首页英语词典wellwell的意思

well

英 [wel] 美[wɛl]

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反义词

adv. 很好地；充分地；满意地；适当地
adj. 良好的；健康的；适宜的
n. 井；源泉
v. 涌出
n. (Well)人名；(英、德、荷)韦尔

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词态变化

复数: wells;第三人称单数: wells;过去式: welled;现在分词: welling;比较级: better;最高级: best;

中文词源

well 好的

来自PIE*wel,希望，希冀，词源同will。引申义好的。

well 源泉，水井，喷出

来自PIE*wel,弯，转，翻滚，词源同vault,wallow,voluble。引申词义水井，源泉。

英英释意

1. a deep hole or shaft dug or drilled to obtain water or oil or gas or brine

2. a cavity or vessel used to contain liquid

3. an abundant source;: "she was a well of information"

4. an open shaft through the floors of a building (as for a stairway)

5. an enclosed compartment in a ship or plane for holding something as e.g. fish or a plane's landing gear or for protecting something as e.g. a ship's pumps

英文词源

well: well: English has two distinct words well, both of ancient ancestry. The adverb, ‘satisfactorily’ [OE], has relatives throughout the Germanic languages (German wohl, Dutch wel, Swedish väl, and Danish vel), and probably goes back ultimately to the Indo-European base *wel-, *wol-, which also gave English voluntary, wealth, and will.

It was not used as an adjective until the 13th century. Well ‘water-hole’ [OE] is descended from the Germanic base *wal-, *wel- ‘roll’ (source also of English wallet, wallow, waltz, welter, etc), and so etymologically denotes a place where water ‘bubbles’ up. This original notion of turbulent overflowing liquid is better preserved in the related verb well ‘gush’ [OE], which to begin with meant ‘boil’, and hence ‘melt metal’ (‘He made him drink welled lead’, Holy Rood 1300), and produced English weld.
=> voluntary, wealth, will; volume, wallow, waltz, weld, welter
well (adv.): "in a satisfactory manner," Old English wel "abundantly, very, very much; indeed, to be sure; with good reason; nearly, for the most part," from Proto-Germanic *welo- (cognates: Old Saxon wela, Old Norse vel, Old Frisian wel, Dutch wel, Old High German wela, German wohl, Gothic waila "well"), from PIE root *wel- (2) "to wish, will" (cognates: Sanskrit prati varam "at will," Old Church Slavonic vole "well," Welsh gwell "better," Latin velle "to wish, will," Old English willan "to wish;" see will (v.)).

Also used in Old English as an interjection and an expression of surprise. The adjective was in Old English in the sense "in good fortune, happy," from the adverb; sense of "satisfactory" is from late 14c.; "agreeable to wish or desire" is from mid-15c.; "in good health, not ailing" is from 1550s. Well-to-do "prosperous" is recorded from 1825.
well (v.): "to spring, rise, gush," Old English wiellan (Anglian wællan), causative of weallan "to boil, bubble up, rise (in reference to a river)" (class VII strong verb; past tense weoll, past participle weallen), from Proto-Germanic *wall- "roll" (cognates: Old Saxon wallan, Old Norse vella, Old Frisian walla, Old High German wallan, German wallen, Gothic wulan "to bubble, boil"), from PIE root *wel- (3) "to turn, roll" (see volvox), on notion of "roiling or bubbling water."
well (n.): "hole dug for water, spring of water," Old English wielle (West Saxon), welle (Anglian) "spring of water, fountain," from wiellan (see well (v.)). "As soon as a spring begins to be utilized as a source of water-supply it is more or less thoroughly transformed into a well" [Century Dictionary]. Figurative sense of "source from which anything is drawn" was in Old English.

同义词辨析

healthy, sound, robust, well, strong, vigorous, sturdy, tough, wholesome, fit

这些形容词均含"健康的，强健的"之意。

healthy：指身体无病，也可指身心健全、正常的。

sound：侧重身体各部分或器官没有病，无任何缺陷，即健康。

robust：强调身体强健。

well：仅指没有疾病，但不一定很健康。

strong：既指体格健壮，又指体力或精神上的力量。

vigorous：指人强健有力，精力充沛。

sturdy：侧重于结实的体格。

tough：着重指人的体格健壮。

wholesome：多指能给人留下身体健康、思想健全或品德良好等印象。

fit：既可指健壮又可指健全无病。

考试真题

Veiseh can even put a date on when those tapes started recording: 15 December 2000, when he met his first girlfriend at his best friend's 16th birthday party.

They need to immunise teams against group-think: Hackman argued that the best ones contain deviants ( ' , 离经叛道者) who are willing to do something that may be upsetting to others.

The brain is a seemingly endless library, whose shelves house our most precious memories as well as our lifetime's knowledge.

Teams work best if their members have a strong common culture.

Often the best ideas for big changes come from unexpected places—it's just a matter of tuning in.

Nor are they necessarily better at remembering a round of drinks, say.

It makes for the best part of one's life.

Interestingly, their memories are highly self-centred: although they can remember autobiographical life events in extraordinary detail, they seem to be no better than average at recalling impersonal information, such as random ( ' , 任意选取的) lists of words.

However, organisations need to learn something bigger than how to manage teams better: they need to be in the habit of asking themselves whether teams are the best tools for the job.

Even in the age of open-plan offices and social networks some work is best left to the individual.

Bill, for instance, often gets painful flashbacks, in which unwanted memories intrude into his consciousness, but overall he has chosen to see it as the best way of avoiding repeating the same mistakes.

And I think people see that for smoking as well.

A new study of 12,000 workers in 17 countries by Steelcase, a furniture-maker which also does consulting, finds that the best way to ensure employees are engaged is to give them more control over where and how they do their work—which may mean liberating them from having to do everything in collaboration with others.

It began to make her feel bad that some people seemed to be doing so much better than she was.

Dogs, man’s best friends, have a clear strategy for dealing with angry owners—they look away.

