| 单词 | formulaic |
| 释义 | formulaic (once / 44268 pages) adj Anything formulaic follows a formula or pattern, especially in a mechanical, by-the-numbers way. A formulaic TV show is predictable and probably similar to lots of other shows. Have you ever noticed how many songs are similar to others? When a song is almost identical to previous songs and it’s not very original at all, it's formulaic. This word usually conveys a lack of imagination. If you call a movie formulaic, you're saying it's so much like other movies that it probably didn't need to be made. A formulaic speech follows a pattern that's been used many times before. The opposite of formulaic is original. WORD FAMILYformulaic: formulaically USAGE EXAMPLESScott Farrell, an expert in crisis management and the president of Golin Corporate Communications, said there was no formulaic response. New York Times(Dec 25, 2016) The SIS approach, promoted by the American Association on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities, is more formulaic. Washington Post(Dec 22, 2016) Our critic Stephen Holden writes that in the end, it “becomes a banal, formulaic pastiche of dozens of other like-minded space operas.” New York Times(Dec 22, 2016) adj characterized by or in accordance with some formula Syn conventional following accepted customs and proprieties |
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