Picture an old building that is not knocked down but re-shaped from the inside — new walls, new doors, same building. Reform can be thought of as giving something a better shape instead of replacing it: the school system, the tax law, or a person's way of living stays there, but it is worked on until it runs in a fairer or healthier way. That is why reform sits between fixing a small fault and starting all over again — it changes the shape, not the thing.
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原始詞典資料8 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法,摘錄並精簡格式,我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的;有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
Reformnoun/ɹɪˈfɔɹm/
- 1
A political movement or party.
- 2
ChristianityAn evangelical organisation within Anglicanism.
Reformadj/ɹɪˈfɔɹm/
- 1
Of Reform Judaism, its tenets, or its adherents.
reformnoun/ˌɹiːˈfɔɹm/
- 1
The change of something that is defective, broken, inefficient or otherwise negative, in order to correct or improve it
- The elections need to undergo a serious reform.
- Major reform is needed to improve the efficiency in the factory.
reformverb/ˌɹiːˈfɔɹm/
- 1
To put into a new and improved form or condition; to restore to a former good state, or bring from bad to good; to change from worse to better.
- to reform a profligate man; to reform corrupt manners or morals; to reform a criminal
- In this interview with Law Editors and Correspondents, he speaks on the gains of reforming the Directorate of Public Prosecutions (DPP), efforts to keep underage persons out of jail.
- 2
To return to a good state; to amend or correct one's own character or habits.
- It is hoped that many criminals, upon being freed, will eventually reform.
- 3
To form again or in a new configuration.
- This product contains reformed meat.
- The regiment reformed after surviving the first attack.
這個拼法也被記錄為下列字的變化形:
- Reform UK
摘錄自 英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary,已精簡格式;依 CC BY-SA 4.0 授權使用,改動後的內容同樣以此授權提供。