Avoiding conflicts may have helped dogs develop better bonds with humans.

may be better at solving puzzlescan memorize things with more easemay have greater facility in abstract reasoningcan put what they have learnt into more effective usefind ways to slow down our mental declinefind ways to boost our memoriesunderstand the complex process of mental functioningunderstand the relation between physical and mental healthThe most important thing in the news last week was the rising discussion in Nashville about the educational needs of children.

You can't just say, ‘Let's put this person in a residential care home instead of a nursing home—she will be much better off, Dr.Robison said.

This is something that is very much well worth considering here in the modern era.

They function quite well even in old age.

They are better at negotiating an agreement.

Researchers from the University of Connecticut Health Center asked the residents a large number of questions about their quality of life, emotional well-being and social interaction, as well as about the quality of the facilities.

Millions of irrigation wells in many countries are now pumping water out of underground sources faster than rainfall can refill them.

Millions of irrigation wells have significantly lowered water tables in almost every state.

Its production depends too much on technologyThey enjoyed cooking as well as eating.

It is really difficult to tell if assisted living is better than a nursing home.

It is an interaction between the person and the place, not the sort of place in itself, that leads to better or worse experiences.

How to achieve mental calmness and contentment is well worth our consideration today.

Does assisted living really mark a great improvement over a nursing home, or has the industry simply hired better interior designers? Are nursing homes as bad as people fear, or is that an out-moded stereotype ( ' , 固定看法 )? Can doing one's homework really steer families to the best places? It is genuinely hard to know.

But an accumulating body of research indicates that some distinctions between one type of elder care and another have little real bearing on how well residents do.

As water tables have fallen and irrigation wells have gone dry, China's wheat crop, the world's largest, has declined by 8% since it peaked at 123 million tons in 1997.

A person who had input into where he would move and has had time to adapt to it might do as well in a nursing home as in a small residential care home, other factors being equal.

So if you really want to do your job well, don’t forget to get some sleep.

On top of all that, a new study published in the journal Learning and Memory finds you are probably better off sleeping than making last- minute preparations for a test.

But they did much better after getting a good night sleep.

With surging obesity levels putting increasing strain on public health systems, governments around the world have begun to toy with the idea of taxing sugar as well.

What motivates employees to do their jobs well? Competition with coworkers, for some.

Well, if this were true, we would all be slipping a few 100-dollar bills to our doctors on the way out their doors, too.

Waiters deserve better than just relying on tips for a living.

They thought that a person with talent or intelligence did not need to work hard to do well.

One argument that you tend to hear a lot from the pro-tipping crowd seems logical enough: the service is better when waiters depend on tips, presumably because they see a benefit to successfully veiling their contempt for you.

Nonetheless, the renewed focus on waistlines means that industry groups are under pressure to demonstrate their products are healthy as well as tasty.

No matter how the math works out, you persistently view restaurants with voluntary tipping systems as being a better value, which makes it extremely difficult for restaurants and bars to do away with the tipping system.

It will do better than Paris Fashion Week.

It is utterly confusing to me that people do not recognize this, despite the fact that pretty much anyone who has been a student can tell the difference between their best and worst teachers.

It did not work out as well as was expected.

I offer a simple proposition in response: Many of our problems—class attendance, educational success, student happiness and well-being—might be improved by cutting down the bureaucratic ( ' , 官僚的) mechanisms and meetings and instead hiring an army of good teachers.

Companies from Google to L'Oréal to IBM to Wells Fargo are known to use some degree of gamification in their workplaces.

But mostly, I hate tipping because I believe I would be in a better place if pay decisions regarding employees were simply left up to their employers, as is the custom in virtually every other industry.

Additionally, they should be allowed to teach, and be rewarded for doing it well.

A preliminary review of Mexico's taxation found a fall in purchases of taxed drinks as well as a rise in sales of untaxed and healthier drinks.

A gamification strategy that is not sufficiently thought through or well tailored to its players may engage people for a little while, but it will not motivate people in the long term.

I’m speakingto Delroy Simmonds , an unemployed Brooklyn man who missed a job interview Tuesday for the best reasons.

If you are a college student looking for a part-time job, the best place to start your job search is right on campus.

All appears to be well, but the farmers who planted the bushes are worried.

What, then, are the effects of thinking about time in these different ways? Does one make us more productive? Better at the tasks at hand? Happier? In experiments conducted by Tamar Avnet and Anne-Laure Sellier, they had participants organize different activities—from project planning, holiday shopping, to yoga—by time or to-do list to measure how they performed under clock time vs task time.

We do our absolute best with a piece of writing, and come as close as we can to the ideal.

To eat well and still save money, people should buy fresh food and cook it themselves.

This helps them pick the right startups, and means they can supply advice and connections as well as money.

Think of a 3-year-old lost in the pleasures of finding out what he can and cannot sink in the bathtub, a 5-year- old beside herself with the thrill of putting together strings of nonsensical words with her best friends, or an 11-year-old completely absorbed in a fascinating comic strip.

There have been half-hearted but well-publicized efforts by some food companies to reduce calories in their processed foods, but the Standard American Diet is still the polar opposite of the healthy, mostly plant-based diet that just about every expert says we should be eating.

There are two ways to interpret Plutarch when he suggests that a critic should be able to produce a better in its place.

The objective of this debating game is not to win but to get to the truth that will allow you to move faster, farther and better.

The intimate nature of genuine criticism implies something about who is able to give it, namely, someone who knows you well enough to show you how your mental life is getting in the way of good writing.

Shouldn't preparing—and consuming—food be a source of comfort, pride, health, well-being, relaxation, sociability? Something that connects us to other humans? Why would we want to outsource ( ' , 外包 ) this basic task, especially when outsourcing it is so harmful? When I talk about cooking, I'm not talking about creating elaborate dinner parties or three-day science projects.

My mother was well covered on this count.

It produces wealth as well as high-tech.

It is a thing of no great difficulty, according to Plutarch, to raise objections against another man's speech, it is a very easy matter; but to produce a better in its place is a work extremely troublesome.

Isn't this the same crowd that rails against processed junk and champions craft cooking? And isn't this the generation who say they're concerned about their health and the well-being of the planet? If these are truly the values of many young people, then their behavior doesn't match their beliefs.

