ameliorate

🇺🇸 /əˈmiːliəreɪt/ 🇬🇧 /əˈmiːliəreɪt/
Frequency
Difficulty
Tags TOP20000
verb
R

to make something bad or unsatisfactory better

Efforts are being made to ameliorate the situation

translation

v. to make something bad or unsatisfactory better

Word Forms

3rd Present ameliorates
Past ameliorated
Perfect ameliorated
Progressive ameliorating

Synonyms

enhance v. 提高 improve v. 改善

Antonyms

vitiate v. 破坏 injure v. 使受伤, 损害（名誉） impair v. 削弱 harm n. 伤害 damage n. 损害, 伤害, 赔偿金 tarnish v. 使（金属）失去光泽, 损害（名誉） worsen v. 恶化 hurt v. 使疼痛, 感到疼痛, 使伤心, 感到伤心, 损害, 急需 reduce v. 减少, 浓缩, 减肥, 还原