Definition of reform in English:

reform

verb rɪˈfɔːmrəˈfɔrm

[with object]

1Make changes in (something, especially an institution or practice) in order to improve it.
改革（尤指社会、政治、经济体制或做法）
the Bill will reform the tax system
法案将改革医疗补助制度。
Example sentencesExamples
- A Westcliff security company has embarked on a campaign to reform working practices in the security business.
- He called for proper funding to be put in place for hospitals, schools and local services but felt that a great opportunity to reform local government had been lost.
- What about reforming religious institutions?
- This is the backdrop against which we consider reforming Canada's political institutions for the twenty-first century.
- There can be absolutely no excuse for the government to avoid reforming these corrupt institutions.
- There was no real attempt to fundamentally reform or abandon the central planning process itself.
- This means not only refurbishing existing institutions, reforming committees and the like, but building new political sites.
- And it will continue to fail until Congress fundamentally reforms the law.
- Does he not know that the CAP has just been drastically reformed?
- By the time McLeish was 24, local government was being radically reformed.
- The system had to be radically reformed to detect murder, medical error and neglect.
- Patrick Mulvaney mentions some excellent ways of reforming US elections.
- Before the Findlay decision was given in Strasbourg, the British government had in fact sought and obtained legislation in Parliament to reform the court martial system.
- The government's plan to reform the subsidy system is running into fierce opposition.
- So I don't think you can reform educational institutions in radical ways, except in the wake of a revolution.
- Our aim is to reform our institutions and develop them into excellent ones.
- Its aim was to help such countries to acquire technology and sustainability by reforming their institutions and improving their competitiveness.
- As Mr Pope rightly says, it's time the eccentric and discriminatory system was radically reformed.
- Consequently, reforming institutions of the federal government to accommodate western concerns may indeed help cure this problem.
- She set out to reform the economy which she did with great success.
Synonyms
improve, make better, better, ameliorate, refine, mend, rectify, correct, rehabilitate
alter, make alterations to, change, adjust, make adjustments to, adapt, amend, revise, recast, reshape, refashion, redesign, restyle, revamp, renovate, rework, redo, remake, rebuild, reconstruct, remodel, make over, remould, reorganize, revolutionize, reorient, reorientate, vary, transform, convert
customize, tailor
technical permute
rare permutate
1. 1.1 Cause (someone) to relinquish an immoral, criminal, or self-destructive lifestyle.
  改造，使改过自新
  the state has a duty to reform criminals
  国家有责任改造犯人。
  Example sentencesExamples
  Maybe then the juveniles will be coming out of detention as reformed people, not as crime masterminds!
  I made many resolutions to reform my personality, but never quite got round to it.
  Finance Minister Tom McCabe, the man who persuaded McConnell to adopt last month's smoking ban, is a similarly reformed character, whose jogging rivals Kerr's.
  Before your mother reformed me that might have been my typical weekly shop.
  There is definitely enough money to set up institutions to reform people who are criminals.
  Judges and magistrates in the Doncaster area have been told to stop using a new style of sentencing aimed at reforming drug-addicted criminals because the initiative has run out of funding.
  I'm not really sure myself because I guess in a perfect world people would go to prison and come out a new, reformed person who would never commit a crime again.
  It's amazing the number of supposedly reformed criminals who have put money into pubs.
  Clarke at one time embraced the EU federalist cause I believe: I think he is now a better informed, and indeed reformed politician because of that.
  They are all reformed criminals - drug dealers, pickpockets, and thieves who have agreed to go straight and earn their money honestly.
  He could understand the community's concern but believed his son was reformed and no longer a threat to society.
  I'm a completely reformed character these days, with a wife and two-year-old son.
  We have Raymond Chandler and James M Cain, reformed junkie James Ellroy and reformed bank-robber Edward Bunker among many others.
  Lord Coulsfield said Custody Plus sentences had ‘little or no value’ in deterring or reforming criminals.
  So amazing, in fact, that this newly reformed cynic is ready to write a check.
  They took it in turns to visit the prison each day and to read from the Bible, believing that hearing the Bible had the power to reform people.
  Is it more important than reforming our criminals?
  In theory the parole hearings take the behaviour of the offender into account and allow reformed prisoners out before unrepentant ones.
  Mr Kennedy rejected putting retribution to satisfy the victims of crime above reforming criminals.
  It's a semi-auto biographical novel about a cop, Detective chief Inspector Jack Priestley, and his best friend, reformed criminal Steve Blade.
2. 1.2no object Relinquish an immoral, criminal, or self-destructive lifestyle.
  it was only when his drunken behaviour led to blows that he started to reform
  要不是酒后闹出了事，他是不会改过自新的。
  Example sentencesExamples
  And the Grinch is so much fun when he's bad, it's something of a disappointment when he reforms, realising along with the rest of Whoville that Christmas is about more than spending money.
  In the end he reforms, because - to put it in Madonna terms - ‘efforts are made.’
  I do not believe in the criminal's ability to reform, or their ability to name negative life factors as being a contributory factor to their crime.
  The death row inmate says that he's reformed and his supporters believe he deserves clemency.
  Synonyms
  mend one's ways, change for the better, change completely, make a fresh start, turn over a new leaf, become a new person, reconstruct oneself, improve, go straight, get back on the straight and narrow
2Chemistry
Subject (hydrocarbons) to a catalytic process in which straight-chain molecules are converted to branched forms for use as petrol.
〔化〕（石油炼制）重整
Example sentencesExamples
- The most polluting methods are the ones that rely on reforming hydrocarbons inside the car.
- Most fuel cells on the market combine atmospheric oxygen with hydrogen generated by reforming methanol or methane to make electricity, with water as a byproduct.
- To be useful in a power-generating fuel cell, hydrocarbons such as gasoline, natural gas or ethanol must be reformed into a hydrogen-rich gas.
- The tank of this SUV is filled with methanol from which hydrogen is reformed on board the vehicle.
- For example, hydrogen is made via electrolysis or by reforming hydrocarbons, and both methods take a lot of electricity - most of which comes from burning fossil fuels.

