['fɔ:məl]
formal
a. 正式的

词形变化:

副词:formally 名词:for-malness

例句与用法:

  1. We were invited to a formal luncheon.
    我们被邀参加一次正式的午宴。
  2. 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。
  3. He is very formal with everyone; he never joins in a laugh.
    他对任何人都很拘谨,从不跟人说笑。
  4. There is only a formal likeness between the two brothers, for their natures are very different.
    这两兄弟仅外表相似,本性却很不一样。
  5. Business letters must always be formal, but we should write in a natural way to friends.
    商业信函必须是正式的,但是写信给朋友应写得自然一些。

英英解释:

名词 formal:

  1. a lavish dance requiring formal attire
  2. 同义词:ball
  3. a gown for evening wear
  4. 同义词:dinner dress, dinner gown, evening gown

形容词 formal:

  1. being in accord with established forms and conventions and requirements (as e.g. of formal dress)
  2. characteristic of or befitting a person in authority
  3. (of spoken and written language) adhering to traditional standards of correctness and without casual, contracted, and colloquial forms
  4. represented in simplified or symbolic form
  5. 同义词:conventional, schematic
  6. logically deductive
  7. refined or imposing in manner or appearance; befitting a royal court
  8. 同义词:courtly, stately