formal读音

1. 正式的，正规的
2. 形式上的，拘泥形式的
3. 外形的，表面的
4. 刻板的，拘谨的
5. 有条理的，整齐的，布置井然的
6. 合乎格式的
7. 【文】规范的，合乎规矩的
8. 方式上的，做法上的
9. 礼节上的

1. 正式的社交活动，须穿礼服的社交集会
2. 夜礼服
3. 【化】甲缩醛，缩甲醛，甲醛缩二甲醇

1. a lavish dance requiring formal attire
2. a gown for evening wear

1. 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"
   

2. characteristic of or befitting a person in authority;

   "formal duties"
   "an official banquet"
   

3. (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"
   

4. represented in simplified or symbolic form
5. logically deductive;

   "formal proof"
   

6. refined or imposing in manner or appearance; befitting a royal court;

   "a courtly gentleman"
   

1.正式的;规范的;庄重的
Formal speech or behaviour is very correct and serious rather than relaxed and friendly, and is used especially in official situations.

e.g. He wrote a veryformal letter of apology to Douglas...
他给道格拉斯写了一封非常正式的道歉信。
e.g. Business relationships are necessarily a bit moreformal.
商业关系有必要更正式一些。

2.(行为、声明或要求)官方的，正式的
Aformal action, statement, or request is an official one.

e.g. UN officials said aformal request was passed to American authorities...
联合国称正式请求已向美国当局转达。
e.g. Noformal announcement had been made.
尚无任何官方声明。

3.(场合)正式的，合乎礼仪的
Formal occasions are special occasions at which people wear smart clothes and behave according to a set of accepted rules.

e.g. One evening the film company arranged aformal dinner after the play.
一天晚上，电影公司在演出结束后安排了一个正式的晚宴。

4.(服饰)正规的，正式的，适合正式场合的
Formal clothes are very smart clothes that are suitable for formal occasions.

e.g. They wore ordinary ties instead of the moreformal high collar and cravat.
他们打着普通的领带，而不是更为正式的高领领结。

5.整齐的;规矩的;井然有序的
Something that is done, written, or studied in aformal way has a very ordered, organized method or style.

e.g. This does not encourage the child to analyse the environment in aformal way...
这并不能鼓励孩子有条理地分析周围的环境。
e.g. Classic Greek drama was written in verse, usually in an elevated andformal style.
古典希腊戏剧以韵文写成，通常用词讲究、结构整齐。

6.(通常指学校教育)正规的
Formal education or training is given officially, usually in a school, college, or university.

e.g. Although hisformal education stopped after primary school, he was an avid reader...
尽管小学毕业后就再没有受过正规的教育，他却十分爱读书。
e.g. Leroy didn't have anyformal dance training.
勒罗伊没受过任何正规的舞蹈训练。

7.(尤指按照某种设计规则)布局匀称的，布置整齐的
Aformal garden or room is arranged in a very regular and controlled way, especially according to certain rules of design.

e.g. ...aformal herb garden...
布局匀称的草药园
e.g. The Coronata wallpaper lends aformal air to the dining room.
科罗娜塔墙纸给餐厅增添了一种整齐有致的气氛。

• 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

• merely formal完全流于形式的

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

• Young ladies..wear short formals, and old ladies wear floor-length evening dresses.

  出自：M. Beadle

• She looked sufficiently virginal to be attending her first formal.

  出自：A. York

• Deceit is the formal, constituent reason of hypocrisy.

  出自：R. South

• ☆ 14世纪晚期进入英语，直接源自古典拉丁语的formalis，意为形式。