reform1
KK: [ˌrɪˈfɒrm]
DJ: [riˈfɒːrm]
vt.
- 改革,革新,改良
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)
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
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
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]
The new government made many needed
reforms.
新政府進行了許多必要的改革。
辨析
reform2
KK: [ˌrɪˈfɒrm]
DJ: [riˈfɒːrm]
vt.
- 重新製作;重新編組
The organization has recently been
reformed.
這個組織最近改組了。
vi.
- 重新形成;重新編隊
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’.