Still, that was an improvement on the previous quarter, when GDP shrank by 24%.

尽管如此，与上一季度GDP缩水24%相比，已经是有所改善了。

It was the currency bloc's fourth consecutive month of deflation, though it was an improvement on February's inflation rate of -0.3% and January's -0.6%.

这是欧元区连续第四个月出现通货紧缩，但这比2月份0.3%的通货紧缩率和1月份0.6%的通货紧缩率来说，情势已经得到了好转。

She was dressed in her " town" clothes, he noticed; but they did not seem to be an improvement on her country ones.

他注意到，她穿着“镇上” 的衣服； 但他们似乎并没有比她的国家有所改善。

This system was developed in the 1820s in New York state and it was supposed to be an improvement on other prison systems.

该系统是在 1820 年代在纽约州开发的，它应该是对其他监狱系统的改进。