abandon evil and do good; give up one’s bad ways and live a new life; mend one’s ways; turn over a new leaf ❍ 经过长期教育改造，他们都有了一定程度～的表现。They have to varying degrees proved themselves as having mended their ways to some extent after a long period of education and reform. ❍ 然而更多的人都明白，特赦与否是看～的表现的，……(爱新觉罗·溥仪《我的前半生》552) Most of us realized that pardon would depend on whether one had reformed or not，…