| 词汇 | reformative |
| 释义 | reformative adjective uk /rɪˈfɔː.mə.tɪv/ us /rɪˈfɔːr.mə.t̬ɪv/ involving or intended to cause reform(= improvement, especially of a person's behaviour or the structure of something): Release from prison on parole is a part of the reformative process. They claim the proposal will have a reformative effect. We believe that the criminal justice system should focus on being reformative rather than punitive. The reformative commitment appeared to be strongly supported by both management and employees. Given the conditions, maintaining any sense of prison being reformative was almost impossible. They found some examples of reformative programmes that were effective with certain groups of offenders. Making things better add salt to somethingidiom allay alleviate alleviation ameliorate cultivate levelling up liven (something) up lubricate make a differenceidiom make a world of differenceidiom remedial restructure revamp revitalize revivify revolutionize salve sharpen tonic Related wordreform |
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