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From the word’s history

From Middle English formel, from Old French formel, from Latin fōrmālis, from fōrma 'form'.

源自拉丁文 fōrmālis，來自 fōrma「形式」。

Wiktionary

You can think of something done strictly by the agreed form — following the proper shape, the official pattern, the set rules — rather than loosely and casually. Picture an official ceremony where everyone follows the set steps. From 'done by the proper form' come all the branches: official acts, stiff polite behaviour, the correct words, dress-up occasions, organized education, and even gardens laid out in a neat, planned shape.

可以想成一件事「照講好的形式、按正規的樣式、依固定的規矩」來做，而不是隨便、隨興地進行。畫面比較像一場正式典禮，每個人都照既定的步驟走。formal 的核心畫面比較像「照正規形式來」——從這裡長出各種枝節：官方的舉動、拘謹有禮的態度、正確的措辭、要盛裝的場合、正規的教育，甚至連花園都修剪成整齊規劃過的形狀。

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同家族的字

formals

原始詞典資料15 筆記錄

以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，摘錄並精簡格式，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。

formaladj詞源 1/ˈfɔɹməl/

  • 1

    In accordance with established forms.

    • She spoke formal English, without any dialect.
  • 2

    Official.

    • I'd like to make a formal complaint.
  • 3

    Relating to the form or structure of something.

    • Formal linguistics ignores the vocabulary of languages and focuses solely on their grammar.
    • THE THREE DOMINANT FORMS IN METALSMITHING […] At present, there are but three basic volumetric forms dominating the work of metalsmiths, the spherical (usually in its most practical form, the domical), the cylindrical, and the cubical. […] The possibilities for further variations on them are all but exhausted, there being little chance to express new and unusual ideas within the framework of such limited choices. As a result, much of twentieth-century metalsmithing has relied on surface enrichment rather than formal development for its originality.
  • 4

    Relating to formation.

    • The formal stage is a critical part of any child's development.
  • 5

    Ceremonial or traditional.

    • Formal wear must be worn at my wedding!
  • 6

    Proper, according to strict etiquette; not casual.

    • He's always very formal, and I wish he'd relax a bit.
  • 7

    Organized; well-structured and planned.

    • When they became a formal club the rowers built a small boathouse.
  • 8

    human-scienceslinguisticsmathematicsIn accordance with a methodological framework with well-defined rules or laws; rigorous.

    • Despite efforts by limnologists and freshwater biologists to create a formal definition of “pond”, there is still no universal distinction between a “pond” and a “lake”.
    • Only formal proofs, which derive theorems logically from their given axioms, are considered satisfactory in modern mathematics.
另外 1 個記錄的用法
  • 9

    human-sciencesmathematicsphilosophyRelating to mere manipulation and construction of strings of symbols, without regard to their meaning.

    • Formal series are defined without any reference to convergence.

formalnoun詞源 1/ˈfɔɹməl/

  • 1

    businessclothingfashionAn evening gown.

    • Well, I open up the door / And much to my surprise / The girls were wearin' formals / And the boys were wearin' ties
  • 2

    An event with a formal dress code.

    • Jenny took Sam to her Year 12 formal.
  • 3

    computingengineeringmathematicsA formal parameter.

formalnoun詞源 2

  • 1

    Formalin.

  • 2

    An acetal formed from formaldehyde.

這個拼法也被記錄為下列字的變化形：

  • formal hall

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