/rɪˈfɔ:m ||; rɪˈfɔrm/verb1 [T] to change a system, the law, etc in order to make it better 改革,改良(制度、法律等): to reform the examination system 改革考试制度
2 [I,T] to improve your behaviour; to make sb do this (使)改过自新 ·
Our prisons aim to reform criminals, not simply to punish them. 我们设立监狱的目的在使罪犯改过自新,而非只是要惩罚他们。
reform noun [C,U]