In critique, however, we are forced to depart, to give up the perfection we thought we had achieved for the chance of being even a little bit better.

I'm not saying local food isn't better; it is.

For each assignment, I was to write the best essay I could.

Criticizing someone's speech is said to be easier than coming up with a better one.

Criticism, at its best, is deeply personal, and gets to the heart of why we write the way we do.

Cooking real food is the best defense—not to mention that any meal you're likely to eat at home contains about 200 fewer calories than one you would eat in a restaurant.

As she neared the end of her prison sentence, a well-known columnist wrote that she was paying her dues, and that there is simply no reason for anyone to attempt to deny her right to start anew.

And to save money and still eat well you don't need local, organic ingredients; all you need is real food.

Genuine criticism creates a precious opening for an author to become better on his own terms—a process that is often extremely painful, but also almost always meaningful.

Woolworths is one of the best known names on the British High Street.

The products were much better than people thought they would be.

The low-sodium, low- fat frozen dinners sold much better than expected.

In fact, they’ve been in use for centuries.25 centuries ago, kites were well-known in China.

As part of the Kids Live Well campaign-expected to be announced nationwide Wednesday—participating restaurants must promise to offer at least one children's meal that has fewer than 600 calories(卡路里), no soft drinks and at least two items from the following food groups: fruits, vegetables, whole grains, lean proteins or low-fat dairy.

A restructuring of the textbook industry may well be in order.

A transportation expert told the reporter that job growth likely plays a part as well, along with some people driving longer distances to and from work.

A University of Chicago study shows people who sleep well live longer.

After exercising, the scientists tested the cyclists with eye tracking cameras to see how well their brains could still control their visual system.

Along with this effort, we're working with animal advocates and state and federal lawmakers to strengthen anti-cruelty laws across the country, as well as supporting laws and policies that assist overburdened animal shelters that care for animal fighting

And now, of course, there is the influence of America as well.

As a result, the museum plans to expand the hall, as well as add to its ancient birds collection.

As informatization progresses in society, the cause and structural nature of social inequality changes as well.

Each of these have unique qualities as well.

Eating a balanced breakfast helps to up our energy, as well as make up for protein and calcium used throughout the night.

Either side of a person infected with flu, as well as those sitting one roe in font of or behind this individual, had about an 80 person chance of getting sick.

I can't seem to do anything very well.

If all goes well, the company says it could have the feature in all of its hotels by next year.

If they try to remove or damage the cover, that's reported as well.

In fact, English has words from many other languages as well.

In fact, the slugs use the genetic material so well that they pass it on to their future generations.

It's about an hour outside Seoul, built on reclaimed tidal flats along the Yellow Sea, There's a Coast Guard building and a tall trade tower, as well as a park, golf course and university.

While rich parents are more concerned with their children's psychological well-being, poor parents are more worried about their children's safety.

While many birds travelled along well-known routes to warmer climates, others stopped short and spent the winter on landfills, feeding on food waste, and the multitudes of insects that thrive on the dumps.

Well-off families are ruled by calendars, with children enrolled in ballet, soccer and after-school programs, according to a new Pew Research Center survey.

They got a better understanding of early human civilization.

They can better pull through the winter.

They can be solved with better management.

There is no best parenting style or philosophy, researchers say, and across income groups, 92% of parents say they are doing a good job at raising their children.

The consumer was ultimately to be mentioned as well, especially by the likes of Dorothy Shaver, who could point to the sales figures at Lord & Taylor.

The Grand Tourist was typically a young man with a thorough grounding in Greek and Latin literature as well as some leisure time, some means, and some interest in art.

Physical punishment is used much less by well-educated parents.

Nonetheless, 20% of well-off parents say their children's schedules are too hectic, compared with 8% of poorer parents.

Most Grand Tourists, however, stayed for briefer periods and set out with less scholarly intentions, accompanied by a teacher or guardian, and expected to return home with souvenirs of their travels as well as an understanding of art and architecture formed by exposure to great masterpieces.

It has plans to open more locations of Macy's Backstage, a newly-developed off-price concept which might help it better compete with ambitious T.J.Maxx.

In an email sent Monday to college presidents in the Tennessee Board of Regents system, outgoing Chancellor John Morgan said an internal analysis showed that each campus' spending on facilities management fell well below the industry standards identified by the state.

Contestants of elite high school math competitions are mostly Asian and white students from well-off families.

By making the effort to organize and label files so others can understand them, scientists become more organized and better disciplined themselves, thus avoiding confusion later on.

Another example is reading aloud, which studies have shown gives children bigger vocabularies and better reading comprehension in school.

A commonly held view in the oil industry is that the best cure for low oil prices is low oil prices.

You are here to understand thinking better and to think better yourself.

Well, my current research is really about consumer behaviour.

We know the promise is there—this is a well-grounded, talented, warm-hearted group of youngsters.

The protection and improvement of the human environment is a major issue which affects the well-being of peoples and economic development throughout the world, read the final declaration from this gathering, the first of a sequence which would lead to the Rio de Janeiro Earth Summit in 1992 and the World Development Summit in Johannesburg three years ago.

The president's stimulus package is pumping money into research to compare how well various treatments work.

The average Norwegian is better off than the average US citizen, but contributes about half as much to climate change.

Teachers need to be much better paid to attract the best college graduates to the nation's worst schools.

Sometimes the best treatment might be the most expensive.

Some authoritative analysts doubt that the secretary would get better deals than private insurers already get.

Results of USA WEEKEND's Teens & Parents survey reveal a generation of young people who get along well with their parents and approve of the way they're being raised.

Perhaps there is less to fight about, with the country in a period of tranquility and the dangers of drug abuse and other unwholesome behavior well known.

Perhaps the best example of boom growth and bust decline is the Grand Banks fishery.

It is beneficial to encourage young people to explore the broader world and get ready to make it a better place.

It has done well in engaging the viewers.

Is surgery, radiation or careful monitoring best for prostate ( ' , 前列腺) cancer? Is the latest and most expensive cholesterol-lowering drug any better than its common competitors? The pending bills would spend additional money to accelerate this effort.

Interactive ads and viewers might not go well together.

