formal
英 [ˈfɔ:ml] 美 [ˈfɔrml]

adj.

（学校教育或培训）正规的；方式上的；礼仪上的；

n.

须穿礼服的社交集会；夜礼服；

变形

复数：formals

双语释义

adj.(形容词)

1. 正式的approved
2. 礼仪上的,形式上的 ceremonious; ceremonial

英英释义

formal[ 'fɔ:məl ]

• n.
  • a lavish dance requiring formal attire

    同义词：ball

  • a gown for evening wear

    同义词：dinner dressdinner gownevening gown

• adj.
  • being in accord with established forms and conventions and requirements (as e.g. of formal dress)

    "pay one's formal respects"; "formal dress"; "a formal ball"; "the requirement was only formal and often ignored"; "a formal education"

  • characteristic of or befitting a person in authority

    "formal duties"

  • (of spoken and written language) adhering to traditional standards of correctness and without casual, contracted, and colloquial forms

    "the paper was written in formal English"

  • represented in simplified or symbolic form

    同义词：conventionalschematic

  • logically deductive

    "formal proof"

  • refined or imposing in manner or appearance; befitting a royal court

    同义词：courtlystately

词汇搭配

用作形容词 (adj.)～+名词

• formal call正式的拜访
• formal dress礼服
• formal party正式的欢迎会
• formal logic形式逻辑
• formal resemblance形式上的相似
• formal schooling正规学校教育
• formal training正规训练
• formal written English正式的书面英语

副词+～

• merely formal完全流于形式的

～+介词

• formal with对…拘谨的
• formal with one's colleagues和同事们在一起很拘谨

词组短语

formal education正规教育；形式教育

record of formal schooling学历

formal description形式描述

formal training正规训练；形式练习；正式训练

formal language形式语言

formal analysis形式分析

formal definition形式定义；[计]形式语义

formal logic形式逻辑

formal system形式系统

formal party正式聚会，正式的欢迎会

formal contract正式合同；流通票据（可转让的票据）；要式合同

formal dress n. 礼服

formal model形式模型

formal organization正规的组织

formal verification形式验证，形式证明

formal invitation正式请柬；正式邀请函

formal parameter[计]形式参数

formal style正式（文）体；正式语体

formal theory形式理论

formal agreement正式协议

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双语例句

用作形容词(adj.)

1. At the formal party I felt very awkward and out of place.
   在正式的舞会上，我感到局促不安，很不自在。
2. This job doesn't require any formal training.
   这种工作不需要任何正规训练。
3. There is only a formal resemblance between the two systems; they are in fact radically different.
   这两种体系只是在表面上有某种相似之处，其实根本不同。
4. The writer made a formal denial of the hearsay.
   这位作家公开否认了这一传闻。
5. He is very formal with everyone and he never joins in a laugh.
   他对任何人都很拘谨,从不跟人说笑。
6. They are very formal in their business transactions.
   他们的商务议事很有条理。

权威例句

Handbook of Formal Languages
Formal and Real Authority in Organizations
Getting formal with dopamine and reward
Handbook of formal languages, vol. 3: beyond words
A Formal Basis for the Heuristic Determination of Minimum Cost Paths
Handbook of formal languages, vol. 1: word, language, grammar
Handbook of formal languages. Vol. 1, Word, language, grammar
Institutionalized Organizations: Formal Structure as Myth and Ceremony
Institutionalised organisations: formal structures as myth and ceremony
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