Formality

(noun.) compliance with formal rules; 'courtroom formality'.

(noun.) a manner that strictly observes all forms and ceremonies; 'the formality of his voice made the others pay him close attention'.

(noun.) a requirement of etiquette or custom; 'a mere formality'.

整理:李奥娜

• Mrs. Farebrother welcomed the guest with a lively formality and precision. 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
• Winifred advanced with odd, stately formality. 戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯. 恋爱中的女人.
• He was evidently relieved at finding any excuse for delaying the business formality in the library, to which his own words had referred. 威尔基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
• Mrs. Ferrars was a little, thin woman, upright, even to formality, in her figure, and serious, even to sourness, in her aspect. 简·奥斯汀. 理智与情感.
• Being deprived of all formality. 欧内斯特·海明威. 丧钟为谁而鸣.
• I shall be back in good time to-morrow--but before I go I should like that little business-formality, which I spoke of this morning, to be settled. 威尔基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
• I was cured of that formality suddenly. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 维莱特.
• The document produced at the convention is at its best nothing but a suggestive formality. 沃尔特·李普曼. 政治序论.
• The purity of her life, the formality of her notions, her ignorance of the worldevery thing was against me. 简·奥斯汀. 理智与情感.
• I reclined my head on his shoulder, in order to talk to him with less formality. 哈里特·威尔逊. 哈里特·威尔逊回忆录.
• It won't take a minute--a mere formality. 威尔基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
• They had grown accustomed to a humanly liberating atmosphere in which formality was an instrument instead of an idol. 沃尔特·李普曼. 政治序论.
• There appeared, however, judging by Mr. Godfrey's next words, to be one more trifling formality which it was necessary to observe. 威尔基·柯林斯. 月亮宝石.
• Take this stew please in all formality and fill thy mouth with it and talk no more. 欧内斯特·海明威. 丧钟为谁而鸣.
• Lydia laughed, and said: Aye, that is just like your formality and discretion. 简·奥斯汀. 傲慢与偏见.
• Shirley never laughed at her former governess; even the little formalities and harmless peculiarities of that lady were respectable in her eyes. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
• Such formalities as are required to be observed in so doing, may be known on application to the proper branch of that Department. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 小杜丽.
• We would have to be married under Italian law and the formalities were terrific. 欧内斯特·海明威. 永别了,武器.
• Herbert would also take a sheet of paper, and write across it with similar formalities, Memorandum of Herbert's debts. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 远大前程.
• The ceremonies which follow later are but meaningless formalities. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 火星公主.
• Cos it must be proved, and probated, and swore to, and all manner o' formalities. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外传.
• There were few formalities observed in approaching the Martian chieftain. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 火星公主.
• There were no formalities. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 人猿泰山.
• There are one or two small things--mere formalities--which I must arrange with you. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯回忆录.
• No formalities were to retard our progress until a position was secured when the time could be spared to observe them. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U．S．格兰特的个人回忆录.
• As I had anticipated, no one was present to prosecute the case against me--the necessary formalities were observed, and I was discharged. 威尔基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
• They performed the formalities of the occasion briefly, intelligently, conscientiously. 威尔基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
• He has promised that there shall be no trouble--but of course the formalities must be gone through. 伊迪丝·华顿. 快乐之家.

整理:康拉德