| 单词 | formal |
| 释义 | formal (once / 134 pages) 1adjn 2adj 3adj Being formal is all about being taken seriously. If you're invited to the White House, you'll want to make a good impression, so it's a good idea to adopt a generally formal demeanor. No jeans or trash talking allowed. In our casual world, there are still many times we need to be formal, like at weddings or funerals. Adopting a formal manner — i.e., dressing up and not eating with your hands — will help you make a good impression on job interviewers or future in-laws. Being formal doesn't have to mean being stiff or unnatural; it's basically just using good manners and following the rules. WORD FAMILYformal: formalest, formalise, formalism, formality, formalize, formally, formalness, formals, informal, semi-formal, semiformal+/formalise: formalisation, formalised, formalising/formalism: formalisms, formalistic/formality: formalities/formalize: formalization, formalized, formalizes, formalizing/informal: informality, informally/informality: informalities USAGE EXAMPLESSchmidt said a complaint with formal charges is expected to be filed Tuesday. Seattle Times(Jan 02, 2017) Formal charges against the three are expected Tuesday. Washington Times(Jan 02, 2017) The nation’s full Constitutional Court will begin formal hearings on Tuesday into the case, the biggest influence-peddling scandal in South Korea’s history. New York Times(Jan 02, 2017) 1 1adj 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 Syn|Ant conventional following accepted customs and proprieties ceremonialmarked by pomp or ceremony or formality ceremonious, conventionalrigidly formal or bound by convention dress, full-dress(of an occasion) requiring formal clothes form-onlybeing a matter of form only; lacking substance dress, full-dresssuitable for formal occasions nominal, titularexisting in name only positive, prescribedformally laid down or imposed perfunctory, pro formaas a formality only black-tie, semi-formal, semiformalmoderately formal; requiring a dinner jacket buckram, starchy, stiffrigidly formal white-tierequiring white ties and tailcoats for men informal not formal casual, daily, everydayappropriate for ordinary or routine occasions casual, free-and-easynatural and unstudied folksyvery informal and familiar unceremonial, unceremoniouswithout ceremony or formality informalused of spoken and written language 2adj (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 Syn|Ant literary appropriate to literature rather than everyday speech or writing rhetoricalgiven to rhetoric, emphasizing style at the expense of thought informal used of spoken and written language informalnot formal colloquial, conversationalcharacteristic of informal spoken language or conversation common, vernacular, vulgarbeing or characteristic of or appropriate to everyday language epistolary, epistolatorywritten in the form of or carried on by letters or correspondence slangyconstituting or expressed in slang or given to the use of slang subliterarynot written as or intended to be literature nonliterary, unliterarymarked by lack of affectation or pedantry unrhetoricalnot rhetorical 3n a lavish dance requiring formal attire Syn|Hypo|Hyper ball cotilion, cotillion a ball at which young ladies are presented to society fancy-dress ball, masked ball, masquerade balla ball at which guests wear costumes and masks prom, promenadea formal ball held for a school class toward the end of the academic year dance a party for social dancing 4n a gown for evening wear 2Syn|Hyper dinner dress, dinner gown, evening gown evening clothes, evening dress, eveningwear, formalwear attire to wear on formal occasions in the evening gowna woman's dress, usually with a close-fitting bodice and a long flared skirt, often worn on formal occasions 1adj characteristic of or befitting a person in authority formal duties Syn official having official authority or sanction 2adj refined or imposing in manner or appearance; befitting a royal court 3Syn courtly, stately dignified having or expressing dignity; especially formality or stateliness in bearing or appearance 1adj logically deductive formal proof Syn logical capable of or reflecting the capability for correct and valid reasoning 2adj represented in simplified or symbolic form Syn conventional, schematic nonrepresentational of or relating to a style of art in which objects do not resemble those known in physical nature |
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