the better

The more ploughing and weeding, the better the crop.

一分耕耘, 一分收获.

Mark, you'd better get cracking, the sooner the better.

马克，你最好尽快开始，越快越好。

The club's aim is to foster better relations within the community.

俱乐部的宗旨是促进团体内部的关系。

She always gets the better of an argument.

她在争辩中总是占上风。

We spent the better part of an hour searching for her.

我们花了近1个小时找她。

The longer your child can go without needing a filling, the better.

孩子越晚需要补牙就越好。

His illness has taken a turn for the better.

他的病有了好转.

Discretion is the better part of valour.

小心即大勇.

I don't want to go to the party, but I suppose I'd better put in an appearance.

我不想去参加这个聚会，不过我认为最好还是去露个面。

The money is much better in my new job.

我的新工作薪水高多了。

If they lose their way, so much the better for us.

如果他们迷了路, 那对我们来说就更好了.

Use strong white flour, and if you can get hold of durum wheat flour, then so much the better

使用高筋白面粉，如果你能弄到硬粒小麦面粉，那就更好了。

Aunt must shop around for the better job for me.

姑妈要为我找一份较好的工作.

She didn't allow her emotions to get the better of her.

她没有感情用事。

"How are you?" —"All the better for seeing you."

“你好吗？”—“好，看见你更好了。”

He is used to tough defenders, and he usually gets the better of them.

他习惯了彪悍的后卫，通常都能战而胜之。

The fewer things in the room the better.

房间里的东西越少越好。

No one can get the better of her in an argument.

辩论起来没人能辩过她。

If he will help us, so much the better.

假如他肯帮助我们那就更好了.

The Irish love a party, the bigger the better.

爱尔兰人喜欢聚会，规模越大越好。

The journey took her the better part of an hour.

旅程花去了她半个多小时。

The crowd was pushing and shoving to get a better view.

人们挤来挤去，想看得清楚点儿。

Use strong white flour, and if you can get hold of durum wheat flour, then so much the better.

使用高筋白面粉，如果你能弄到硬粒小麦面粉，那就更好了。

You'll feel all the better for a good night's sleep.

你晚上睡个好觉就会感觉好得多。

The present situation is taking a turn for the better.

目前形势正在好转.

The more feedback we get from viewers, the better.

从观众那儿得到的反馈越多越好.

The weather was so bad we'd have been better off staying at home.

天气非常恶劣，我们还不如待在家里舒服。

He became convinced that his illness was purely imaginary: that made it none the better.

他逐渐相信了自己的病纯粹是想象出来的，但那也没有让他的病情有任何好转。

We don't actually need it on Tuesday, but if it arrives by then, so much the better.

实际上我们星期二并不需要它，但如果那时能到就更好。

The earlier the treatment is given, the better the patient's chances.

病人越早接受治疗，康复的可能性就越大。