reformation
gb/ɹˌɛfɚmˈeɪʃən/ us/ɹˌɛfɚmˈeɪʃən/
B2
อังกฤษ
~ 9500
ความหมาย
0 ความหมาย
คำนาม
formal
B2
action
1
process of improving a system
The process of changing a system, law, or organization to make it better or fairer.
รูปแบบการใช้:
the reformation of [system/organization/law]
ข้อผิดพลาดที่พบบ่อย:
Learners often use "reformation" where native speakers would more naturally say "reform" (e.g., "education reform" is much more common than "education reformation"). Learners also sometimes confuse "reformation" with "formation": "formation" means the creation or shaping of something, not its improvement.
คำพ้องความหมาย
reform (More common and slightly less formal; often preferred in everyday speech for changes to systems or laws.)
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overhaul (Suggests very large, thorough changes, often more radical than "reformation".)
คำตรงข้าม
preservation (Focuses on keeping a system as it is instead of changing it to improve it.)
คำที่ใช้ร่วมกัน
social reformation
|political reformation
|educational reformation
|reformation of the tax system
|reformation of the legal system
|sweeping reformation
หัวข้อ
politics
|society
|law
|business
ตัวอย่าง
- Many citizens are demanding the reformation of the electoral system to increase transparency.
- The report recommended a complete reformation of the country’s prison system.
- Without serious reformation of tax laws, inequality will continue to rise.
- The new administration has made legal reformation one of its top priorities.
ตัวอย่างสำหรับผู้เรียน
- People want the reformation of the school system.
- The government talked about the reformation of health care.
- Reformation of the law will take many years.
- The country needs reformation of its police system.
คำนาม
B2
event
2
16th-century Protestant religious movement
A religious movement in Europe in the 1500s when some Christians broke away from the Roman Catholic Church and started Protestant churches.
รูปแบบการใช้:
the Reformation
ข้อผิดพลาดที่พบบ่อย:
Learners often forget to capitalize "Reformation" when it refers to this historical event. They may also say "Reformation" without "the" (e.g., "Reformation changed Europe"), but in this sense it is usually used with "the" as a proper name: "the Reformation".
คำพ้องความหมาย
Protestant Reformation (A more specific name that clearly identifies the movement as Protestant and is common in history writing.)
คำตรงข้าม
Counter-Reformation (The movement inside the Roman Catholic Church that reacted against and opposed the Reformation.)
คำที่ใช้ร่วมกัน
the Reformation
|Protestant Reformation
|English Reformation
|Reformation theology
|pre-Reformation Europe
หัวข้อ
history
|religion
|politics
ตัวอย่าง
- The Reformation reshaped the religious and political landscape of Europe.
- Martin Luther’s Ninety-Five Theses are often seen as the starting point of the Reformation.
- The Reformation challenged the authority of the pope and the Catholic Church.
- Historians still debate how much the Reformation contributed to the rise of modern nation-states.
ตัวอย่างสำหรับผู้เรียน
- The Reformation started in Europe in the sixteenth century.
- Martin Luther was an important leader in the Reformation.
- Because of the Reformation, many new churches were created.
- We studied the causes of the Reformation in history class.
คำนาม
formal
C1
action
3
a person’s change to better behavior
When a person who did bad things changes and starts to behave well and follow rules or moral values.
รูปแบบการใช้:
the reformation of [someone]
ข้อผิดพลาดที่พบบ่อย:
Learners sometimes confuse this sense with general social or political change. In this meaning, "reformation" is about a person changing their behavior or morals, not about changing laws or institutions.
คำพ้องความหมาย
rehabilitation (Often used in legal or medical contexts; focuses more on treatment and support than on moral or spiritual change.)
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reform (Can also refer to personal change, but is more general; "reformation" sounds more formal and often more moral or religious.)
คำตรงข้าม
relapse (Describes someone returning to bad behavior after a period of improvement, the opposite of continuing reformation.)
คำที่ใช้ร่วมกัน
complete reformation
|moral reformation
|spiritual reformation
|his reformation
|reformation of character
หัวข้อ
psychology
|law
|religion
|core_vocabulary
ตัวอย่าง
- After years in prison, his apparent reformation surprised the entire community.
- The program aims at the reformation of young offenders rather than simply punishing them.
- Her friends doubted the sincerity of his sudden reformation.
- Religious leaders preached the reformation of individual hearts as the first step toward social change.
ตัวอย่างสำหรับผู้เรียน
- The judge hoped for the reformation of the young man.
- Her family did not believe in his reformation.
- The school works for the reformation of troubled students.
- They saw his reformation as a second chance.
ไวยากรณ์
รูปคำในพจนานุกรม
reformation
IPA
GB/ɹˌɛfɚmˈeɪʃən/
US/ɹˌɛfɚmˈeɪʃən/
พยางค์และการเน้นเสียง
re - form - a - tion (4 พยางค์)
Stress on 2nd syllable (form)
รูปคำ
Noun
- Base: reformation
- Plural: reformation, reformations
กลุ่มคำที่เกี่ยวข้อง
วลีและสำนวน
the Reformation
1/ðə ɹˌɛfɚmˈeɪʃən/
fixed phrase
name of a major religious movement
The name for the time in the 1500s when many Christians in Europe left the Roman Catholic Church and started Protestant churches.
ตัวอย่าง
- Many European countries were deeply changed by the Reformation.
- Our professor explained how the Reformation affected art and education.
- Calvin was one of the key thinkers of the Reformation.