c. 1300, "to convert into another and better form," from Old French reformer "rebuild, reconstruct, recreate" (12c.), from Latin reformare "to form again, change, transform, alter," from re- "again" (see re-) + formare "to form" (see form (n.)). Intransitive sense from 1580s.
Meaning "to bring (a person) away from an evil course of life" is recorded from early 15c.; of governments, institutions, etc., from early 15c. Related: Reformed; reforming. Reformed churches (1580s) usually are Calvinist as opposed to Lutheran. Reformed Judaism (1843) is a movement initiated in Germany by Moses Mendelssohn (1729-1786). Reform school is attested from 1859.
reform (n.)
"any proceeding which brings back a better order of things," 1660s, from reform (v.) and in some uses from French réforme. As a branch of Judaism from 1843.
例文
1. The government wanted to reform the institutions,to shake up the country.
政府は機構改革を実施し、国を整備しようとしている。
2.The finance minister will continue to mastermind Poland 's economic reform .
財務相は引き続きポーランドの経済改革を計画する。
3.The government took another step on the road to political reform .
政府は政治改革の実現にまた一歩前進した。
4.He was soon disillusioned by the government 's timidity on social reform .
彼は間もなく、政府が社会改革を行っている間に足をすくめて幻想を抱いていなかった。
5.Economic reform will continue to be painful and ineffective.