| 单词 | radical reform |
| 释义 | > as lemmasradical reform radical reform n. a thoroughgoing reform; spec. a reform of the British social and parliamentary system called for during the end of the 18th and early 19th cent. by those opposed to George III's parliamentary control. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > amending > [noun] > reform > instance of > specific kinds of reform radical reform1777 radical reformation1781 prison reform1819 1777 Parl. Reg. 1775–80 VII. i. 253 So far from expecting the African trade to flourish under the present laws and management, I am confident it cannot, without a complete radical reform, much exist at all. 1798 Anti-Jacobin 5 Feb. 102/2 May success..lead..To one grand Radical Reform! 1815 tr. V. J. E. de Jouy Paris Chit-chat I. 54 Every body seems sensible of the necessity of radical reform both in politics and in manners. 1842 T. P. Thompson Exercises I. 227 The actual agent..will be a radical reform in what is called the commons house of parliament. 1996 U.S. News & World Rep. 3 June 42/1 The man who won office by championing radical reform has since..fired his liberal aides and now hopes to win reelection by more iron-fisted rule. < as lemmas |
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