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資料來源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Reform \Re*form"\, n. [F. r['e]forme.]
   Amendment of what is defective, vicious, corrupt, or
   depraved; reformation; as, reform of elections; reform of
   government.

   {Civil service reform}. See under {Civil}.

   {Reform acts} (Eng. Politics), acts of Parliament passed in
      1832, 1867, 1884, 1885, extending and equalizing popular
      representation in Parliament.

   {Reform school}, a school established by a state or city
      government, for the confinement, instruction, and
      reformation of juvenile offenders, and of young persons of
      idle, vicious, and vagrant habits. [U. S.]

   Syn: Reformation; amendment; rectification; correction. See
        {Reformation}.

資料來源 : WordNet®

reform school
     n : correctional institution for the detention and discipline
         and training of young or first offenders [syn: {reformatory},
          {training school}]