排出來的形狀
視線從「正在成形」移到成形之後的樣子：一群東西排出來的那個圖形。
formation (arrangement) · noun · C2
The way a group of things or people are arranged into a pattern or shape.
隊形／排列
核心畫面
Picture something taking shape where there was no shape before. English then splits the picture in two: the coming-into-being (a government being set up, rock hardening over millions of years) and the shape that results (the pattern a squad of planes flies in, the rock left standing). Same word, one end of the process or the other.
可以想成：本來沒有形狀的東西，慢慢成形了。接著英文把這個畫面切成兩半：一半是「正在形成」（一個政府被組起來、岩石經過…更多收起
可以想成：本來沒有形狀的東西，慢慢成形了。接著英文把這個畫面切成兩半：一半是「正在形成」（一個政府被組起來、岩石經過幾百萬年變硬），另一半是「成形後的那個樣子」（飛機編隊排出的圖形、留下來的那塊岩層）。同一個字，看的是過程的哪一端。From the picture
整體的社會形態
把「成形後的整體」放到最大的尺度：一整個社會被當成一種已經定型的樣態來談。
social formation · noun · C2
A society or political system seen as a whole set of shared ways of living and beliefs.
社會形態
Also in this word
formation (gradual forming) · noun · C2
The process by which something gradually comes into being or takes its shape.
形成
formation (of a group) · noun · C2
The act of starting a new group, organization, or government.
成立／組成
原始詞典資料9 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。
formationnoun/fɔːˈmeɪʃ(ə)n/
- 1
The act of assembling a group or structure.
- Some cloud formation was confirmed and rainfall was observed over some islands.
- 2
Something possessing structure or form.
- 3
The process during which something comes into being and gains its characteristics.
- 4
governmentmilitarypoliticsA grouping of military units or smaller formations under a command, such as a brigade, division, wing, etc.
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geographygeologynatural-sciencesA layer of rock of common origin.
- Over a broad region, the color of a formation may change.
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governmentmilitarypoliticsAn arrangement of moving troops, ships, or aircraft, such as a wedge, line abreast, or echelon. Often "in formation".
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hobbieslifestylesportsAn arrangement of players designed to facilitate certain plays.
- N'Golo Kanté embodies both sides of this, a player whose early scratchiness was soothed with glorious results in the new 3-4-3 formation, allowed simply to be his best, most wonderfully mobile, diligent, destructive self.
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The process of influencing or guiding a person to a deeper understanding of a particular vocation.
另外 1 個記錄的用法
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category-theorycomputingengineeringA structure made of two categories, two functors from the first to the second category, and a transformation from one of the functors to the other.
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。