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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.
实用短语
常用短语
单词用法
reform:指去恶扬善、弃旧图新,使变得完美,多用于社会、政治、经济方面,如体制、法律、机构等的改革。
transform:指既改变外部形体,又改变内部性质或功能。
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词根:reform
adj.reformed改革过的;新教的
reformist改良主义的;改良运动的
reformable可改革的;可感化的;可革除的
reformative改良的
reformatory改革的;感化的;革新的
n.reformation革新;改善
reformer改革家;改革运动者;改良者
reforestation重新造林
reformist改革者;改革主义者
reformate[油气] 重整油;重整产品
reformatory少年管教所
reformism改良主义;改革主义
v.reformed改革(reform的过去分词和过去式)