Formal

(adj.) 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' .

(adj.) (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' .

(adj.) logically deductive; 'formal proof' .

(adj.) characteristic of or befitting a person in authority; 'formal duties'; 'an official banquet' .

杰夫编辑

• But after the building of the temple and the organization of the priesthood, the prophetic type remains over and outside the formal religious scheme. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• The other clauses contained in that document were of a formal kind, and need not be recited here. 威尔基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
• Aunt March likes to have us pay her the compliment of coming in style, and making a formal call. 路易莎·梅·奥尔科特. 小妇人.
• Only very slowly did the human mind develop methods of indicating action and relationship in a formal manner. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• The first letters he read were very formal, very carefully written and dealt almost entirely with local happenings. 欧内斯特·海明威. 丧钟为谁而鸣.
• Its banks were neither formal nor falsely adorned. 简·奥斯汀. 傲慢与偏见.
• Manners would have been producing the bottle and having a formal drink. 欧内斯特·海明威. 丧钟为谁而鸣.
• She hated calls of the formal sort, and never made any till Amy compelled her with a bargain, bribe, or promise. 路易莎·梅·奥尔科特. 小妇人.
• Then sighed; and saying, 'I knew you would like it,' he turned away, and never spoke to her again until he bid her a formal 'good night. 伊丽莎白·盖斯凯尔. 南方与北方.
• Though not a garrulous race, the Tharks are extremely formal, and their ways lend themselves amazingly to dignified and courtly manners. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 火星公主.
• I have the honour to be, GEORGE A little formal, observes the elder brother, refolding it with a puzzled face. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.
• Voting is a formal method of registering consent. 沃尔特·李普曼. 政治序论.
• It makes instruction and learning formal, mechanical, constrained. 约翰·杜威. 民主与教育.
• But permit me to say, my dear Doctor, that this objection is rather formal than substantial. 沃尔特·司各特. 艾凡赫.
• We shall be sitting down to eat in a minute, and it's a formal occasion, darling, isn't it? 戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯. 恋爱中的女人.

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