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N-VAR
变革;改革;革新;改良 Reform consists of changes and improvements to a law, social system, or institution. A reform is an instance of such a change or improvement.
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The party embarked on a programme of economic reform...
这个党开始进行经济改革。
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He has urged reform of the welfare system...
他极力主张进行福利制度改革。
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The Socialists introduced fairly radical reforms.
社会主义者推行了相当激进的改革。
2.
VERB
改良;革新;变革;改革 If someone reforms something such as a law, social system, or institution, they change or improve it.
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...his plans to reform the country's economy...
他的国家经济改革计划
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A reformed party would have to win the approval of the people.
一个革新的政党需要赢得人民的认可。
3.
V-ERG
（人）洗心革面；(使)改过自新；改造 When someone reforms or when something reforms them, they stop doing things that society does not approve of, such as breaking the law or drinking too much alcohol.
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When his court case was coming up, James promised to reform...
他的案子即将开审的时候，詹姆斯保证会改过自新。
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We will try to reform him within the community.
我们将尽力在社区内部对他进行改造。
reformed
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...a reformed alcoholic.
改过自新的酒鬼
- Noun
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1. a change for the better as a result of correcting abuses;
- "justice was for sale before the reform of the law courts"
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2. a campaign aimed to correct abuses or malpractices;
- "the reforms he proposed were too radical for the politicians"
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3. self-improvement in behavior or morals by abandoning some vice;
- "the family rejoiced in the drunkard's reform"
- Verb
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1. make changes for improvement in order to remove abuse and injustices;
- "reform a political system"
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2. bring, lead, or force to abandon a wrong or evil course of life, conduct, and adopt a right one;
- "The Church reformed me"
- "reform your conduct"
- synonym： reclaim，regenerate，rectify
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3. produce by cracking;
- "reform gas"
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4. break up the molecules of;
- "reform oil"
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5. improve by alteration or correction of errors or defects and put into a better condition;
- "reform the health system in this country"
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6. change for the better;
- "The lazy student promised to reform"
- "the habitual cheater finally saw the light"
- synonym： straighten out，see the light
- 1. The reform in the rural areas has proved highly successful.; Very good results have been achieved in rural reform.
- 农村的改革卓有成效。
来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
- 2. All their efforts at reform have been set back.
- 他们所有的改革努力都遭受到挫折。
来自《简明英汉词典》
- 3. An overwhelming majority of the committee members went in for the currency reform.
- 绝大多数委员赞成实行币制改革。
来自《简明英汉词典》
- 4. Before the land reform my family hadn't a single room or a strip of land.
- 土改前我家房无一间，地无一垄。
来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
- 5. During the land reform each person got 1.3 mu of land.
- 土改时每人领得一亩三分地。
来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
- 6. Frankly speaking,I'm not opposed to reform.
- 坦率地说，我不反对改革。
来自《简明英汉词典》
- 7. He promised to reform if given another chance.
- 他答应只要再给他一个机会就一定改过。
来自《现代英汉综合大词典》
- 8. He was an effective supporter of reform.
- 他是改革的有力支持者。
来自《现代英汉综合大词典》
- 9. I am not opposed to reform.
- 我不反对改革。
来自《简明英汉词典》
- 10. It is difficult to reach a consensus about electoral reform.
- 要就选举改革达成共识很困难。
来自《简明英汉词典》
- 11. It is successful for us to research on the reform of farm tools.
- 我们对农具改进的研究取得了成功。
来自《简明英汉词典》
- 12. Little headway has been made in educational reform.
- 教育改革没有进展。
来自《现代英汉综合大词典》
- 13. Our educational reform was steadily led onto the correct path.
- 我们的教学改革慢慢上轨道了。
来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
- 14. Our service is obsolete, requiring root and branch reform.
- 我们的服务业已过时，需要彻底改革。
来自《简明英汉词典》
- 15. Politically, she is a staunch opponent of reform.
- 在政治上，她是坚决反对改革的。
来自《简明英汉词典》
- 16. Politically, they belonged to the conservative party and opposed reform.
- 在政治上，他们是保守派，反对改革。
来自《简明英汉词典》
- 17. Provided we do all this, we shall assuredly succeed in our reform.
- 只要我们做到这一切，改革就一定能成功。
来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
- 18. Salvation lay in political reform.
- 解救办法在于政治改革。
来自《简明英汉词典》
- 19. She is one of the strongest opponents of tax reform.
- 她是税收改革的最强烈的反对者之一。
来自《简明英汉词典》
- 20. The government will direct the additional taxes to the educational reform.
- 政府把这些附加税收用于教育改革。
来自《简明英汉词典》
