His father's specialty had been machines, not building, and Ove was not much better himself.

父亲对机械确实很有研究，但造房子就不怎么拿手了。欧维自己也没好到哪儿去。

The bucolic wants to " better" himself.

田园牧歌者想要“改善” 自己。

But of course this gives him few opportunities of bettering himself'.

但当然，这几乎没有给他改善自己的机会。

Chuck is allergic to education and bettering himself.

恰克对上学 或给自己充电一类的事很反感。

He is much better himself since his visit, and seems younger and happier.

自从他来访后， 他自己好多了， 看起来更年轻、更快乐。

Has he bettered himself in prison?

他在监狱里自我改造了吗？

He goes through these seven different incarnations of himself trying to better himself be someone that he isn't.

他经历了自己的这七种不同的化身，试图让自己变得更好，成为他不是的人。

I just want to point out to everyone here, this is a man who is going to great lengths to better himself.

我想跟大家说这个男人想尽办法想让自己变得更好。

The poor man thought he would try to better himself; so, pulling off his red coat, he became a gardener, and dug his ground well, and sowed turnips.

这个可怜的人认为他会努力让自己变得更好。于是，他脱下红色外衣， 成为一名园丁， 好好地挖地， 种萝卜。

But the Romance Poetry describes a lot of the inner feelings, the motivations, psychology you could say, of the knight trying to improve himself, to better himself, so he’s worthy the love of a woman. What it explains this difference?

但是言情诗写了很多骑士的内心感受，可以说是动机，可以说是心理，他想提升自己，让自己变得更好，所以他值得女人的爱。它解释了这种差异是什么？