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1. Oxford Dictionary

   reform

   • IPA[rɪˈfɔːm]

   英式

   • v.
     make changes in (something, especially an institution or practice) in order to improve it；cause (someone) to relinquish an immoral, criminal, or self-destructive lifestyle
   • n.
     the action or process of reforming an institution or practice

   • verb: reform, 3rd person present: reforms, gerund or present participle: reforming, past tense: reformed, past participle: reformed

2. • 釋義

   v.

   動詞

   • 1. make changes in (something, especially an institution or practice) in order to improve it the Bill will reform the tax system 同義詞 improve, make better, better, ameliorate, refine, ... 更多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, technicalpermute, rarepermutate反義詞 preserve, maintain
   • ▪ cause (someone) to relinquish an immoral, criminal, or self-destructive lifestyle the state has a duty to reform criminals
   • ▪ relinquish an immoral, criminal, or self-destructive lifestyle it was only when his drunken behaviour led to blows that he started to reform 同義詞 mend one's ways, change for the better, change completely, make a fresh start, turn over a new leaf, ... 更多become a new person, reconstruct oneself, improve, go straight, get back on the straight and narrow反義詞 worsen
   • 2. subject (hydrocarbons) to a catalytic process in which straight-chain molecules are converted to branched forms for use as petrol.

   n.

   名詞

   • 1. the action or process of reforming an institution or practice the reform of the divorce laws economic reforms