In time it should help restrain costs by eliminating redundant tests, preventing drug interactions, and helping doctors find the best treatments.

If such an indicator exists, it is well hidden.

If our economies are to flourish, if global poverty is to be eliminated and if the well-being of the world's people enhanced—not just in this generation but in succeeding generations—we must make sure we take care of the natural environment and resources on which our economic activity depends.

His company's products had been well received by the public.

Here are some of the important proposals in the House and Senate bills to try to address those problems, and why it is hard to know how well they will work.

David Mallen, associate director of the Council of Better Business Bureau, said in the last two years the organization had seen an increase in the number of claims companies were bringing against each other for false or misleading environmental product claims.

Clearly, richer societies are able to provide environmental improvements which lie well beyond the reach of poorer communities.

But is this right? Do things get better or worse as we get richer? Here the Stockholm declaration is ambiguous.

And the head-to-head competition might give them a strong incentive to lower their prices, perhaps by accepting slimmer profit margins or demanding better deals from providers.

They’re not really well-regulated unless they adhere to some industry standard.

From a very early age, some children exhibit better self-control than others.

To address skyrocketing employee stress levels, many companies have implemented workplace wellness programs, partnering with health care providers that have created programs to promote employee health and well-being.

Those simultaneous challenges appear less overwhelming with increasingly better answers to a centuries-old question: how to make power portable.

They didn't work anywhere and all the time – they were better able to manage their work, Moen said.

They are better able to cope with the global climate change.

The goal of keeping global temperature rise well below 2 ℃ is commendable but the emissions-reduction pledges submitted by countries leading up to the Paris talks are very unlikely to deliver on this.

The Paris agreement has been widely hailed as a positive step forward in addressing climate change for all, although the details on addressing climate justice can be best described as sketchy.

In a 2011 study, she investigated the effects of implementing a Results Only Work Environment ( ' , ROWE) on the productivity and well-being of employees at Best Buy's corporate headquarters.

For the first time, the world's nations agreed to keep global warming well below 2 ℃.

For instance, new technologies that are building upon existing technology have not found their footing well enough to appeal to a mass audience, because, in many cases, they need to work effectively with other devices to realize their full appeal.

For better or worse, batteries make possible our mobile-first lifestyles, our screen culture, our increasingly globalized world.

And even before then, scholars warn, the demand for resources in an energy-hungry world could raise pressure to renegotiate Antarctica's treaties, possibly allowing more commercial endeavours here well before the prohibitions against them expire.

And early identification, support and treatment for mental health issues, he says, are the best ways to keep them from turning into full-blown disorders.

And the survey found flat demand for fitness monitors, smart thermostats ( ' , 恒温器 ) and connected home cameras, as well.

After six months, the employees who participated in ROWE reported reduced work-family conflict and a better sense of control of their time, and they were getting a full hour of extra sleep each night.

According to Moen, flexibility gives employees better control over their work and time.

You say your shop has been doing well, could you give me some idea of what doing well means in facts and figures?Birds are famous for carrying things around.

The team focused on athletes since they are theoretically the best role models for active, healthy lifestyles for children.

The most well-known aspect of the profession is that of a social safety net.

Stacy is going to walk you through the step-by-step process of becoming a social worker and Mill will tell you about the range of options you have once you get your social work degree, as well as the high standards of responsibility the social workers must adhere to.

Its primary mission is to enhance human well-being and help meet the basic needs of all people, with the particular focus on those who are vulnerable, oppressed and living in poverty.

If children are turning to athletes as role models, it’s in their best interest if their idols are consistent.

At best, kids might be confused.

We found that when we taught participants to ask What if? and How can? questions that nobody present would know the answer to and that would spark exploration, they engaged in better inquiry at the next exhibit − asking more questions, performing more experiments and making better inter pretations of their results.

They argue that governments should persuade us into making better decisions - such as saving more in our pension plans - by changing the default options.

Shockingly, the two groups came up with plans of similar quality ( ' , although the college students had better spelling skills).

Our support structure was more like: ‘You are going to get through Yale; you are going to do well,' he said, hinting at mentors ( ' , 导师 ), staff, and professors who all provided significant support for students who lacked confidence about belonging at such a top institution.

Museums and other institutions of informal learning may be better suited to teach this skill than elementary and secondary schools.

It is better to start from the community to help poor children move up the social ladder.

Informal learning environments tolerate failure better than schools.

Imagine how intimidating it be for prospective students unfamiliar with the complexities of higher education to navigate this kind of information and then identify which schools are the best fit.

Howard, a well-regarded historically black college, had an array of resources for its first-generation students, including matching kids with counselors, connecting first-generation students to one another, and TRIO, a national program that supported 200 students on Howard's campus.

He said doctors risked losing the trust of patients if they told patients, I'm not going to do what I think is best for you because 1 think it's bad for the healthcare budget in Massachusetts.

He hopes to distribute this information and help prospective college-goers find the best post-secondary fit.

College students are no better than fifth graders in memorizing facts.

College graduates will still fare better than those with only s high school education, of course.

By the time we wake up to the threat posed by climate change, it could well be too late.

But there are other kinds of momentum as well.

As recent graduates can testify, the job market isn't kind to candidates who can't demonstrate genuine competence, along with a well-cultivated willingness to work hard.

African Americans fare better than many other ethnic groups.

They should also cultivate such skills as toleration of ambiguity, persistenceand patience, as well as assuredness.

The best form of advertising is probably word-of-mouth advertising which occurs when people tell their friends about the benefits of products or services that they have purchased.

Inflation, resource scarcity, reduced personnel levels and budget cuts have all underscore the need for better coordination in organizations.

If a team manager exemplifies such qualities, then the team as a whole would be better able to realize their potential and achieve their objectives.

Better design and wiseruser of both mass transit systems and private vehicles will playing an important part in helping America get more out of energy used fortransportation.

"Our support structure was more like: ‘ You are going to get through Yale; you are going to do well, '" he said, hinting at mentors, staff, and professors who all provided significant support for students who lacked confidence about " belonging" at such a

"Supplying power to trains in this way would offer the shortest distance from well to wheels," he says, "with the least amount of energy lost."

