| 单词 | reformer |
| 释义 | reformer (once / 622 pages) 1n 2n WORD FAMILY reformer: reformers+/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/reformed: reformedly, unreformed/reformism: reformist/reformist: reformists/unformed: unformedly USAGE EXAMPLESIt is often considered to be a Protestant carol, because of its traditional attribution to the German reformer Martin Luther. Washington Post(Dec 16, 2016) “He will do anything they demand. Not much of a reformer!” The Guardian(Dec 17, 2016) “He will do anything they demand. Not much of a reformer!” he said in a January tweet. Wall Street Journal(Dec 09, 2016) 1 n a disputant who advocates reform 2Syn|Exp|Hypo|Hyper crusader, meliorist, reformist, social reformer Anthony Comstock United States reformer who led moral crusades against art and literature that he considered obscene (1844-1915) Dorothea Lynde DixUnited States social reformer who pioneered in the reform of prisons and in the treatment of the mentally ill; superintended women army nurses during the American Civil War (1802-1887) John HussCzechoslovakian religious reformer who anticipated the Reformation; he questioned the infallibility of the Catholic Church was excommunicated (1409) for attacking the corruption of the clergy; he was burned at the stake (1372-1415) Robert OwenWelsh industrialist and social reformer who founded cooperative communities (1771-1858) Girolamo SavonarolaItalian religious and political reformer; a Dominican friar in Florence who preached against sin and corruption and gained a large following; he expelled the Medici from Florence but was later excommunicated and executed for criticizing the Pope (1452-1498) Francis Everett TownsendUnited States social reformer who proposed an old-age pension sponsored by the federal government; his plan was a precursor to Social Security (1867-1960) John WilkesEnglish reformer who published attacks on George III and supported the rights of the American colonists (1727-1797) Simone de BeauvoirFrench feminist and existentialist and novelist (1908-1986) Henry Ward BeecherUnited States clergyman who was a leader for the abolition of slavery (1813-1887) Julian BondUnited States civil rights leader who was elected to the legislature in Georgia but was barred from taking his seat because he opposed the Vietnam War (born 1940) John Brownabolitionist who was hanged after leading an unsuccessful raid at Harper's Ferry, Virginia (1800-1859) Rachel Louise CarsonUnited States biologist remembered for her opposition to the use of pesticides that were hazardous to wildlife (1907-1964) Frederick DouglassUnited States abolitionist who escaped from slavery and became an influential writer and lecturer in the North (1817-1895) William Edward Burghardt Du BoisUnited States civil rights leader and political activist who campaigned for equality for Black Americans (1868-1963) Medgar Wiley EversUnited States civil rights worker in Mississippi; was killed by a sniper (1925-1963) James Leonard FarmerUnited States civil rights leader who in 1942 founded the Congress of Racial Equality (born in 1920) Betty Naomi Goldstein FriedanUnited States feminist who founded a national organization for women (born in 1921) William Lloyd GarrisonUnited States abolitionist who published an anti-slavery journal (1805-1879) Charlotte Anna Perkins GilmanUnited States feminist (1860-1935) Jesse Louis JacksonUnited States civil rights leader who led a national campaign against racial discrimination and ran for presidential nomination (born in 1941) Martin Luther King Jr.United States charismatic civil rights leader and Baptist minister who campaigned against the segregation of Blacks (1929-1968) Malcolm Littlemilitant civil rights leader (1925-1965) James Howard MeredithUnited States civil rights leader whose college registration caused riots in traditionally segregated Mississippi (born in 1933) Lucretia Coffin MottUnited States feminist and suffragist (1793-1880) Elijah Muhammadleader of Black Muslims who campaigned for independence for Black Americans (1897-1975) Carry Amelia Moore NationUnited States prohibitionist who raided saloons and destroyed bottles of liquor with a hatchet (1846-1911) Rosa ParksUnited States civil rights leader who refused to give up her seat on a bus to a white man in Montgomery (Alabama) and so triggered the national Civil Rights movement (born in 1913) Alice PaulUnited States feminist (1885-1977) Paul Bustill RobesonUnited States bass singer and an outspoken critic of racism and proponent of socialism (1898-1976) Elizabeth Cady StantonUnited States suffragist and feminist; called for reform of the practices that perpetuated sexual inequality (1815-1902) Gloria