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词汇 reformation
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Definition of reformation in English:

reformation

noun rɛfəˈmeɪʃ(ə)nˌrɛfərˈmeɪʃ(ə)n
  • 1mass noun The action or process of reforming an institution or practice.

    改革,改良,革新

    the reformation of the Senate

    对参议院的改革。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • The full reformation of Muslim politics awaited the great upheavals of the modern era.
    • There is no doubt that the immigration system of America needs drastic reformation.
    • For him, the Kirk is in dire need of reformation and reviving.
    • A reformation of manners will present fewer drug-related problems both for individuals and for society.
    • They want some radical reformation of government to reflect their viewpoint of the world.
    • The current white paper only suggests reformation of tax law.
    • The key to our reformation will be a positive and receptive attitude toward the totality of the human experience.
    • Even then, long after the defeat of the saints, the myth of the coming catastrophe and reformation is never dead and forgotten.
    • He is relaxed, meanwhile, about the possibility of any reformation.
    • Many of them are committed Reformed Baptists, but even more are men at various stages in the process of reformation.
    • The extent to which the tenth-century monastic reformation in England transformed the church should not be exaggerated.
    • We believe in the possibility of reformation and rehabilitation.
    • It was on his return to Uyaynah that he first began to preach his revolutionary ideas of religious reformation on fundamentalist lines.
    • I'm not sure how long this reformation of the gamer stereotype will take.
    • But reformation must start with the basic unit in society, the individual.
    • Trusting God means trusting God even in the midst of the fear and upheaval that reformation brings.
    • From the sounds of it, his return to faith is absolutely sincere, and his reformation is the real deal.
    • The reformation of our political culture should begin with self-reform within the media.
    • Punishment can also be a form of reformation, so they can change the criminal's ways and make him/her less likely to commit another crime.
    • Luther did indeed set out with the idea of reforming the church, but reformation quickly turned into revolution.
    Synonyms
    dramatic change, radical change, drastic alteration, radical alteration, complete shift, sea change, metamorphosis, transformation, conversion, innovation, breakaway
  • 2the ReformationA 16th-century movement for the reform of abuses in the Roman Church ending in the establishment of the Reformed and Protestant Churches.

    宗教改革运动(16世纪改革罗马教会弊端的宗教运动,以新教教会建立告终)

    The roots of the Reformation go back to the 14th-century attacks on the wealth and hierarchy of the Church made by groups such as the Lollards and the Hussites. But the Reformation is usually thought of as beginning in 1517 when Martin Luther issued ninety-five theses criticizing Church doctrine and practice. In Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Saxony, Hesse, and Brandenburg, supporters broke away and established Protestant Churches, while in Switzerland a separate movement was led by Zwingli and later Calvin

Derivatives

  • reformational

  • adjective ˌrɛfəˈmeɪʃənəlˌrɛfərˈmeɪʃ(ə)n(ə)l
    • Herein he defines ‘evangelical’ to cover a broad stream of conservative Protestantism including fundamentalism, reformational confessionalism and Pentecostalism.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Not the best poetry you've ever heard, but it is pristine apostolic reformational doctrine, because the end point of justifying righteousness is conformity to the Saviour.
      • Kuyper's reformational worldview corresponds closely with my own and provides a foundation that I had been lacking.
      • The Hussite movement, originally religious and nationalist, culminated in 1419 when the Hussite forces defeated several armies sent to Bohemia by the pope to put an end to reformational ideology.
      • For the fathers of the PCA of the last 40 years and today, for this sinner saved by grace, Ben Wilkinson, uncompromised reformational Biblical Truth is the major issue.

Origin

Late Middle English: from Latin reformatio(n-), from reformare 'shape again' (see reform).

Definition of reformation in US English:

reformation

nounˌrefərˈmāSH(ə)nˌrɛfərˈmeɪʃ(ə)n
  • 1The action or process of reforming an institution or practice.

    改革,改良,革新

    the reformation of the Senate

    对参议院的改革。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Luther did indeed set out with the idea of reforming the church, but reformation quickly turned into revolution.
    • The key to our reformation will be a positive and receptive attitude toward the totality of the human experience.
    • I'm not sure how long this reformation of the gamer stereotype will take.
    • From the sounds of it, his return to faith is absolutely sincere, and his reformation is the real deal.
    • We believe in the possibility of reformation and rehabilitation.
    • A reformation of manners will present fewer drug-related problems both for individuals and for society.
    • The full reformation of Muslim politics awaited the great upheavals of the modern era.
    • But reformation must start with the basic unit in society, the individual.
    • It was on his return to Uyaynah that he first began to preach his revolutionary ideas of religious reformation on fundamentalist lines.
    • Even then, long after the defeat of the saints, the myth of the coming catastrophe and reformation is never dead and forgotten.
    • For him, the Kirk is in dire need of reformation and reviving.
    • The reformation of our political culture should begin with self-reform within the media.
    • Many of them are committed Reformed Baptists, but even more are men at various stages in the process of reformation.
    • Trusting God means trusting God even in the midst of the fear and upheaval that reformation brings.
    • The extent to which the tenth-century monastic reformation in England transformed the church should not be exaggerated.
    • He is relaxed, meanwhile, about the possibility of any reformation.
    • There is no doubt that the immigration system of America needs drastic reformation.
    • They want some radical reformation of government to reflect their viewpoint of the world.
    • Punishment can also be a form of reformation, so they can change the criminal's ways and make him/her less likely to commit another crime.
    • The current white paper only suggests reformation of tax law.
    Synonyms
    dramatic change, radical change, drastic alteration, radical alteration, complete shift, sea change, metamorphosis, transformation, conversion, innovation, breakaway
  • 2the ReformationA 16th-century movement for the reform of abuses in the Roman Catholic Church ending in the establishment of the Reformed and Protestant Churches.

    宗教改革运动(16世纪改革罗马教会弊端的宗教运动,以新教教会建立告终)

    The roots of the Reformation go back to the 14th-century attacks on the wealth and hierarchy of the Church made by groups such as the Lollards and the Hussites. But the Reformation is usually thought of as beginning in 1517 when Martin Luther issued ninety-five theses criticizing Church doctrine and practice. In Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Saxony, Hesse, and Brandenburg, supporters broke away and established Protestant churches, while in Switzerland a separate movement was led by Zwingli and later Calvin

Origin

Late Middle English: from Latin reformatio(n-), from reformare ‘shape again’ (see reform).

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