the personal technique of the instructor will wholly remedy this state of things. 约翰·杜威. 民主与教育.
• We are, I think, in the right road of improvement, for we are making experiments. 本杰明·富兰克林. 富兰克林自传.
• The most important of all modern improvements on the bicycle was perhaps the pneumatic tire. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世纪发明进展.
• In a generation or two, education, emigration, improvements in agriculture and manufactures, may have provided the solution. 柏拉图. 理想国.
• The Laputians' great improvements in the latter. 乔纳森·斯威夫特. 格列佛游记.
• Other improvements were made, and in 1891 the first hundred machines that were really marketable were manufactured. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
• This was the pioneer of the automatic system which by later improvements is able to send over a thousand words a minute. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世纪发明进展.
• You must begin your improvements on this house, observed Elinor, and your difficulties will soon vanish. 简·奥斯汀. 理智与情感.
• Husbandry and American Improvements. 本杰明·富兰克林. 富兰克林自传.
• The complexity and expensiveness of Jacquard's loom were greatly reduced by subsequent improvements. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世纪发明.
• Senefelder, in his subsequent improvements, gave a slight relief to the letters by the original plan of using diluted aqua-fortis, by which means the impressions obtained were blacker. 弗雷德里克·科利尔·贝克维尔. 伟大的事实.
• Improvements were made during the years 1861, 1862 and 1863. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
• Manufacturing of malt by the pneumatic process, and stirring malt during germination, are among the improvements. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世纪发明.
• With improvements in safety there seems no limit to the possibilities of flight. 鲁伯特·萨金特·荷兰. 历史性发明.
• Stephenson was now very well regarded at the colliery for the improvements he had made there. 鲁伯特·萨金特·荷兰. 历史性发明.
• Besides the Sholes patents, it embodies the improvements covered by patents to Clough & Jenne, No. 199,263, Jan. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世纪发明进展.
• In a national and in a social point of view, also, railways have produced important improvements. 弗雷德里克·科利尔·贝克维尔. 伟大的事实.

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