| [/ˏrefəˈmeɪʃn; ˏrɛfɚˋmeʃən/] n 用法:
1 (a) [U] reforming or being reformed 改善; 改进; 改良; 改革; 改造:
the reformation of criminals 对罪犯的改造.
(b) [C] great change for the better in social, religious or political affairs （社会、 宗教或政治事务的）改革，改良, 变革:
a reformation in state education 国家教育事业的改革. 用法:
2 the Reformation [sing] 16th-century European movement for reform of the Roman CatholicChurch, which resulted in the establishment of Reformedor Protestant Churches 宗教改革（16世纪欧洲改革天主教会的运动, 产生了新教）. |