noun rɪˈfɔːmrəˈfɔrm

mass noun

The action or process of reforming an institution or practice.
改革，修订
the reform of the divorce laws
对离婚法的修订。
count noun economic reforms
经济改革。
Example sentencesExamples
- Most of the air security reforms Robert Poole recommends are intelligent and well taken.
- President Fox told reporters in Brazil that Mexico wants the United States to introduce immigration reforms as quickly as possible.
- Why not postpone the constitutional debate for a decade and concentrate on economic reform?
- In thinking about reforms, it is important to have a sense of the problems we aim to address, and some possible ways of addressing them.
- But all reforms so far discussed can only make things worse.
- Arguably its most radical commitment was to constitutional reform.
- If we want continued economic success we must continue the process of economic reform.
- Mr Prescott also used today's speech to announce sweeping housing reforms to tackle rogue landlords and reform the right to buy.
- He always presented reforms as a necessary evil.
- I want many changes though, starting with further reforms to agricultural policy, an end to secrecy, and a curb on the centralising tendency of the institutions in Brussels.
- I am generally in favor of orienting the country toward market reforms, but China's development must be more equal, more balanced.
- So the developing countries, the main beneficiaries of US largesse, are digging in against other UN reforms unless they get the extra cash.
- Sugar beet growers in Yorkshire were urged yesterday to lobby their MPs in a bid to water down reforms that could put thousands of jobs in the UK at risk.
- For example, it has linked economic reform and structural adjustment to what it has termed good governance.
- Do you believe that constitutional reform is needed to rectify the situation?
- Despite some tough reforms, no one is able to guess at the cost of widespread military corruption and incompetence.
- The process of economic reform had inevitably increased individual autonomy.
- To rise to these global challenges we have this week announced the next stage in our competitiveness reforms.
- In this case constitutional reform or more representative institutions are undesirable, since they are as likely to impede as to accelerate modernisation.
- Trying to keep the ailing system going another generation will wind up costing taxpayers far, far more than making reforms today.
Synonyms
improvement, betterment, amelioration, refinement, rectification, correction, rehabilitation
alteration, change, adjustment, adaptation, amendment, revision, recasting, reshaping, refashioning, redesigning, restyling, revamp, revamping, renovation, reworking, redoing, remake, rebuilding, reconstruction, remodelling, makeover, remoulding, reorganizing, reorganization, reorienting, reorientation, transformation, conversion
customizing, tailoring

Derivatives

reformable

adjective rɪˈfɔːməb(ə)lrəˈfɔrməb(ə)l

Instead, say the authors, militants should focus on reformable imbalances, such as agricultural subsidies.
Example sentencesExamples
- The modernizers found out that their ‘clients’ were not as reformable as they had thought.
- They are in essence moderate reformists who believe the party is reformable: one of the chapters in the book is a glowing tribute to the fairness of Premier Wen Jiabao, who was just a simple official at one time.
- In the '60s and '70s the left across Europe was divided over whether the EEC was reformable or not.
- The sustained popularity of Restoration drama had made the reformable rake and the miraculously converted tyrant familiar and acceptable, if not wholly ‘natural,’ characters by the 1740s.

reformative

adjective rɪˈfɔːmətɪvrəˈfɔrmədɪv

Fuller and Hawthorne provide fitting contrasts to Ralph Waldo Emerson and Henry Ward Beecher who, above all others, had celebrated individual morality and ‘the pure inward reformative light’ in spite of society's fallen state.
Example sentencesExamples
- For a film that professes to be about the street-fights of politics and the reformative power of youth, ‘Yuva’ manages to avoid, as far as possible, any direct look at sleaze and violence.
- In this regard, correctional and reformative efforts are being constantly carried out to suit the requirements of the prisoner welfare and rehabilitation programmes.
- Sentences imposed on married men suggest that the rarity of repeat judgments against wife beaters originated chiefly from the financial not the reformative effects of sentences on the family.
- Such concerns are all the more valid, considering the slight but visible difference detected even within the ruling circles between a more reformative party and a somewhat stability-oriented administration.

