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单词 reformation
释义
reformationref‧or‧ma‧tion /ˌrefəˈmeɪʃən $ -fər-/ noun Examples
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
  • the reformation of the welfare system
EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS
  • His general purpose was to humanize prison conditions and to provide prisoners with opportunities for personal reformation.
  • In so far as he contended for a reformation of poetic diction, he undertook a useful task.
  • Paragraph 3 of Article 10 states that the essential aim of the penal system is reformation and social rehabilitation.
  • Whatever the cause, the reformation of our family, with Dad at the head, never again came to be.
Phrases
PHRASES FROM THE ENTRY
  • After the Reformation several were ordained in the Anglican Church while others became active Nonconformists.
  • Haigh's denial of the existence of anti-clericalism on the eve of the Reformation is a case in point.
  • His writings and public orations constantly attack Protestantism and blame the Reformation for many ills.
  • It was the corruption of the Roman Catholic clergy in medieval times that paved the way for the Reformation.
  • Miracles were performed at his tomb and until the Reformation there was a cult of St Richard the Hermit there.
  • There is of course nothing new in finding new uses: Malmesbury Abbey after the Reformation became Britain's first clothing factory.
Word family
WORD FAMILYnounformformationtransformationreformerreformreformationreformisttransformerformlessnessadjectivereformedreformistformlessverbformreformtransformadverbformlessly
1[countable, uncountable] formal when something is completely changed in order to improve it2the Reformation the religious changes in Europe in the 16th century, that resulted in the Protestant churches being established
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