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单词 reformulated
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reformulatedadj.

Brit. /ˌriːˈfɔːmjᵿleɪtᵻd/, U.S. /rəˈfɔrmjəˌleɪdᵻd/
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: reformulate v., -ed suffix1.
Etymology: < reformulate v. + -ed suffix1.
1. That has been reformulated.
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1885 Times 17 Jan. 5/2 Baron Lambermont said that it was doubtful whether the reformulated draft would be ready on Monday.
1931 Jrnl. Amer. Statist. Assoc. 26 277 The reformulated program was sent on May 16 to all the members for comment and suggestions regarding the best procedure to promote action by the Conference of Governors.
1970 Amer. Sociol. Rev. 35 No. 2. 209/1 It indicates that the reformulated proposition..cannot possibly apply to both parts of a dichotomy.
1995 J. D. Mullen Hard Thinking iv. 79 The defense attorney would have objected to the reformulated question since it called for the inference that the man who looked like the defendant was not the twin.
2. Chiefly U.S. Of petroleum-based fuel: specially formulated to produce lower levels of atmospheric pollutants. Esp. as reformulated gasoline (abbreviated RFG).
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1988 National Petroleum News (Nexis) Jan. 20 If..such a reformulated gasoline had to be made available in the Northeast from July 1 to Sept. 15, as the regulators have proposed, injection into the distribution system would have to be started at least 60 days in advance of the target date.
1994 Coloradoan (Fort Collins) 15 Jan. d8/2 Oxygenates..are added to reformulated gas to make it burn cleaner.
2001 National Post (Canada) 13 June c12/1 State officials requested that federal rules requiring reformulated fuel be waived, saying additives would boost the cost of gasoline and worsen shortages without substantially improving air quality.
2006 Sci. Amer. (U.K. ed.) Sept. 38/2 Much of this [sc. ethanol] is blended with gasoline at the 10 percent level in so-called reformulated (cleaner-burning) gasolines.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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