Origin

Middle English (as a verb in the senses 'restore (peace)' and 'bring back to the original condition'): from Old French reformer or Latin reformare, from re- 'back' + formare 'to form, shape'. The noun dates from the mid 17th century.

form from Middle English:
Form goes back to Latin forma ‘a mould or form’, and is an element in many English words such as conform (Middle English) make like something else; deform (Late Middle English) ‘mis-shape’; and reform (Middle English) ‘put back into shape’. Formal (Late Middle English) originally meant ‘relating to form’, and developed the sense ‘prim, stiff’ in the early 16th century. Format (mid 19th century) came via French and German from Latin formatus (liber) ‘shaped (book)’. Formula (early 17th century) was in Latin a ‘little form’ and was at first a fixed form of words used in ceremonies. Use in chemistry is from the mid 19th century.

Definition of reform in US English:

reform

verbrəˈfôrmrəˈfɔrm

[with object]

1Make changes in (something, typically a social, political, or economic institution or practice) in order to improve it.
改革（尤指社会、政治、经济体制或做法）
an opportunity to reform and restructure an antiquated schooling model
Example sentencesExamples
- There was no real attempt to fundamentally reform or abandon the central planning process itself.
- What about reforming religious institutions?
- He called for proper funding to be put in place for hospitals, schools and local services but felt that a great opportunity to reform local government had been lost.
- By the time McLeish was 24, local government was being radically reformed.
- Our aim is to reform our institutions and develop them into excellent ones.
- And it will continue to fail until Congress fundamentally reforms the law.
- So I don't think you can reform educational institutions in radical ways, except in the wake of a revolution.
- As Mr Pope rightly says, it's time the eccentric and discriminatory system was radically reformed.
- The government's plan to reform the subsidy system is running into fierce opposition.
- There can be absolutely no excuse for the government to avoid reforming these corrupt institutions.
- This means not only refurbishing existing institutions, reforming committees and the like, but building new political sites.
- Patrick Mulvaney mentions some excellent ways of reforming US elections.
- Before the Findlay decision was given in Strasbourg, the British government had in fact sought and obtained legislation in Parliament to reform the court martial system.
- Consequently, reforming institutions of the federal government to accommodate western concerns may indeed help cure this problem.
- Its aim was to help such countries to acquire technology and sustainability by reforming their institutions and improving their competitiveness.
- This is the backdrop against which we consider reforming Canada's political institutions for the twenty-first century.
- A Westcliff security company has embarked on a campaign to reform working practices in the security business.
- She set out to reform the economy which she did with great success.
- The system had to be radically reformed to detect murder, medical error and neglect.
- Does he not know that the CAP has just been drastically reformed?
Synonyms
improve, make better, better, ameliorate, refine, mend, rectify, correct, rehabilitate
1. 1.1 Bring about a change in (someone) so that they no longer behave in an immoral, criminal, or self-destructive manner.
  改造，使改过自新
  the state has a duty to reform criminals
  国家有责任改造犯人。
  Example sentencesExamples
  They are all reformed criminals - drug dealers, pickpockets, and thieves who have agreed to go straight and earn their money honestly.
  He could understand the community's concern but believed his son was reformed and no longer a threat to society.
  Finance Minister Tom McCabe, the man who persuaded McConnell to adopt last month's smoking ban, is a similarly reformed character, whose jogging rivals Kerr's.
  It's a semi-auto biographical novel about a cop, Detective chief Inspector Jack Priestley, and his best friend, reformed criminal Steve Blade.
  It's amazing the number of supposedly reformed criminals who have put money into pubs.
  I'm a completely reformed character these days, with a wife and two-year-old son.
  In theory the parole hearings take the behaviour of the offender into account and allow reformed prisoners out before unrepentant ones.
  They took it in turns to visit the prison each day and to read from the Bible, believing that hearing the Bible had the power to reform people.
  Maybe then the juveniles will be coming out of detention as reformed people, not as crime masterminds!
  I made many resolutions to reform my personality, but never quite got round to it.
  Is it more important than reforming our criminals?
  I'm not really sure myself because I guess in a perfect world people would go to prison and come out a new, reformed person who would never commit a crime again.
  Judges and magistrates in the Doncaster area have been told to stop using a new style of sentencing aimed at reforming drug-addicted criminals because the initiative has run out of funding.
  Mr Kennedy rejected putting retribution to satisfy the victims of crime above reforming criminals.
  Clarke at one time embraced the EU federalist cause I believe: I think he is now a better informed, and indeed reformed politician because of that.
  Lord Coulsfield said Custody Plus sentences had ‘little or no value’ in deterring or reforming criminals.
  Before your mother reformed me that might have been my typical weekly shop.
  We have Raymond Chandler and James M Cain, reformed junkie James Ellroy and reformed bank-robber Edward Bunker among many others.
  So amazing, in fact, that this newly reformed cynic is ready to write a check.
  There is definitely enough money to set up institutions to reform people who are criminals.
2. 1.2no object (of a person) change oneself for the better.
  改过，改过自新
  it was only when his drunken behavior led to blows that he started to reform
  要不是酒后闹出了事，他是不会改过自新的。
  Example sentencesExamples
  And the Grinch is so much fun when he's bad, it's something of a disappointment when he reforms, realising along with the rest of Whoville that Christmas is about more than spending money.
  In the end he reforms, because - to put it in Madonna terms - ‘efforts are made.’
  The death row inmate says that he's reformed and his supporters believe he deserves clemency.
  I do not believe in the criminal's ability to reform, or their ability to name negative life factors as being a contributory factor to their crime.
  Synonyms
  mend one's ways, change for the better, change completely, make a fresh start, turn over a new leaf, become a new person, reconstruct oneself, improve, go straight, get back on the straight and narrow
2Chemistry
Subject (hydrocarbons) to a catalytic process in which straight-chain molecules are converted to branched forms for use in gasoline.
〔化〕（石油炼制）重整
Example sentencesExamples
- To be useful in a power-generating fuel cell, hydrocarbons such as gasoline, natural gas or ethanol must be reformed into a hydrogen-rich gas.
- Most fuel cells on the market combine atmospheric oxygen with hydrogen generated by reforming methanol or methane to make electricity, with water as a byproduct.
- For example, hydrogen is made via electrolysis or by reforming hydrocarbons, and both methods take a lot of electricity - most of which comes from burning fossil fuels.
- The tank of this SUV is filled with methanol from which hydrogen is reformed on board the vehicle.
- The most polluting methods are the ones that rely on reforming hydrocarbons inside the car.

