formal的意思

adj. （學(xué)校教育或培訓(xùn)）正規(guī)的；方式上的；禮儀上的；

n.<美>須穿禮服的社交集會；<口>夜禮服；

formal的用法

用作形容詞(adj.)

用作定語

～+n.

You must wear formal dress.

你必須穿禮服。

Sometimes formal English and informal English must be carefully distinguished.

有時候正式英語與非正式英語要十分小心地加以區(qū)分。

They have much formal school training.

他們接受了許多正規(guī)的學(xué)校教育。

He paid a formal call on the American ambassador, in return of the ambassador's formal visit earlier in the year.

他正式拜訪了美國大使,作為對美國大使今年早些時候訪問的回訪。

用作表語

S+be+～

Business letters must always be formal.

商務(wù)信件必須很正式。

The play, whose style is rigidly formal, is typical of the period.

這劇本是那個時期的典型作品,風(fēng)格拘謹(jǐn)刻板。

formal的用法例句

1. A formal contract is signed which is renewable annually.

正式簽訂了每年可續(xù)簽的合同。

2. Despite its lack of formal power the nobility was not powerless.

盡管沒有正式的權(quán)力，貴族階層并非沒有權(quán)勢。

3. They decided to put their relationship on a more formal footing.

他們決定正式交往。

4. His wife made no secret of her hatred for the formal occasions.

他的妻子公開表示厭惡那些禮節(jié)性的場合。

5. There is no formal linkage between the two agreements.

這兩項協(xié)議之間不存在正式的關(guān)聯(lián)。

6. To soften a formal look, Caroline recommends ethnic blouses.

為了看上去不過于正式，卡羅琳建議穿有民族色彩的上衣。