formal英文定义

adj. 正式的；正规的；形式的；公开的；拘谨的；有条理的。

用作形容词 (adj.)

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。

This job doesn't require any formal training.这种工作不需要任何正规训练。

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。

The writer made a formal denial of the hearsay.这位作家公开否认了这一传闻。

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。

They are very formal in their business transactions.他们的商务议事很有条理。

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

noun1a gown for evening wearSynonym:dinner dress dinner gown evening gown2a lavish dance requiring formal attireSynonym:balladj1refined or imposing in manner or appearancee.g.a courtly gentlemanSynonym:courtly stately2being in accord with established forms and conventions and requirements (as e.g. of formal dress)e.g.pay one's formal respectsformal dressa formal ballthe requirement was only formal and often ignoreda formal education3(of spoken and written language) adhering to traditional standards of correctness and without casual, contracted, and colloquial formse.g.the paper was written in formal English4logically deductivee.g.formal proof5characteristic of or befitting a person in authoritye.g.formal dutiesan official banquet6represented in simplified or symbolic formSynonym:

normal普通的；正常的；一般的；典型的。侧重于指某事某物不是那种怪怪的。与ordinary, typical, usual接近。formal指正规的；庄重的；正式的。侧重于指不是随随便便的。与official接近。