reform1
  
  
	      			KK: [ˌrɪˈfɒrm]
	      			DJ: [riˈfɒːrm]
  
    vt.
    
      - 改革,革新,改良
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He raised some proposals to 
reform the Labor Party.
他提出了一些改革工黨的建議。
 
      - 革除(弊端等)
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There is a strong demand to 
reform social abuses.
人們強烈要求革除社會弊端。
 
      - 改造,使悔改
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We should try to 
reform criminals rather than punish them.
我們應該盡力改造罪犯,而不是懲罰他們。
 
    
    vi.
    
      - 改正,改邪歸正
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Harry has completely 
reformed.
哈里已完全棄惡從善了。
 
    
    n.
    
      - 改革,改良;改過,自新[C][U]
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The new government made many needed 
reforms.
新政府進行了許多必要的改革。
 
    
   
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reform2
  
  
	      			KK: [ˌrɪˈfɒrm]
	      			DJ: [riˈfɒːrm]
  
    vt.
    
      - 重新製作;重新編組
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The organization has recently been 
reformed.
這個組織最近改組了。
 
    
    vi.
    
      - 重新形成;重新編隊
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The group 
reformed after the war.
這個團體戰後進行了改組。
 
    
   
 
  v.
  - make changes in (something, especially an institution or practice) in order to improve it. 
▸cause (someone) to relinquish an immoral or criminal lifestyle.
 - Chemistry  subject (hydrocarbons) to a catalytic process in which straight-chain molecules are converted to branched forms.
 
n.
 the action or process of reforming.
 
  Derivative
  
    - reformable adj.
  - reformative adj.
  - reformed adj.
  - reformer n.
 
   
  Etymology
  ME (in the senses ‘restore peace’ and ‘restore to the original condition’): from OFr. reformer or L. reformare, from re- ‘back’ + formare ‘to form’.