And "doing well" means your earnings are rising.

And I was up well past midnight.

And together, see how well we do in discerning the babies' emotions.

As she wrote in her description of the peacock flower," The Indians, who are not treated well by their Dutch masters, use the seeds to abort their children, so that they will not become slaves like themselves.

Assuming all goes well, the airport should open in October 2020, but the still empty airport stands as the biggest embarrassment to Germany's reputation for efficiency and a continuing drain on city and state resources.

Be sure to attend all classes and leave enough time to finish assignments and prepare well for examinations.

But the system isn't efficient, and it does not work that well.

But there is an increasing suspicion that all is not well for our youth.

Even parents who can see that a trip is little more than a party or celebration may well feel guilt that their child is left behind.

"Staying with a native speaker is better for children than simply sitting in a classroom, " says Suzanne Flynn, a professor in language education of children.

As you make reading a regular part of your life, you'll make more connections, stay more focused and understand the text better.

Buy the best-fitting running shoes you can find.

A better plan for sleep can help.

A build-it-yourself solar still is one of the best ways to obtain drinking water in areas where the liquid is not readily available.

A desk dictionary is medium-sized, generally containing over 170, 000 entries as well as extra features.

A study found that a strong nifio in 1997-98 helped America's economy grow by 15 billion, partly because of better agricultural harvest, farmers in the midwest gained from extra rain.

A warm drink of milk before bed has long been the best choice for those wanting a good night's sleep.

Advertisements persuade us that newer is better and that we will be happier with the latest products.

After climbing up a hill for a panoramic view of the blue sea, white buildings and green olive trees, I paused to catch my breath and then positioned myself to take the best photo of this panorama.

After receiving the Oscar for Best Supporting Actress, Anne Benedict went on to thank all the people who had helped in her career.

All special exhibitions, as well as films, lectures, guided tours, concerts, gallery talks, and.

Already well over 400 of the total of 6, 800 languages are close to extinction, with only a few elderly speakers left.

Always remember that your best ideas might come when your head is actually in the clouds.

Among the works and masterworks on exhibition the visitor will find the best pieces, most importantly the persistence of memory.

Amy, as well as her brothers, was given a warm welcome when returning to the village last week.

An A-team may require A balance—not just A players, but a few generous B players as well.

An educational program is best watched by a child with his parents.

Another patient noticed what I was reading and struck up a conversation with me because he had one of his books with him as well.

As a parent, I hated seeing my daughter playing her best, but still defeated.

As a retired ear doctor, I heartily recommend TV ears to people with normal hearing as well as those with hearing loss.

As executives with banks, consulting firms, established law firms, and major corporations, many are now well on their way to impressive careers.

As writer Caroline Alexander makes clear in her forceful and well-researched story the endurance, adventuring was even then a thoroughly commercial effort.

At first the price of single copies was seldom a penny-usually two or three cents was charged-and some of the older well-known papers charged five or six cents.

At that moment, I remembered that my father once said, " the classroom is a place for learning and that include leaning from textbooks, and mistake as well."

At the events, you can meet expert growers and discuss which ones will best suit your conditions, and because these are family affairs, children are well catered for with apple-themed fun and games.

Before we finish, can you offer any tips on becoming a better songwriter?

Being better at those things meant a greater chance of survival.

Believe it or not, he or she is on your side and is eager to see you do well.

Better sewers make it less likely that heavy rain is followed by an outbreak of the disease of bad stomach.

Better still, let's meet in the Red Lion Bar to have a nice little talk.

Building up a dream team is more complex than simply hiring the best talent.

But doing any ordinary job as well as one can is in itself an admirable commitment.

But he quickly found that he loved playing this instrument, and was committed to practicing it so that within a couple of months he was playing reasonably well.

But however long it takes, the technology has the potential to change our transportation systems and our cities, for better or for worse, depending on how the transformation is regulated.

But in agriculture, small farmers can get the best of the major players.

But it may well be that the learning you really want lies somewhere else instead.

But now, with the combination of a better price point and a generally fresher product, they can stay in business.

But the person who tries to do something and fails is a lot better off than the person who tries to do nothing and succeeds.

But what I still can't figure out is why I never got tired, never felt better in my life.

But when I arrived at the check-in desk at providence, the lady on the desk said: "well, I'm really sorry, I've got some bad news for you-there are no fights from Washington.

But when john reached adulthood, he was better off than his childhood playmates.

By connecting directly with customers, and by responding quickly to changes in the markets as well as in the ecosystems (生态系统), small farmers can keep one step ahead of the big guys.

By helping them develop classic skills that will serve them well no matter what the future holds.

Cafés focused around psychology, history, and engineering are catching on, filling tables well into the evening.

Captions usually summarize the author's main point as well.

CCM organizes a variety of events, including performances by the well-known lasalle quartet, CCM's philharmonic orchestra, and various groups of musicians presenting baroque through modern music.

Charlotte stone will perform songs from her new best-selling cd, with james pickering on the piano.

Children can learn a foreign language well in six months.

Considering how much time people spend in offices, it is important that work spaces be well designed.

Consumers could better protect their privacy.

Doing so will help you get into a better university, which will enable you to have a bright future.

East or west, home is best.

Educated woman do better in looking after children.

Embryonic learning helps mother birds to identify the baby birds which fit the environment better.

Environmental protection agency notes that most waste is dangerous in that "the production, distribution, and use of products — as well as management of the resulting waste — all result in greenhouse gas release".

Europe has only around 200 languages; the Americas about 1000; Africa 2400; and asia and the pacific perhaps 3200, of which papua new guinea alone accounts for well over 800.

Even after all these years, I want to get better and better.

Even though you might feel more comfortable going with a friend or partner, the office hour will go better if it's just you and the professor.

Eventually, the couple found that their bodies turned for the better, with re-found strong muscles that they.

Everything is fresher and better tasting than at home.

Experts say Paris is right: for a sudden heart failure, the single best chance for survival is having someone nearby step in and do CPR quickly.

First, understand that some opportunities for daydreaming are better than others.

For those who fly to Guilin, it's only an hour away by car and offers all the scenery of the better-known city.

