1、improve

改进;改善;增进

Both the texture and condition of your hair should improve.

你头发的发质与健康状况都应改善。

The weather is beginning to improve.

天气开始好转了。

提高;(使)变得更熟练

Their French has improved enormously.

他们的法语进步很大。

He said he was going to improve his football.

他说他要提高足球技术。

超过;胜过

We need to improve on our performance against France.

我们需要比对阵法国队时表现得更好。

2、operate

经营；管理；运营；运作

Until his death in 1986 Greenwood owned and operated an enormous pear orchard.

到他1986年去世前，格林伍德一直拥有并管理着一片面积广阔的梨园。

allowing commercial banks to operate in the country.

允许商业银行在该国开展业务

工作；起作用

Ceiling and wall lights can operate independently.

吊灯和壁灯可单独开关。

How do accounting records operate?

账目是如何记录的？

操作，控制，使用（机器、设备等）；（机器等）运转，运行

A massive rock fall trapped the men as they operated a tunnelling machine.

这些工人在操作隧道挖掘机时被大量的落石困住了。

The number of fax machines operating around the world has now reached ten million.

现在全球使用的传真机数量已达到了1,000万台。