1.
better
:
例：
She wants a better job.
（她想要份更好的工作。）
We could either go to Florida or California—which
do you think is better?
（我們可以去佛羅里達(dá)，也可以去加利福尼亞，你覺得哪個(gè)更好？）
better than
比……好
Your job is better than mine.
（你的工作比我的好。）
My sister is a better student than me.
（姐姐的學(xué)習(xí)比我好。）
The sales figures were better than we
expected.
（銷售情況比我們預(yù)期的要好。）
better at something/doing something
更擅長做某事
Lucy's better at French than I am.
（露西的法語比我好。）
Tom's better at playing basketball than I
am.
（湯姆的籃球打得比我好。）
far better/much better/a lot better
比……好得多
His latest novel is far better than
anything he's written before.
（他最新的這部小說比他過去的作品好得多。）
better quality
更佳的質(zhì)量
Consumers are demanding lower prices,
better quality, and a larger selection of goods.
（消費(fèi)者都想要價(jià)格更低、質(zhì)量更好、選擇更多。）
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2.
superior
: products, skills, or
services that are superior are better than those that they are competing
against
例：
a superior product
（更好的產(chǎn)品）
German cars are far superior.
（德國車質(zhì)量好得多。）
Our aim is to provide our clients with a
superior service at all times.
（我們的目標(biāo)是，時(shí)刻給我們的顧客提供更好的服務(wù)。）
superior to
He thinks men are superior to women.
（他認(rèn)為男人比女人強(qiáng)。）
They claimed that a vegetarian diet was
superior to a meat diet.
（他們說素食比肉食好。）
補(bǔ)充：
''superior''
的反義詞
''inferior'':
of a lower quality than
something else, or less good at doing something than someone else
例：
Consumers are tired of paying a high price
for what is an increasingly inferior service.
（消費(fèi)者受夠了為越來越差的服務(wù)花高價(jià)買單。）
California oil is a heavier and inferior
grade of oil, compared with other crude oils.
（與其他產(chǎn)地的原油相比，加利福尼亞原油密度更大，質(zhì)量更差。）
White bread is generally inferior in
nutritional value.
（大部分白吐司營養(yǎng)價(jià)值不高。）
Their furniture is certainly cheaper, but
it's of inferior quality.
（毫無疑問，他們家家具更便宜，但是質(zhì)量不如別家。）
inferior to
Old Mr Carter was convinced that women
doctors were inferior to men.
（卡特老先生相信女醫(yī)生不如男醫(yī)生。）
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3.
of a higher standard/of higher quality
: goods or services that are of a higher standard or higher quality
are better than they were previously or better than goods or services of a
similar kind
備注：
''of a
higher standard/of higher quality''
常用于書面語中。
例：
In the mid-eighties, American consumers
began to purchase more and more Japanese products, believing they were better
value and of higher quality.
（從
80
年代中期開始，越來越多的美國消費(fèi)者開始買日本貨，覺得日貨更物美價(jià)廉。）
of a higher standard/of higher quality
than
Government officials are claiming that the
health care available here is of a much higher standard than in neighboring
countries.
（政府官員稱，我國的醫(yī)療服務(wù)比鄰國好得多。）
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4.
beat
: to be much better and more
enjoyable than something else
備注：
''beat''
是非正式的用法。
例：
Jack's home-made burgers beat anything you
can get at fast-food restaurants.
（杰克自己做的漢堡比快餐店賣的漢堡更好吃。）
beat doing something
It's not a particularly good job, but it
certainly beats being unemployed.
（這不是個(gè)特好的工作，但聊勝于無。）
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