| 釋義 |
formal /'faml; 'forml/ adj 1 in accordance with rules, customs and convention: 正式的; 合于習(xí)俗的; 合于禮儀的： pay a ~ call on the Ambassador; 正式拜會大使; ~ dress, as required by custom for certain occasions; 禮服; make a ~ (= ceremonious) bow to 對某人深深地麹躬; a ~ receipt, according to commercial custom, regular and in good order. 正式收據(jù)。 2 regular or geometric in design; symmetrical: 整齊的; 井然有序的; 勻稱的： ~ gardens, eg with flower beds, hedges, etc in geometrical patterns. 形式整齊的花園 (例如有整齊而有系統(tǒng)之格式的花床，樹籬等) 。 3 of the outward shape or appearance (not the reality or substance): 形式上蔚; 外表上的： a ~ resemblance between two things. 兩物在外表上的相似。 4 ， ~ 'grammar, of the forms of words, of rules (of syntax, etc). 形式文法 (討論字的形式，句法規(guī)則等) 。 ~ly /-mall; -mhl adv ~ism/-iz3m; -jzam/ n [U] exact observance of forms and ceremonies, eg in religious duties, in behaviour. 形式主義; 拘泥禮儀。 |