For want of better names, we shall call these two classes immediate reward and delayed reward.

Fortunately, after a brief stay in hospital, Ben was well enough to be allowed to leave and later the family met up for dinner.

Google initially used the data collected from users to target advertising better.

Have a better chance to enter top universities.

He fears the worst, but hopes for the best.

He had more job satisfaction, a better marriage and was healthier.

He had worked regularly with the school and was very well regarded by the teachers and students.

He looked at me for a moment, and then wrote a sentence containing the best advice I've ever had: be bold and brave.

He lost sale of twenty papers because he would not tell a lie, but got a well-paid job because he told the truth.

He might not have done this particularly well, because the teacher told gabriel that he had a good ear and suggested that gabriel go into the music store-room to see if any of the instruments there appealed to him.

He was an international grandmaster, which meant I wound be learning from one of the game's best.

Hello, do you have the best of Mozart?

Help executives to understand Shakespeare's plays better.

Help super intelligent machines work better.

Her best friend was seriously hurt in a car crash.

Her father Peter, 44, wantS her to give up school to model full-time, but Sarah, who has taken part in shows along with top models wants to prove that she has brains as well as beauty she is determined to carry on with her education.

Herd immunity works well when the whole neighborhood is involved in.

Here I learned my first important lesson: disabled as I was in language, I could still be smart and well express myself with clay.

Here you can enjoy 4 pours of some of the best wine San Francisco has to offer.

His daughter does better in school.

His organization makes the best of a bad situation.

His technique has served me well all my life.

However, anger can easily turn violent, and it is best to know the reasons for anger to appear in order to prevent its presence.

However, once I worked with statewide and local government, I realized that a better fit for me would be public policy, and now I am in the process of changing my area.

I asked around and found out that my mum was very well known in the area.

I could still be smart and well express myself with clay.

I did read my newspaper out loud on a train, and it turned out well.

I had a very poor relationship with food: I used it to kill bad feelings, to make myself feel better, and to celebrate.

I learned that if you fall in love with something and do it all the time, you will get better at it.

I managed to get an a in that course and learn life lessons that have served me well beyond the classroom.

I myself went through this searching process and found something that has changed my experience at college for the better: I discovered asl-American sign language.

I think the interview went very well.

I want to prove that I can teach myself a respectful profession, without going to college, and be just as good as, if not better than, my competitors.

I wish I danced as well as her.

If a basketball star is, for example, trying to gain a high personal point total, he may take a shot himself when it would be better to pass the ball to a teammate, affecting the team's performance.

If humanity has made some headway in realizing that the ultimate value of every institution is its distinctively human effect we may well believe that this lesson has been learned largely through dealings with the young.

We should not forget , however, that most New Englanders were less well educated.

More recently, while examining housing construction, the researchers discovered that illiterate, non-English- speaking Mexican workers in Houston, Texas, consistently met best-practice labor productivity standards despite the complexity of the building industry’s work.

As education improved, humanity's productivity potential increased as well.

Retailers that master the intricacies of wholesaling in Europe may well expect to rake in substantial profits thereby.

In his book The Tipping Point,Malcolm Aladuell argues that social epidemics are driven in large part by the acting of a tiny minority of special individuals,often called influentials,who are unusually informed,persuasive,or well-connected.

During his lifetime, though, he was also one of England's foremost classical-music critics, and a stylist so widely admired that his Autobiographybecame a best-seller.

Closer inspection reveals important differences among the biggest national markets, especially in their customer segments and wholesale structures, as well as the competitive dynamics of individual food and drink categories.

In fat， circumstances seem to be designed to bring out the best in us and if we feel that we have been “wronged” then we are unlikely to begin a conscious effort to escape from our situation.

Toyota Motor, for example, alleviated some of the damage from its recall crisis earlier this year with a relatively quick and well-orchestrated social-media response campaign, which included efforts to engage with consumers directly on sites such as Twitter and the social-news site Digg.

There are also stories about newly adoptive – and newly single – mom Sandra Bullock, as well as the usual “Jennifer Aniston is pregnant” news.

The decision to quit a senior position to look for a better one is unconventional.

The second half of the 20th century saw a collection of geniuses, warriors, entrepreneurs and visionaries labour to create a fabulous machine that could function as a typewriter and printing press, studio and theatre, paintbrush and gallery, piano and radio, the mail as well as the mail carrier.

The only American public-sector workers who earn well above $250,000 a year are university sports coaches and the president of the United States.

The most glaring flaw of the social cure as it’s presented here is that it doesn’t work very well for very long.

Second, they are mostly bright and well-educated.

It’s like the teacher who breaks up the troublemakers in the back row by pairing them with better-behaved classmates.

An emerging body of research shows that positive health habits-as well as negative ones-spread through networks of friends via social communication.

In most of the homeless gardens of New York City the actual cultivation of plants is unfeasible, yet even so the compositions often seem to represent attempts to call arrangement of materials, an institution of colors, small pool of water, and a frequent presence of petals or leaves as well as of stuffed animals.

These issues all have root causes in human behavior: all require behavioral change and social innovations, as well as technological development.

The trick is to direct these funds better.

The potential evolution of today's technology, and its social consequences, is dazzlingly complicated, and it's perhaps best left to science fiction writers and futurologists to explore the many possibilities we can envisage.

“We’re doing these things because we know they help people stay off benefits and help those on benefits get into work faster” Help? Really? On first hearing, this was the socially concerned chancellor, trying to change lives for the better, complete with “reforms” to an obviously indulgent system that demands too little effort from the newly unemployed to find work, and subsidises laziness.

Yet its report may well set back reform by obscuring the depth and breadth of the challenge that Congress asked it to illuminate.

The best lawyers made skyscrapers-full of money, tempting ever more students to pile into law schools.

Some want to shock, others to draw people into science, or to better reward those who have made their careers in research.

In order to “change lives for the better” and reduce “dependency”, George Osborne, Chancellor of the Exchequer, introduced the “upfront work search” scheme.

Among the commission’s 51 members are top-tier-university presidents, scholars, lawyers, judges, and business executives, as well as prominent figures from diplomacy, filmmaking, music and journalism.

