關於Ameliorate的意思和用法的提問

A: transitive verb. : to make better or more tolerable medicine to ameliorate the pain.

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A: What can I do to ameliorate this situation?
How can I ameliorate this situation?

A: Ameliorate is a latin-derived word, in general use the verbs "better" or "improve" are preferred (in descending order of formality.) They are used in much the same ways such as "we must try to improve/better/ameliorate the outcome."

A: Ameliorate means to make a bad situation better - Foreign aid is needed to ameliorate the effects of the drought.
Improve means to make something better that may or may not be bad - My English is very good but it will improve when I live in England.

A: They are pretty much the same, with exceptions of ameliorate is a formal word. Going into details:
Improve = to make/remedy something better; making something good to a better state;
Ameliorate = to improve unjust condition; making something from bad to good.

E.g.
John ameliorated his studying condition; he threw all his games away, turned off his Wi-Fi, cleaned his study desk, organized his study plan, and cancelled his cell phone monthly plan.

John further improved his studying condition by inviting a study partner, and he planned to set up a study group for math, which he had trouble with.

A: @Crystal_tmn in all honesty, “ameliorate” is one of those english words that even native speakers may not know. I only ever see it in books, and I don’t think I’ve ever heard it in person. But to answer your question, “ameliorate” means improve in the sense of making something bad less worse. An example is “ameliorate the pain”. “Improve” won’t really work in that example. I’d say it’s close in meaning to the word “alleviate”, which is a lot more common.
e.g. ameliorate/alleviate the pain/suffering

A: They both mean "to make better" but there is a difference. You can improve almost anything, even if it is quite good already. But if you try to ameliorate something, it means that you are trying to make a bad situation less bad. If, for example, the weather became unbearably hot, your boss might ameliorate the situation by suggesting that the workforce should start an hour earlier and then take a long break in the middle of the day.

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A: Your use of ameliorate is correct in terms of meaning, but ameliorate is a very literary-sounding word that almost never comes up in everyday conversation. I would use “improve” instead.

A: I think improve would work better here.

A: @deepaksh ameliorate has the same meaning of improving, but you can make something or someone better or get better. I think it's too formal.

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