nounrəˈfôrmrəˈfɔrm

The action or process of reforming an institution or practice.
改革，修订
the reform of the divorce laws
对离婚法的修订。
economic reforms
经济改革。
Example sentencesExamples
- Sugar beet growers in Yorkshire were urged yesterday to lobby their MPs in a bid to water down reforms that could put thousands of jobs in the UK at risk.
- In thinking about reforms, it is important to have a sense of the problems we aim to address, and some possible ways of addressing them.
- If we want continued economic success we must continue the process of economic reform.
- Trying to keep the ailing system going another generation will wind up costing taxpayers far, far more than making reforms today.
- Mr Prescott also used today's speech to announce sweeping housing reforms to tackle rogue landlords and reform the right to buy.
- So the developing countries, the main beneficiaries of US largesse, are digging in against other UN reforms unless they get the extra cash.
- He always presented reforms as a necessary evil.
- Do you believe that constitutional reform is needed to rectify the situation?
- I want many changes though, starting with further reforms to agricultural policy, an end to secrecy, and a curb on the centralising tendency of the institutions in Brussels.
- But all reforms so far discussed can only make things worse.
- Why not postpone the constitutional debate for a decade and concentrate on economic reform?
- For example, it has linked economic reform and structural adjustment to what it has termed good governance.
- Despite some tough reforms, no one is able to guess at the cost of widespread military corruption and incompetence.
- Arguably its most radical commitment was to constitutional reform.
- To rise to these global challenges we have this week announced the next stage in our competitiveness reforms.
- Most of the air security reforms Robert Poole recommends are intelligent and well taken.
- President Fox told reporters in Brazil that Mexico wants the United States to introduce immigration reforms as quickly as possible.
- The process of economic reform had inevitably increased individual autonomy.
- In this case constitutional reform or more representative institutions are undesirable, since they are as likely to impede as to accelerate modernisation.
- I am generally in favor of orienting the country toward market reforms, but China's development must be more equal, more balanced.
Synonyms
improvement, betterment, amelioration, refinement, rectification, correction, rehabilitation

adjectiverəˈfôrmrəˈfɔrm

Reform

Of, denoting, or pertaining to Reform Judaism.
a Reform rabbi
Example sentencesExamples
- In spite of everything, they're marrying this March, in a Jewish ceremony by a Reform rabbi.
- Her mother, ecstatic, planned a wedding in their Reform temple for a Sunday afternoon in July.
- Roughly one-third of Tenafly is Jewish, mostly Reform or Conservative.
- He migrated to Cincinnati, Ohio, where he headed up a Reform congregation.
- Some Reform rabbis have had a great impact on national life in recent times.
- You certainly don't need to be Jewish to be Reform or Orthodox.
- Before becoming affiliated with a Reform Temple, I was a Messianic Jew, quote/unquote.
- This includes the Reform form of Judaism, as typified by Moses Mendelssohn.
- We have six rabbis who are involved: three Orthodox, two Conservative, and one Reform.
- In many ways, this is a continuation of Reform's historical commitment to free inquiry.
- There's a whole host of sociological reasons for this but in my opinion, the Reform denomination has been to blame.
- I taught in most of the Reform Synagogues in Manhattan and I was also a principal in a Reform Hebrew School.
- Sephardic liturgy has an essential beauty and to me Reform is church-like - it's not genuine.
- Do you see a connection between your vision of Judaism and the early Reform movement?
- The Jews who have left the Orthodox synagogue for the Reform and Conservative movements have made similar choices.
- At any rate, Gamaliel's liturgy has determined the form and much of the content of Jewish prayer, Reform as well as Orthodox, to the present day.