SteinemUnited States feminist (born in 1934) Lucy StoneUnited States feminist and suffragist (1818-1893) Marie Charlotte Carmichael Stopesbirth-control campaigner who in 1921 opened the first birth control clinic in London (1880-1958) Harriet Elizabeth Beecher StoweUnited States writer of a novel about slavery that advanced the abolitionists' cause (1811-1896) Arthur TappanUnited States abolitionist (1786-1865) Sojourner TruthUnited States abolitionist and feminist who was freed from slavery and became a leading advocate of the abolition of slavery and for the rights of women (1797-1883) Harriet TubmanUnited States abolitionist born a slave on a plantation in Maryland and became a famous conductor on the Underground Railroad leading other slaves to freedom in the North (1820-1913) Nat TurnerUnited States slave and insurrectionist who in 1831 led a rebellion of slaves in Virginia; he was captured and executed (1800-1831) Denmark VeseyUnited States freed slave and insurrectionist in South Carolina who was involved in planning an uprising of slaves and was hanged (1767-1822) Sir William WallaceScottish insurgent who led the resistance to Edward I; in 1297 he gained control of Scotland briefly until Edward invaded Scotland again and defeated Wallace and subsequently executed him (1270-1305) Baroness Jackson of LodsworthEnglish economist and conservationist (1914-1981) Theodore Dwight WeldUnited States abolitionist (1803-1895) Roy WilkinsUnited States civil rights leader (1901-1981) Frances Elizabeth Caroline WillardUnited States advocate of temperance and women's suffrage (1839-1898) Mary Wollstonecraft GodwinEnglish writer and early feminist who denied male supremacy and advocated equal education for women; mother of Mary Shelley (1759-1797) Frances WrightUnited States early feminist (born in Scotland) (1795-1852) Whitney Moore Young Jr.United States civil rights leader (1921-1971) abolitionist, emancipationist a reformer who favors abolishing slavery birth-control campaigner, birth-control reformera social reformer who advocates birth control and family planning Chartista 19th century English reformer who advocated better social and economic conditions for working people civil rights activist, civil rights leader, civil rights workera leader of the political movement dedicated to securing equal opportunity for members of minority groups demonstrator, protestersomeone who participates in a public display of group feeling dry, prohibitionista reformer who opposes the use of intoxicating beverages conservationist, environmentalistsomeone who works to protect the environment from destruction or pollution feminist, libber, women's liberationist, women's rightista supporter of feminism flower child, hippie, hippy, hipstersomeone who rejects the established culture; advocates extreme liberalism in politics and lifestyle freedom fighter, insurgent, insurrectionist, rebela person who takes part in an armed rebellion against the constituted authority (especially in the hope of improving conditions) activist, militanta militant reformer non-resistant, passive resistera reformer who believes in passive resistance preservationistsomeone who advocates the preservation of historical sites or endangered species or natural areas Utopianan idealistic (but usually impractical) social reformer Black Musliman activist member of a largely American group of Blacks called the Nation of Islam Black Panthera member of the Black Panthers political party counterdemonstratorsomeone who demonstrates in opposition to another demonstration Greenan environmentalist who belongs to the Green Party freedom riderone of an interracial group of civil rights activists who rode buses through parts of the South in order to protest racial segregation mutineersomeone who is openly rebellious and refuses to obey authorities (especially seamen or soldiers) picketa protester posted by a labor organization outside a place of work suffragettea woman advocate of women's right to vote (especially a militant advocate in the United Kingdom at the beginning of the 20th century) tree huggerderogatory term for environmentalists who support restrictions on the logging industry and the preservation of forests Young Turka member of one or more of the insurgent groups in Turkey in the late 19th century who rebelled against the absolutism of Ottoman rule controversialist, disputant, eristic a person who disputes; who is good at or enjoys controversy n an apparatus that reforms the molecular structure of hydrocarbons to produce richer fuel a catalytic reformer Hyper apparatus, setup equipment designed to serve a specific function |
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