| 单词 | reform |
| 释义 | reform (once / 93 pages) 1vn 2vn 3v 4v When you reform something, you change it for the better. If you're running for President, you might promise to reform government, although it's easier to promise reform than to actually accomplish it. If you take the parts of reform, re- and form, you can see that it means “to shape again.” We often use it to talk about correcting what's wrong in a system, and if you reform something, you make it better and more fair. Juvenile delinquents might be sent to reform school to become better people. Someone fighting alcoholism might try to reform her ways. It's not always about morals: in chemistry, you reform molecules by breaking them apart. WORD FAMILYreform: reformable, reformation, reformative, reformatory, reformed, reformer, reforming, reformism, reforms+/deform: deformation, deformed, deforming, deforms/deformation: deformational, deformations/deformed: deformedly, deformity/deformity: deformities/form: biform, deform, formation, formative, formed, forming, formless, forms, multiform, preform, reform/formation: formations, re-formation/formative: formatively, formatives/formed: ill-formed, re-formed, unformed/formless: formlessly/preform: preformation, preformed, preforms/preformation: preformations/reformable: unreformable/reformation: counterreformation, reformations, self-reformation/reformatory: reformatories/reformed: reformedly, unreformed/reformer: reformers/reformism: reformist/reformist: reformists/unformed: unformedly USAGE EXAMPLESThat means Mr. Trump will be in office when Cuba is no longer ruled by the Castro family, regardless of the pace of democratic reforms. Washington Times(Jan 02, 2017) Johnson said he would lobby the Illinois legislature to reform sentencing guidelines for repeat gun offenders. Reuters(Jan 02, 2017) If the legislature fails to reform, it won’t be for the lack of ideas. Washington Times(Jan 02, 2017) 1 1v make changes for improvement in order to remove abuse and injustices reform a political system Hyper ameliorate, amend, better, improve, meliorate to make better 2v improve by alteration or correction of errors or defects and put into a better condition reform the health system in this country Hyper ameliorate, amend, better, improve, meliorate to make better 3n a change for the better as a result of correcting abuses justice was for sale before the reform of the law courts Hypo|Hyper land reform a redistribution of agricultural land (especially by government action) moralisation, moralizationthe act of making moral (or more moral) housecleaning(figurative) the act of reforming by the removal of unwanted personnel or practices or conditions improvement the act of improving something 4n a campaign aimed to correct abuses or malpractices 2the reforms he proposed were too radical for the politicians Hyper campaign, cause, crusade, drive, effort, movement a series of actions advancing a principle or tending toward a particular end 1v bring, lead, or force to abandon a wrong or evil course of life, conduct, and adopt a right one The Church reformed me reform your conduct Syn|Hypo|Hyper reclaim, rectify, regenerate see the light, straighten out change for the better moralise, moralize improve the morals of alter, change, modify cause to change; make different; cause a transformation 2v change for the better The lazy student promised to reform Syn|Hyper see the light, straighten out reclaim, rectify, regenerate bring, lead, or force to abandon a wrong or evil course of life, conduct, and adopt a right one ameliorate, better, improve, meliorate get better 3n self-improvement in behavior or morals by abandoning some vice 3the family rejoiced in the drunkard's reform Hyper self-improvement, self-reformation the act of improving yourself v produce by cracking 4reform gas Hyper create from raw material, create from raw stuff make from scratch v break up the molecules of reform oil Hyper change integrity change in physical make-up |
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