Origin

Middle English (as a verb in the senses ‘restore (peace)’ and ‘bring back to the original condition’): from Old French reformer or Latin reformare, from re- ‘back’ + formare ‘to form, shape’. The noun dates from the mid 17th century.

词汇	reform
释义	Definition of reform in English: reform verb rɪˈfɔːmrəˈfɔrm [with object] 1Make changes in (something, especially an institution or practice) in order to improve it. 改革（尤指社会、政治、经济体制或做法） the Bill will reform the tax system 法案将改革医疗补助制度。 Example sentencesExamples A Westcliff security company has embarked on a campaign to reform working practices in the security business. He called for proper funding to be put in place for hospitals, schools and local services but felt that a great opportunity to reform local government had been lost. What about reforming religious institutions? This is the backdrop against which we consider reforming Canada's political institutions for the twenty-first century. There can be absolutely no excuse for the government to avoid reforming these corrupt institutions. There was no real attempt to fundamentally reform or abandon the central planning process itself. This means not only refurbishing existing institutions, reforming committees and the like, but building new political sites. And it will continue to fail until Congress fundamentally reforms the law. Does he not know that the CAP has just been drastically reformed? By the time McLeish was 24, local government was being radically reformed. The system had to be radically reformed to detect murder, medical error and neglect. Patrick Mulvaney mentions some excellent ways of reforming US elections. Before the Findlay decision was given in Strasbourg, the British government had in fact sought and obtained legislation in Parliament to reform the court martial system. The government's plan to reform the subsidy system is running into fierce opposition. So I don't think you can reform educational institutions in radical ways, except in the wake of a revolution. Our aim is to reform our institutions and develop them into excellent ones. Its aim was to help such countries to acquire technology and sustainability by reforming their institutions and improving their competitiveness. As Mr Pope rightly says, it's time the eccentric and discriminatory system was radically reformed. Consequently, reforming institutions of the federal government to accommodate western concerns may indeed help cure this problem. She set out to reform the economy which she did with great success. Synonyms improve, make better, better, ameliorate, refine, mend, rectify, correct, rehabilitate alter, make alterations to, change, adjust, make adjustments to, adapt, amend, revise, recast, reshape, refashion, redesign, restyle, revamp, renovate, rework, redo, remake, rebuild, reconstruct, remodel, make over, remould, reorganize, revolutionize, reorient, reorientate, vary, transform, convert customize, tailor technical permute rare permutate 1.1 Cause (someone) to relinquish an immoral, criminal, or self-destructive lifestyle. 改造，使改过自新 the state has a duty to reform criminals 国家有责任改造犯人。 Example sentencesExamples Maybe then the juveniles will be coming out of detention as reformed people, not as crime masterminds! I made many resolutions to reform my personality, but never quite got round to it. Finance Minister Tom McCabe, the man who persuaded McConnell to adopt last month's smoking ban, is a similarly reformed character, whose jogging rivals Kerr's. Before your mother reformed me that might have been my typical weekly shop. There is definitely enough money to set up institutions to reform people who are criminals. Judges and magistrates in the Doncaster area have been told to stop using a new style of sentencing aimed at reforming drug-addicted criminals because the initiative has run out of funding. I'm not really sure myself because I guess in a perfect world people would go to prison and come out a new, reformed person who would never commit a crime again. It's amazing the number of supposedly reformed criminals who have put money into pubs. Clarke at one time embraced the EU federalist cause I believe: I think he is now a better informed, and indeed reformed politician because of that. They are all reformed criminals - drug dealers, pickpockets, and thieves who have agreed to go straight and earn their money honestly. He could understand the community's concern but believed his son was reformed and no longer a threat to society. I'm a completely reformed character these days, with a wife and two-year-old son. We have Raymond Chandler and James M Cain, reformed junkie James Ellroy and reformed bank-robber Edward Bunker among many others. Lord Coulsfield said Custody Plus sentences had ‘little or no value’ in deterring or reforming criminals. So amazing, in fact, that this newly reformed cynic is ready to write a check. They took it in turns to visit the prison each day and to read from the Bible, believing that hearing the Bible had the power to reform people. Is it more important than reforming our criminals? In theory the parole hearings take the behaviour of the offender into account and allow reformed prisoners out before unrepentant ones. Mr Kennedy rejected putting retribution to satisfy the victims of crime above reforming criminals. It's a semi-auto biographical novel about a cop, Detective chief Inspector Jack Priestley, and his best friend, reformed criminal Steve Blade. 1.2no object Relinquish an immoral, criminal, or self-destructive lifestyle. it was only when his drunken behaviour led to blows that he started to reform 要不是酒后闹出了事，他是不会改过自新的。 Example sentencesExamples And the Grinch is so much fun when he's bad, it's something of a disappointment when he reforms, realising along with the rest of Whoville that Christmas is about more than spending money. In the end he reforms, because - to put it in Madonna terms - ‘efforts are made.’ I do not believe in the criminal's ability to reform, or their ability to name negative life factors as being a contributory factor to their crime. The death row inmate says that he's reformed and his supporters believe he deserves clemency. Synonyms mend one's ways, change for the better, change completely, make a fresh start, turn over a new leaf, become a new person, reconstruct oneself, improve, go straight, get back on the straight and narrow 2Chemistry Subject (hydrocarbons) to a catalytic process in which straight-chain molecules are converted to branched forms for use as petrol. 〔化〕（石油炼制）重整 Example sentencesExamples The most polluting methods are the ones that rely on reforming hydrocarbons inside the car. Most fuel cells on the market combine atmospheric oxygen with hydrogen generated by reforming methanol or methane to make electricity, with water as a byproduct. To be useful in a power-generating fuel cell, hydrocarbons such as gasoline, natural gas or ethanol must be reformed into a hydrogen-rich gas. The tank of this SUV is filled with methanol from which hydrogen is reformed on board the vehicle. For example, hydrogen is made via electrolysis or by reforming hydrocarbons, and both methods take a lot of electricity - most of which comes from burning fossil fuels. noun rɪˈfɔːmrəˈfɔrm mass noun The action or process of reforming an institution or practice. 改革，修订 the reform of the divorce laws 对离婚法的修订。 count noun economic reforms 经济改革。 Example sentencesExamples Most of the air security reforms Robert Poole recommends are intelligent and well taken. President Fox told reporters in Brazil that Mexico wants the United States to introduce immigration reforms as quickly as possible. Why not postpone the constitutional debate for a decade and concentrate on economic reform? In thinking about reforms, it is important to have a sense of the problems we aim to address, and some possible ways of addressing them. But all reforms so far discussed can only make things worse. Arguably its most radical commitment was to constitutional reform. If we want continued economic success we must continue the process of economic reform. Mr Prescott also used today's speech to announce sweeping housing reforms to tackle rogue landlords and reform the right to buy. He always presented reforms as a necessary evil. I want many changes though, starting with further reforms to agricultural policy, an end to secrecy, and a curb on the centralising tendency of the institutions in Brussels. I am generally in favor of orienting the country toward market reforms, but China's development must be more equal, more balanced. So the developing countries, the main beneficiaries of US largesse, are digging in against other UN reforms unless they get the extra cash. Sugar beet growers in Yorkshire were urged yesterday to lobby their MPs in a bid to water down reforms that could put thousands of jobs in the UK at risk. For example, it has linked economic reform and structural adjustment to what it has termed good governance. Do you believe that constitutional reform is needed to rectify the situation? Despite some tough reforms, no one is able to guess at the cost of widespread military corruption and incompetence. The process of economic reform had inevitably increased individual autonomy. To rise to these global challenges we have this week announced the next stage in our competitiveness reforms. In this case constitutional reform or more representative institutions are undesirable, since they are as likely to impede as to accelerate modernisation. Trying to keep the ailing system going another generation will wind up costing taxpayers far, far more than making reforms today. Synonyms improvement, betterment, amelioration, refinement, rectification, correction, rehabilitation alteration, change, adjustment, adaptation, amendment, revision, recasting, reshaping, refashioning, redesigning, restyling, revamp, revamping, renovation, reworking, redoing, remake, rebuilding, reconstruction, remodelling, makeover, remoulding, reorganizing, reorganization, reorienting, reorientation, transformation, conversion customizing, tailoring Derivatives reformable adjective rɪˈfɔːməb(ə)lrəˈfɔrməb(ə)l Instead, say the authors, militants should focus on reformable imbalances, such as agricultural subsidies. Example sentencesExamples The modernizers found out that their ‘clients’ were not as reformable as they had thought. They are in essence moderate reformists who believe the party is reformable: one of the chapters in the book is a glowing tribute to the fairness of Premier Wen Jiabao, who was just a simple official at one time. In the '60s and '70s the left across Europe was divided over whether the EEC was reformable or not. The sustained popularity of Restoration drama had made the reformable rake and the miraculously converted tyrant familiar and acceptable, if not wholly ‘natural,’ characters by the 1740s. reformative adjective rɪˈfɔːmətɪvrəˈfɔrmədɪv Fuller and Hawthorne provide fitting contrasts to Ralph Waldo Emerson and Henry Ward Beecher who, above all others, had celebrated individual morality and ‘the pure inward reformative light’ in spite of society's fallen state. Example sentencesExamples For a film that professes to be about the street-fights of politics and the reformative power of youth, ‘Yuva’ manages to avoid, as far as possible, any direct look at sleaze and violence. In this regard, correctional and reformative efforts are being constantly carried out to suit the requirements of the prisoner welfare and rehabilitation programmes. Sentences imposed on married men suggest that the rarity of repeat judgments against wife beaters originated chiefly from the financial not the reformative effects of sentences on the family. Such concerns are all the more valid, considering the slight but visible difference detected even within the ruling circles between a more reformative party and a somewhat stability-oriented administration. Origin Middle English (as