Reform

(noun.) a change for the better as a result of correcting abuses; 'justice was for sale before the reform of the law courts'.

(noun.) self-improvement in behavior or morals by abandoning some vice; 'the family rejoiced in the drunkard's reform'.

(noun.) a campaign aimed to correct abuses or malpractices; 'the reforms he proposed were too radical for the politicians'.

(verb.) change for the better; 'The lazy student promised to reform'; 'the habitual cheater finally saw the light'.

(verb.) make changes for improvement in order to remove abuse and injustices; 'reform a political system'.

(verb.) improve by alteration or correction of errors or defects and put into a better condition; 'reform the health system in this country'.

(verb.) break up the molecules of; 'reform oil'.

(verb.) produce by cracking; 'reform gas'.

(verb.) 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'.

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• It may be an admirable agent of reform, but it has ceased to be a church. 沃尔特·李普曼. 政治序论.
• Things can't last as they are: there must be all sorts of reform soon, and then young fellows may be glad to come and study here. 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
• Present-day reform lays a great emphasis upon instruments and very little on the skilful use of them. 沃尔特·李普曼. 政治序论.
• And we shall always want talent in the House: reform as we will, we shall always want talent. 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
• His own aversion to reform, his fondness for vast epochs and his contempt for current effort have left most of his psychological laws in the region of interesting literary comment. 沃尔特·李普曼. 政治序论.
• So he took hold of all kinds of sociological ideas, and ideas of reform. 戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯. 恋爱中的女人.
• And he means to take very high ground on Reform. 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
• I began to feel the force of Mr. John Hobson's remark that if practical workers for social and industrial reforms continue to ignore principles . 沃尔特·李普曼. 政治序论.
• But also he may sometimes be stirred by adverse circumstances to such a degree that he rises up against them and reforms them. 柏拉图. 理想国.
• People nowadays were too busy--busy with reforms and movements, with fads and fetishes and frivolities--to bother much about their neighbours. 伊迪丝·华顿. 纯真年代.
• This supplies us with a standard for judging reforms, and so makes clear what constructive action really is. 沃尔特·李普曼. 政治序论.
• The underlying tone of it is that society is made by man for man's uses, that reforms are inventions to be applied when by experiment they show their civilizing value. 沃尔特·李普曼. 政治序论.
• You read glowing articles in magazines about preachers who devote their time to housing reforms, milk supplies, the purging of the civil service. 沃尔特·李普曼. 政治序论.
• It is not the specific reforms that I wish to emphasize but the great possibilities they foreshadow. 沃尔特·李普曼. 政治序论.
• He thought it absurd, after he had reformed, and altered, and improved everywhere, to suit my notions, that I still remained unsatisfied. 哈丽叶特·比切·斯托. 汤姆叔叔的小屋.
• Our humble family early embraced the reformed religion. 本杰明·富兰克林. 富兰克林自传.
• How far she is really reformed or deteriorated in her secret self, is another question. 威尔基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
• I don't regret, far from it, having been roused to make the effort to be a reformed woman--but, indeed, indeed it was a weary life. 威尔基·柯林斯. 月亮宝石.
• But the promptness of General Sedgwick, who was personally present and commanded that part of our line, soon reformed it and restored order. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U．S．格兰特的个人回忆录.
• The procession then reformed; the chairmen resumed their stations; and the march was re- commenced. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外传.
• That they should be reformed by work. 欧内斯特·海明威. 丧钟为谁而鸣.
• Such a state, therefore, by reforming its coin, will not always be able to reform its currency. 亚当·斯密. 国富论.
• He was not able, however, to rally his men to attack Hancock's position, and withdrew from our front for the purpose of reforming. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U．S．格兰特的个人回忆录.

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