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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…更多收起可以想成一件事「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。

原始詞典資料15 筆記錄

以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，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.

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資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。