On the assumption that they will become relevant later, you make a mental note of discourse entities as well as possible links between them.

It is only the Queen who has preserved the monarchy’s reputation with her rather ordinary ( ' , if well-heeled) granny style.

In today’s world, title has become normal that well—paid executives should not be accountable for what happens in the organizations that they run perhaps we should not be so surprised.

It gives us patience for ourselves and toward others as well as patience while driving,catching a fish,working on our car,or raising a child.

What are the norms of your environment? What converys status? Who are your most important audiences? How do the people you respect and look up to present themselves? The better you understand the cultural context, the more control you can have over your impact.

They do so best where building sticks to their edges and respects their character.

So how do we navigate this? How do we know when to invest in an upgrade? And what’s the best way to pull off one that enhances our goals? Here are some tips:.

Relying on ethical persuasion rather than law to address the misuse of body ideals may be the best step.

In those situations, it’s better to be more aggressive than less aggressive.

Even better would be to help elevate notions of beauty beyond the material standards of a particular industry.

This type of integrity requires well-enforced laws in government transparency, such as records of official meetings, rules on lobbying, and information about each elected leader’s source of wealth.

The sharp hit to growth predicted around the world and in the UK could lead to a decline in the everyday services we depend on for our well-being and for growth.

Soon after his father’s release from prison, Dickens got a better job as errand boy in law offices.

Sadly, all is not well with astronomy in Hawaii today.

It does not include important factors such as environmental quality or education outcomes – all things that contribute to a person’s sense of well-being.

If everything was going so well, then why did over 17 million people vote for Brexit, despite the warnings about what it could do to their country’s economic prospects?.

He taught himself shorthand to get an even better job later as a court stenographer and as a reporter in Parliament.

Charles Dickens is probably the best-known and, to many people, the greatest English novelist of the 19th century.

But policymakers who refocus efforts on improving well-being rather than simply worrying about GDP figures could avoid the forecasted doom and may even see progress.

A recent annual study of countries and their ability to convert growth into well-being sheds some light on that question.

We are amazed today at the mere number of plays produced, as well as by the number of dramatists writing at the same time for this London of two hundred thousand inhabitants.

Paul’s and the royal chapel, who, however, gave plays in public as well as at court.

Vocational schools should do a better job of fostering problem-solving skills and helping students work alongside robots.

The best uses of 3D printers and virtual reality haven't been invented yet.

The Industrial Revolution didn't go so well for Luddites whose jobs were displaced by mechanized looms, but it eventually raised living standards and created more jobs than it destroyed.

Mullett, it was built from 1871 to 1888 to house the growing staffs of the State, War, and Navy Departments, and is considered one of the best examples of French Second Empire architecture in the country.

Any fair-minded assessment of the dangers of the deal between Britain's National Health Service ( ' , NHS) and DeepMind must start by acknowledging that both sides mean well.

"Further contradicting conventional wisdom, we found that women as well as men have lower levels of stress at work than at home." writes one of the researchers, Sarah Damaske .

After all, four decades of evidence has now shown that corporations in Europe as well as the US are evading the meritocratic hiring and promotion of women to top position—no matter how much "soft pressure" is put upon them.

Among the commission's 51 members are top-tier-university presidents, scholars, lawyers, judges, and business executives, as well as prominent figures from diplomacy, film-making, music and journalism.

An emerging body of research shows that positive health habits-as well as negative ones-spread through networks of friends via social communication.

And I felt like that again, to a certain degree, when people responded to the blog so well.

As education improved, humanity's productivity potential increased as well.

As well as those chronic problems, the EU face an acute crisis in its economic core, the 16 countries that use the single currency.

Attempts have been made to curb this tendency, for example, by trying to incorporate some measure of quality as well as quantity into the assessment of an applicant's papers.

British Land Art as shown in this well selected, but relatively modestly scaled exhibition wasn't about imposing on the landscape, more a kind of landscape-orientated light conceptual art created passing through.

But most people will come away from this book believing it was money well spent.

But that message did not play well with many in Iowa, where wind turbines dot the fields and provide 36 percent of the state's electricity generation – and where tech giants like Microsoft are being attracted by the availability of clean energy to power t

He's feeling positive, but he'll carry on blogging-not about eating as cheaply as you can—"there are so many people in a much worse state, with barely any money to spend on food"—but eating well on a budget.

I use my bimonthly weigh-in results to get information about my nutrition as well.

If everything was going so well, then why did over 17 million people vote for Brexit, despite the warnings about what it could do to their country's economic prospects?

It is hard to get right, and requires a remarkable degree of vision, as well as cooperation between city authorities, the private sector, community.

It may involve not only his parents and his friends, as well as those of the young woman, but also a matchmaker.

Renaissance ideas had spread throughout Europe well into the 17th century, with the arts and sciences flourishing extraordinarily among those with a more logical disposition.

Scientists tell us this can back fire and actually have a negative impact on our well being.

Some students might do well on state tests without completing their homework, but what about the students who performed well on the tests and did their homework?

State governments are well accustomed to managing forests, but traditionally they've focused on wildlife, watersheds and opportunities for recreation.

That said, there is a way in which grade forgiveness satisfies colleges'own needs as well.

The common idea that high CEO pay is mainly about ripping people off doesn't explain history very well.

The most glaring flaw of the social cure as it's presented here is that it doesn't work very well for very long.

The only American public-sector workers who earn well above $250, 000 a year are university sports coaches and the president of the United States.

The second half of the 20th century saw a collection of geniuses, warriors, entrepreneurs and visionaries labour to create a fabulous machine that could function as a typewriter and printing press, studio and theatre, paintbrush and gallery, piano and rad

There are also stories about newly adoptive – and newly single – mom Sandra Bullock, as well as the usual "Jennifer Aniston is pregnant" news.

Thinking of time as a resource to be maximized means you approach it instrumentally, judging any given moment as well spent only in so far as it advances progress toward some goal.

This was not a volunteer soldier, not someone well paid, but an average guy, up against the best trained, best equipped, fiercest, most brutal enemies seen in centuries.

