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verb (1)
transitive verb
to put or change into an improved form or condition
to amend or improve by change of form or removal of faults or abuses
to put an end to (an evil) by enforcing or introducing a better method or course of action
to induce or cause to abandon evil ways
reform a drunkard
to subject (hydrocarbons) to cracking
to produce (gasoline, gas, etc.) by cracking
intransitive verb
to become changed for the better
noun
amendment of what is defective, vicious, corrupt, or depraved
removal or correction of errors or of an abuse or a wrong
capitalized reform judaism
adjective
relating to or favoring reform
All of the great American reform movements—from civil rights to child-labor laws—started far from Washington, D.C. In state legislatures and town halls …—William Greider
Reform of, relating to, or practicing Reform Judaism
Reform Jews, by the end of the nineteenth century, had adopted the custom of rising to their feet to pronounce the Shema in unison.—Jonathan D. Sarna
verb (2)
transitive verb
to form again
intransitive verb
to take form again
the ice re-formed on the lake
15世纪中期,“能够被恢复或修正”,源自 reform(动词)+ -able。15世纪后期(指人)“有改革倾向”。相关词汇: Reformability。
Verb (1) Middle English, from Anglo-French refurmer, from Latin reformare, from re- + formare to form, from forma form
The first known use of reform was in the 14th century
reformernoun
one that works for reform
reformatory1 of 2adjective
reformative
reformatory2 of 2noun
an institution for reforming usually young or female criminals or those in jail for the first time
reformativeadjective
tending or likely to reform
reformationnoun
the act of reforming : the state of being reformed
capitalized a 16th century series of religious actions which led to establishment of the Protestant churches
reformationnoun
the act of reforming : the state of being reformed
capitalized a 16th century series of religious actions which led to establishment of the Protestant churches
reform1 of 3verb
to make better by removal of faults
reform a prisoner
to correct or improve one's own behavior or habits
reform2 of 3noun
improvement in what is bad
a removal or correction of an abuse, a wrong, or errors
re-form3 of 3verb
to form again
the ice re-formed on the lake
1 I say “enforced” because bureaucracies are man-made and, with sufficient political will, reformable.
2 They argued that the unproven and unlikely theory was dangerous because it could lead to social policies based on incorrect assumptions, such as criminals not being reformable and young minds not being vulnerable to stress.
3 The program is designed to help former gang members who are trying to reform.
4 But last week, on a visit to Romania, he complained that France was not a "reformable country... because French men and women hate reform".
5 The challenge will be to simulate these reformable bonds in man-made adhesives.
这些挑战将被改造模拟债券人造粘合剂。
6 Hollywood, which loves nothing more than to see a reformed drunk play a reformable one, gave Hopper another Oscar nomination.
7 Not only is it unclear how far the reforms will go, such is the state of Pemex that some doubt it is reformable at all.
8 They want to reform campaign spending.
9 Administration officials have frequently urged Congress to reform the U.S. immigration system, warning that any executive action could be held up in court because of legal challenges.
10 If he is reformable he takes the lesson, and very likely becomes excellent friends with those who "drew" him.
11 The laws need to be reformed.
12 The program is designed to reform prisoners.
13 The senator campaigned in 2022 on his desire to reform the immigration system and personally warned Biden in mid-December not to fold to the GOP.
14 “The right thing to do is to stop funding an institution that is causing our city a great deal of harm and does not seem to be reformable,” Fletcher said.
15 During a visit to Bucharest last week, he told an audience: “France is not a reformable country. Many have tried and they have not succeeded because the French hate reform.”
16 A group of senators are calling for reform of the nation's health-care system.
17 "We acknowledge that the current system is not reformable—that we would like to end the current policing system as we know it," council member Alondra Cano said.
18 Quartz grain surface textures in coastal dune sand which is mainly derived from beach sand have features characteristic of both typical aeolian environment and inheritable and reformable beach sand.
本文通过对广东和海南海岸沙丘砂石英颗粒的扫描电镜分析,认为其表面结构特征,既具有典型的风成环境特征。
19 The corporate state, like the communist regimes I covered in Eastern Europe, is not reformable from within.
20 He has proposed a list of political reforms.
2 可改善的
3 可矫正的
4 可改造的
5 可改正的
6 可改善