| 单词 | reformed |
| 释义 | reformed (once / 1822 pages) adj Someone who's reformed is changed in a positive way. A reformed bully has stopped shoving smaller kids around and makes a point of treating everyone kindly. A reformed prison system would be one that has eliminated controversial punishments like solitary confinement, and a reformed group of military rebels might form a peaceful political party. Sometimes you'll see this adjective in a religious context — for example, Calvinism is known as "Reformed Christianity," a reference to the Protestant Reformation. The Latin root, reformare, means "change." WORD FAMILYreformed: reformedly, unreformed+/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/reform: reformable, reformation, reformative, reformatory, reformed, reformer, reforming, reformism, reforms/reformable: unreformable/reformation: counterreformation, reformations, self-reformation/reformatory: reformatories/reformer: reformers/reformism: reformist/reformist: reformists/unformed: unformedly USAGE EXAMPLESShe says state law needs to be reformed. Washington Times(Dec 30, 2016) Still, while portraying himself as the face of a reformed far right, he persisted in courting a more extreme base. Washington Post(Dec 04, 2016) That kind of reprieve is an absolute steal for a recently reformed overeater. Washington Post(Nov 30, 2016) adj caused to abandon an evil manner of living and follow a good one a reformed drunkard Syn regenerate reformed spiritually or morally Reformed (once / 3396 pages) adj WORD FAMILY Reformed USAGE EXAMPLES“I didn’t want to see the images,” he said in his office at Holy Trinity Reformed Episcopal Church, where he is vicar. New York Times(Dec 15, 2016) DeVos attended Calvin College, which is owned and operated by the Christian Reformed Church. The New Yorker(Dec 13, 2016) Reformed gang members are working with police in Northamptonshire to help young women at risk of becoming involved with gang culture. BBC(Oct 30, 2016) adj of or relating to the body of Protestant Christianity arising during the Reformation; used of some Protestant churches especially Calvinist as distinct from Lutheran Dutch Reformed theology Syn unorthodox breaking with convention or tradition |
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