reformable
reformable — 形容詞
- reformablepositive
- more reformablecomparative
- most reformablesuperlative
1. able to be changed for the better by making improvements to the way a person beh
可改革的
可以改變且變得更好的
able to be changed for the better by making improvements to the way a person behaves, a system works, or an institution is run.
The prison system proved not easily reformable despite the new director's efforts.
這個監獄體系證明並不容易改革，儘管新任典獄長做了許多努力。
collocation: not easily reformable
Bao believes that even stubborn habits are reformable when a person gets proper help.
Bao 相信即使是固執的習慣，只要得到適當的幫助也是可改革的。
The city council agreed that the local bus system was reformable and worth improving.
市議會同意當地的公車系統是可以改革而且值得改善的。
The judge told Nellie that her attitude was reformable and encouraged her to try harder.
法官告訴 Nellie，她的態度是可改革的，並鼓勵她更努力。
Gabriel studied whether the country's education laws were reformable under the new government.
Gabriel 研究該國的教育法規在新政府之下是否能夠改革。
- improvable
focuses on making something better rather than changing its structure; less formal than reformable
- correctable
applies mainly to errors or faults in a specific piece of work, not to systems or character
- redeemable
specifically about a person's moral character, carrying a stronger sense of saving from a bad state
- irreformable
the direct opposite — unable to be reformed at all
- incorrigible
of a person whose bad behaviour cannot be improved; stronger and more common than irreformable
用法筆記
Frequently appears with negation (not reformable, hardly reformable) or with adverbs that qualify the degree of change possible. Common in formal discussions of policy, institutions, and personal rehabilitation.