A COLLECTION OF GOOD WORDS
改进
Improvement
The more a person learns how to use the forces of nature for his own purposes, by means of perfecting the sciences and the invention and improvement of machines, the more he will produce.
一个人学习如何利用自然的力量为自己的目的，通过完善科学和机器的发明和改进，他会生产更多。
I think if we're going to have to landfill trash, and I think we basically have to, we might as well get the upside for it and dedicate that upside to improving the environment in so many different ways.
我认为，如果我们必须填埋垃圾，而且我认为我们基本上也必须填埋垃圾，那么我们不妨从好处入手，把好处用很多不同的方式来改善环境。
Through art and science in their broadest senses it is possible to make a permanent contribution towards the improvement and enrichment of human life and it is these pursuits that we students are engaged in.
通过最广泛意义上的艺术和科学，有可能为改善和丰富人类生活作出永久的贡献，而我们学生从事的正是这些追求。
I think the real reason for my improvement is because I had such a long period in the off-season just working as hard as I could on all my new dives; making sure I did lots of repetition to get them consistent.
我认为我进步的真正原因是因为我在休赛期有很长一段时间，在我所有的新动作上都尽我所能地努力;确保我做了很多重复来让它们保持一致。
I was glad to hear of that determination as I detest the practice of cousins marrying or any marriage between persons in which there can be traced the most distant relationship. I go for the improvement instead of the deterioration of our race.
我很高兴听到这个决定，因为我讨厌堂兄弟姐妹结婚，讨厌任何可以追溯到最遥远关系的人结婚。我追求进步而不是我们种族的堕落。
Despite the painful changes we have had to make, we continue to believe in the St. Louis market. And we are hoping to add flights, in a careful way, as the economics of our business improve and the demands of the traveling public in St. Louis become clear.
尽管我们不得不做出痛苦的改变，但我们仍然相信圣路易斯市场。我们希望谨慎地增加航班，因为我们的业务在经济上有所改善，圣路易斯旅游公众的需求也变得清晰起来。
Never forget that the purpose for which a man lives is the improvement of the man himself, so that he may go out of this world having, in his great sphere or his small one, done some little good for his fellow creatures and labored a little to diminish the sin and sorrow that are in the world.
不要忘记一个人的生活的目的是改善人类自身,所以,他可能离开这个世界,在他伟大的球或小,做一些有利于他的生物和有点困难减少世界上的罪恶和悲伤。
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沿着这个主题，再读几句。
Relentless improvement of the product and upgrading of consumer tastes are the heart of mass merchandising.
产品的不断改进和消费者品味的不断提升是大众营销的核心。
Social improvement is attained more readily by a concern with the quality of results than with the purity of motives.
社会进步更容易通过对结果质量的关注而不是单纯的动机来实现。
Politics is about the improvement of people's lives. It's about advancing the cause of peace and justice in our country and the world. Politics is about doing well for the people.
政治是关于改善人们的生活。这是为了推进我们国家和世界的和平与正义事业。政治就是为人民谋福利。
And I think that's righteous, I think that's what parents want to know. They want to know what's going right in the school, and what needs improvement, and that's what this law does.
我认为这是正义的，我认为这是父母们想知道的。他们想知道学校里发生了什么，什么需要改进，这就是这部法律的作用。
To its great credit, Wimbledon has been a leader in bringing about change and improvement in the sport.
值得称道的是，温布尔登在改变和改进这项运动方面一直处于领先地位。
We have so much room for improvement. Every aspect of our lives must be subjected to an inventory... of how we are taking responsibility.
我们还有很大的改进空间。我们生活的每一个方面都必须加以审视。我们如何承担责任。