•He stood near the front to get a better view.他为了看得更清楚，尽量靠前站。

•Relations between the two countries have never been better.两国的关系从未曾像现在这么好过。

•It's much better to have a small cosy room than a big cold one.拥有一间小而暖的房间要比拥有一间大而冷的房间好得多。

•The film was better than I expected.这出电影比我预期的好。

•She is much better at tennis than I am.她网球打得比我好很多。

•It is far (= much) better to save some of your money than to spend it all at once.把钱存起来，总比一下子花完要好得多了。

•Fresh vegetables are better for you (= more beneficial to you) than canned ones.新鲜蔬菜比罐装蔬菜对健康更有益。

•The longer you keep this wine, the better it tastes (= It has a better flavour if you keep it for a long time).这种酒越陈越香。

•The bed was hard, but it was better than nothing (= than not having a bed).床有点硬，可是总比没有好。

•I hope you get better soon.希望你早日康复。

•After the cease-fire, the situation in the capital got better.停火以后，首都的局势有所好转。

•She's getting much better at pronouncing English words.她的英语发音现在好多了。

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•For me, nothing compares with the thrill of surfing - it's better than sex.对我而言，没有甚么比滑浪更刺激的了——感觉简直比做爱还棒。

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•I'm sorry to hear that you failed your driving test. Better luck next time, eh!听说你没通过驾驶考试我很难过，不过祝你下次成功！

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•I gave her a card, but my brother went one better and bought her a present.我送了她一张贺卡，但我哥哥更大方，居然给她买了礼物。

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•People who don't pay their bus fares are no better than common criminals.乘车逃票的人无异于作奸犯科。

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•The next time he took the test, he was better prepared.第二次考试时，他准备得更充分。

•She did much better (= was more successful) in the second half of the match.她在比赛下半场的表现更出色。

•I like this jacket much better than (= I prefer it to) the other one.比起另外一件夹克，我更喜欢这件。

•She knows her way around the college better than I do.她比我更清楚学院附近的路。

•She is better-looking (= more attractive) than her brother.她比哥哥长得好看。

•He is much better-known for his poetry than his song-writing.他作的诗比他写的歌更出名。

•Why don't you give her a call or, better still, go and see her?你为甚么不打个电话给她，或者干脆亲自去找她？

•You would do better to bring the plants inside when the weather gets colder.天气转冷时，你最好把盆栽植物搬进屋里。

•You'd better (= You should) go home now before the rain starts.你最好在下雨之前赶回家。

•He'd better pay me back that money he owes me soon, or else.他最好赶快把欠我的那笔钱还给我，否则我就对他不客气。

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•He ran the 100 metres in 9.91 seconds, and I have not seen better (= a faster result) this year.他100米跑了9.91秒，这是我今年见过的最好成绩。

•You shouldn't have been so mean to your mother - she deserves better.你不应该对你妈妈如此刻薄——她理应得到更好的报答。

•I didn't think he would go out without telling me - I expected better of him.我原以为他不会不跟我说一声就出去的——我对他期望过高了。

•As children, we were taught not to argue with our elders and betters.从小大人就教导我们不能与长辈和上级争吵。

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•Anyway, for better or for worse, I followed her advice.不管结果会怎样，我还是听从了她的建议。

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•Most people think that things have changed for the better since the new government came to power.大多数人觉得新政府上台后，情况已有所改善。

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•He fought fiercely, but his opponent easily got the better of him.他奋力搏斗，但还是被对手轻而易举地击败了。

•Her curiosity got the better of her and she opened the door and peeped inside.她的好奇心占了上风，于是她打开房门，向里边窥视。

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•If you can go there this afternoon, so much the better.如果你今天下午去那里会更好。

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•The organization was established to better conditions for the disabled.这个组织是为改善残疾人士的生活条件而成立的。

•He tried to better himself by taking evening classes.他试图透过选修夜校课程，提高自己的文化水准。