a verb in the senses 'restore (peace)' and 'bring back to the original condition'): from Old French reformer or Latin reformare, from re- 'back' + formare 'to form, shape'. The noun dates from the mid 17th century. form from Middle English: Form goes back to Latin forma ‘a mould or form’, and is an element in many English words such as conform (Middle English) make like something else; deform (Late Middle English) ‘mis-shape’; and reform (Middle English) ‘put back into shape’. Formal (Late Middle English) originally meant ‘relating to form’, and developed the sense ‘prim, stiff’ in the early 16th century. Format (mid 19th century) came via French and German from Latin formatus (liber) ‘shaped (book)’. Formula (early 17th century) was in Latin a ‘little form’ and was at first a fixed form of words used in ceremonies. Use in chemistry is from the mid 19th century. Definition of reform in US English: reform verbrəˈfôrmrəˈfɔrm [with object] 1Make changes in (something, typically a social, political, or economic institution or practice) in order to improve it. 改革（尤指社会、政治、经济体制或做法） an opportunity to reform and restructure an antiquated schooling model Example sentencesExamples There was no real attempt to fundamentally reform or abandon the central planning process itself. What about reforming religious institutions? He called for proper funding to be put in place for hospitals, schools and local services but felt that a great opportunity to reform local government had been lost. By the time McLeish was 24, local government was being radically reformed. Our aim is to reform our institutions and develop them into excellent ones. And it will continue to fail until Congress fundamentally reforms the law. So I don't think you can reform educational institutions in radical ways, except in the wake of a revolution. As Mr Pope rightly says, it's time the eccentric and discriminatory system was radically reformed. The government's plan to reform the subsidy system is running into fierce opposition. There can be absolutely no excuse for the government to avoid reforming these corrupt institutions. This means not only refurbishing existing institutions, reforming committees and the like, but building new political sites. Patrick Mulvaney mentions some excellent ways of reforming US elections. Before the Findlay decision was given in Strasbourg, the British government had in fact sought and obtained legislation in Parliament to reform the court martial system. Consequently, reforming institutions of the federal government to accommodate western concerns may indeed help cure this problem. Its aim was to help such countries to acquire technology and sustainability by reforming their institutions and improving their competitiveness. This is the backdrop against which we consider reforming Canada's political institutions for the twenty-first century. A Westcliff security company has embarked on a campaign to reform working practices in the security business. She set out to reform the economy which she did with great success. The system had to be radically reformed to detect murder, medical error and neglect. Does he not know that the CAP has just been drastically reformed? Synonyms improve, make better, better, ameliorate, refine, mend, rectify, correct, rehabilitate 1.1 Bring about a change in (someone) so that they no longer behave in an immoral, criminal, or self-destructive manner. 改造，使改过自新 the state has a duty to reform criminals 国家有责任改造犯人。 Example sentencesExamples They are all reformed criminals - drug dealers, pickpockets, and thieves who have agreed to go straight and earn their money honestly. He could understand the community's concern but believed his son was reformed and no longer a threat to society. Finance Minister Tom McCabe, the man who persuaded McConnell to adopt last month's smoking ban, is a similarly reformed character, whose jogging rivals Kerr's. It's a semi-auto biographical novel about a cop, Detective chief Inspector Jack Priestley, and his best friend, reformed criminal Steve Blade. It's amazing the number of supposedly reformed criminals who have put money into pubs. I'm a completely reformed character these days, with a wife and two-year-old son. In theory the parole hearings take the behaviour of the offender into account and allow reformed prisoners out before unrepentant ones. They took it in turns to visit the prison each day and to read from the Bible, believing that hearing the Bible had the power to reform people. Maybe then the juveniles will be coming out of detention as reformed people, not as crime masterminds! I made many resolutions to reform my personality, but never quite got round to it. Is it more important than reforming our criminals? I'm not really sure myself because I guess in a perfect world people would go to prison and come out a new, reformed person who would never commit a crime again. Judges and magistrates in the Doncaster area have been told to stop using a new style of sentencing aimed at reforming drug-addicted criminals because the initiative has run out of funding. Mr Kennedy rejected putting retribution to satisfy the victims of crime above reforming criminals. Clarke at one time embraced the EU federalist cause I believe: I think he is now a better informed, and indeed reformed politician because of that. Lord Coulsfield said Custody Plus sentences had ‘little or no value’ in deterring or reforming criminals. Before your mother reformed me that might have been my typical weekly shop. We have Raymond Chandler and James M Cain, reformed junkie James Ellroy and reformed bank-robber Edward Bunker among many others. So amazing, in fact, that this newly reformed cynic is ready to write a check. There is definitely enough money to set up institutions to reform people who are criminals. 1.2no object (of a person) change oneself for the better. 改过，改过自新 it was only when his drunken behavior led to blows that he started to reform 要不是酒后闹出了事，他是不会改过自新的。 