/ɪmˈpru:v ||; ɪmˈpruv/verb [I,T] to become or to make sth better 改进；改善: Your work has greatly improved. 你的工作大有改进。I hope the weather will improve later on. 我希望天气会好转。Your vocabulary is excellent but you could improve your pronunciation. 你掌握了大量的词汇，但发音可以改进一下。 improve on/upon sth to produce sth that is better than sth else 生产出比某物更好的东西: Nobody will be able to improve on that score (= nobody will be able to make a higher score). 没有人能超过那个成绩。