We should not forget, however, that most New Englanders were less well educated.

with the blurring of roles, and the fact that the home front lags well behind the workplace in making adjustments for working women, it's not surprising that women are more stressed at home.

词组搭配

all's well that ends well

见 all

all very well

as well he (或 she 等) might (或 may)

used to convey the speaker's opinion that a reaction is appropriate or unsurprising

［用于表示说话者认为某个反应恰当或在预料之中］理当如此

she sounded rather chipper, as well she might, given her bright prospects.
她听上去兴高采烈，考虑到她前途光明，她有理由这么做。

be well away

(Brit. informal)having made considerable or easy progress

(英，非正式)有很大（轻易）进步

if we got Terry to do that, we'd be well away.
如果我们让特里去做那件事，我们将有很大的进步。

be well out of

(Brit. informal)be fortunate to be no longer involved in (a situation)

(英，非正式)幸运摆脱（某处境）

be well up on (或 in)

know a great deal about (a particular thing)

对（某事）十分了解

do well for oneself

be successful, typically in material or financial terms

（尤指在物质或财政方面）成功，发达，昌盛

leave (或 let) well (美enough) alone

refrain from interfering with or trying improve something that is satisfactory or adequate as it is

（对满意或合适的事务）不要去管它，不要画蛇添足

very well

used to express agreement or understanding

［表示同意或理解］好，很好

oh very well then, come in.
啊，那好，进来吧。

(all) well and good

used to express acceptance of a first statement before introducing a contradictory or confirming second statement

［用于在引出或确认第二句话之前对第一句话表示接受］好吧，那也好

that's all well and good, but why didn't he phone her to say so?.
好吧，但他为什么不给她打电话去那样告诉她呢？。

well and truly

completely

完全，完全彻底地

Leith was well and truly rattled.
利思完全慌乱了。

well enough

to a reasonable degree

相当，很

he liked Isobel well enough, but wouldn't want to make a close friend of her.
他很喜欢伊泽贝尔，但不想跟她成为密友。

as well

In addition; also

另外；也

mentioned other matters as well.
也提到了其它事情

With equal effect

同样地

I might as well go.
我最好还是去

in well with【非正式用语】

In a position to influence or be favored by

处于有影响的地位或受宠于

He's in well with management.
他受到管理人员的青睐

实用场景例句

Sylvia shook hands. 'Well, you go get yourselves some breakfast.'...: 西尔维娅摆了摆手说：“嗯，你们自己去吃些早餐吧。”

Well, I don't like the look of that.: 唔，我不喜欢事情看起来的样子。

You can lose your perspective. You know, get paranoid? Well, that's something I really try and avoid...: 你会失去自己的判断力。知道吗，就是变得疑神疑鬼？这正是我努力想避免的。

The trouble with City is that they do not have enough quality players. Well, that can easily be rectified.: 曼城队的难题在于他们缺乏优秀球员。不过，这种情况很容易改变。

Thank you Lionel, for singing that for us. Well, we'd better tell you what's on the show between nine and midnight...: 谢谢你的歌声，莱昂内尔。好了，我们来看看从9点到午夜都播出什么节目。

Well, let's press on.: 好了，让我们继续努力。

'I'm sure you will be an asset,' she finally added. 'Well, I see it's just about time for lunch.'...: “我相信你会是一个有用的人才，”她最后加上一句，“好了，我看该吃午饭了。”

Well, thank you for speaking with us.: 好吧，谢谢你和我们谈话。

Well, maybe it would be easier to start with a smaller problem...: 那么，也许从小问题入手会更容易些。

Well, let's wait and see...: 那么，让我们等着看吧。

Look, I'm really sorry I woke you, and, well, I just wanted to tell you I was all right.: 听我说，我真抱歉吵醒你，嗯，我只是想告诉你我一切都好。

The comet is going to come back in 2061 and we are all going to be able to see it. Well, our offspring are, anyway...: 彗星将在2061年返回，到时我们都看得到。噢，反正我们的子孙看得到。

There was a note. Well, not really a note.: 那儿有张便条，噢，其实不算是便条。

'But finance is far more serious.' — 'Well I don't know really.': “但是财政更加困难了。”——“是吗，我真不知道。”

'Go on, Dennis.' — 'Well, if you're sure.': “继续啊，丹尼斯。”——“哦，如果你确定的话。”

'Imelda,' said Mrs Kennerly. 'That's my name, Tom.' — 'Well,' said Tom. 'Imelda. I never knew.'...: “伊梅尔达，”肯纳利夫人说道，“这是我的名字，汤姆。”——“哦，”汤姆说道，“伊梅尔达，我以前从来不知道。”

Well, honestly! They're like an old married couple at times.: 哦，天哪！他们有时看起来真像一对老夫老妻。

'Well?' asked Barry, 'what does it tell us?'...: “嗯？”巴里问道，“它到底告诉我们什么？”

'Well, why don't you ask me?' he said finally.: “嗯，那你为什么不问我呢？”他最后问道。

Well, well, well, look at you. Ethel, look at this little fat girl...: 哟，哟，看看你啊，埃塞尔，看看这个小胖姑娘啊。

Bob peered at it. 'Well, well!' he said, 'I haven't seen Spam since the war!' and laughed.: 鲍勃仔细瞧了一眼，说道：“哇，哇！自从战后我就再也没见过午餐肉了！”然后笑了起来。

Oh well, it could be worse...: 哎，算了，可能会更糟糕的。

'I called her and she said no.' — 'Oh well.': “我打电话给她了，但她拒绝了。”——“唉，那就这样吧。”

All the Indian batsmen played well...: 所有印度击球手都打得不错。

He speaks English better than I do...: 他的英语说得比我好。

Mix all the ingredients well...: 把所有原料搅拌均匀。

Wash your hands well with soap.: 用肥皂把手好好洗洗。

'He speaks well of you.' — 'I'm glad to hear that.'...: “他对你评价很高。”——“真高兴听到这个。”

It might help people think better of him.: 这可能会让人们对他的印象好点。

Helen is a very well-known novelist in Australia...: 海伦是澳大利亚非常著名的小说家。