| 释义 |
re·form
I. \rə̇ˈfȯ(ə)rm, rēˈf-, -ȯ(ə)m\ verb
Etymology: Middle English reformen, from Middle French reformer, from Old French, from Latin reformare, from re- + formare to form, from forma form — more at form
transitive verb
1. obsolete : restore, renew
2.
a. : to restore to a former good state : bring from bad to good
< hopes that Congress may, somehow, reform itself — T.H.Eliot >
b. : to amend or improve by change of form or by removal of faults or abuses
< the fact is that the world does not care to be reformed — S.M.Crothers >
< need for reforming news writing in order to make it more readable — F.L.Mott >
c. : to put or change into a new and improved form or condition
< his ambition to reform the map of the world — Benjamin Farrington >
3. : to put an end to (an evil) by enforcing or introducing a better method or course of action or behavior
< reform the abuses of political patronage >
4. : to induce or cause to abandon an evil manner of living and follow a good one : change from worse to better
< attempts to reform the criminal >
< reform a drunkard >
5. obsolete : censure, reprove
6. obsolete : to improve by cutting : prune
< labor to reform yon flowery arbors — John Milton >
7.
a. : to correct the errors in : emend
< reform the calendar >
b. : to rectify (as an error in a legal instrument) in accordance with the real intention of the parties to a transaction
8.
a. obsolete : to form (a military unit) into a new organization (as by reduction in number)
b. obsolete : disband
c. : re-form
9.
a. : to subject (hydrocarbon oils or gases) to reforming
b. : to produce by reforming
< reformed gasoline >
< reformed refinery oil gas >
intransitive verb
: to change for the better : amend or correct one's character or habits
< if given more time, I think the Church would have reformed from within — A.N.Whitehead >
Synonyms: see correct
II. noun
(-s)
Etymology: probably from French réforme, from réformer to reform, from Old French reformer
1.
a. : amendment of what is defective, vicious, corrupt, or depraved
< reform of the law courts >
< a school for reform of young criminals >
b. : a removal or correction of an abuse, a wrong, or errors
< calendar reform >
< reform of election procedures >
2. usually capitalized : reformation 2
3. usually capitalized : reform judaism
III. adjective
: relating to or favoring reform
< reform movement >
< reform bill >
< reform candidate > |