Example sentencesExamples And the Grinch is so much fun when he's bad, it's something of a disappointment when he reforms, realising along with the rest of Whoville that Christmas is about more than spending money. In the end he reforms, because - to put it in Madonna terms - ‘efforts are made.’ The death row inmate says that he's reformed and his supporters believe he deserves clemency. I do not believe in the criminal's ability to reform, or their ability to name negative life factors as being a contributory factor to their crime. Synonyms mend one's ways, change for the better, change completely, make a fresh start, turn over a new leaf, become a new person, reconstruct oneself, improve, go straight, get back on the straight and narrow 2Chemistry Subject (hydrocarbons) to a catalytic process in which straight-chain molecules are converted to branched forms for use in gasoline. 〔化〕（石油炼制）重整 Example sentencesExamples To be useful in a power-generating fuel cell, hydrocarbons such as gasoline, natural gas or ethanol must be reformed into a hydrogen-rich gas. Most fuel cells on the market combine atmospheric oxygen with hydrogen generated by reforming methanol or methane to make electricity, with water as a byproduct. For example, hydrogen is made via electrolysis or by reforming hydrocarbons, and both methods take a lot of electricity - most of which comes from burning fossil fuels. The tank of this SUV is filled with methanol from which hydrogen is reformed on board the vehicle. The most polluting methods are the ones that rely on reforming hydrocarbons inside the car. nounrəˈfôrmrəˈfɔrm The action or process of reforming an institution or practice. 改革，修订 the reform of the divorce laws 对离婚法的修订。 economic reforms 经济改革。 Example sentencesExamples Sugar beet growers in Yorkshire were urged yesterday to lobby their MPs in a bid to water down reforms that could put thousands of jobs in the UK at risk. In thinking about reforms, it is important to have a sense of the problems we aim to address, and some possible ways of addressing them. If we want continued economic success we must continue the process of economic reform. Trying to keep the ailing system going another generation will wind up costing taxpayers far, far more than making reforms today. Mr Prescott also used today's speech to announce sweeping housing reforms to tackle rogue landlords and reform the right to buy. So the developing countries, the main beneficiaries of US largesse, are digging in against other UN reforms unless they get the extra cash. He always presented reforms as a necessary evil. Do you believe that constitutional reform is needed to rectify the situation? I want many changes though, starting with further reforms to agricultural policy, an end to secrecy, and a curb on the centralising tendency of the institutions in Brussels. But all reforms so far discussed can only make things worse. Why not postpone the constitutional debate for a decade and concentrate on economic reform? For example, it has linked economic reform and structural adjustment to what it has termed good governance. Despite some tough reforms, no one is able to guess at the cost of widespread military corruption and incompetence. Arguably its most radical commitment was to constitutional reform. To rise to these global challenges we have this week announced the next stage in our competitiveness reforms. Most of the air security reforms Robert Poole recommends are intelligent and well taken. President Fox told reporters in Brazil that Mexico wants the United States to introduce immigration reforms as quickly as possible. The process of economic reform had inevitably increased individual autonomy. In this case constitutional reform or more representative institutions are undesirable, since they are as likely to impede as to accelerate modernisation. I am generally in favor of orienting the country toward market reforms, but China's development must be more equal, more balanced. Synonyms improvement, betterment, amelioration, refinement, rectification, correction, rehabilitation adjectiverəˈfôrmrəˈfɔrm Reform Of, denoting, or pertaining to Reform Judaism. a Reform rabbi Example sentencesExamples In spite of everything, they're marrying this March, in a Jewish ceremony by a Reform rabbi. Her mother, ecstatic, planned a wedding in their Reform temple for a Sunday afternoon in July. Roughly one-third of Tenafly is Jewish, mostly Reform or Conservative. He migrated to Cincinnati, Ohio, where he headed up a Reform congregation. Some Reform rabbis have had a great impact on national life in recent times. You certainly don't need to be Jewish to be Reform or Orthodox. Before becoming affiliated with a Reform Temple, I was a Messianic Jew, quote/unquote. This includes the Reform form of Judaism, as typified by Moses Mendelssohn. We have six rabbis who are involved: three Orthodox, two Conservative, and one Reform. In many ways, this is a continuation of Reform's historical commitment to free inquiry. There's a whole host of sociological reasons for this but in my opinion, the Reform denomination has been to blame. I taught in most of the Reform Synagogues in Manhattan and I was also a principal in a Reform Hebrew School. Sephardic liturgy has an essential beauty and to me Reform is church-like - it's not genuine. Do you see a connection between your vision of Judaism and the early Reform movement? The Jews who have left the Orthodox synagogue for the Reform and Conservative movements have made similar choices. At any rate, Gamaliel's liturgy has determined the form and much of the content of Jewish prayer, Reform as well as Orthodox, to the present day. Origin Middle English (as a verb in the senses ‘restore (peace)’ and ‘bring back to the original condition’): from Old French reformer or Latin reformare, from re- ‘back’ + formare ‘to form, shape’. The noun dates from the mid 17th century.
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