formal
adj
1 following accepted rules of behaviour; showing or expecting careful, serious behaviour, as eg on official occasions or in distant, not close, relationships 正式的; 正規(guī)的; 按規(guī)矩的; 有禮貌的; 莊重的; 文雅的
She has a very formal manner. 她舉止端莊.
a formal dinner, luncheon, dance, etc 正式的晚餐、 午餐、 舞會(huì)等
formal dress 禮服 * `Request' is a more formal way of saying `ask for'. 用request一詞比用ask for顯得鄭重.
2 regular or geometric in shape; symmetrical 形狀整齊的; 成幾何圖形的; 勻稱的
formal gardens 整齊的花園.
3 of the outward shape or appearance (in contrast to the content or substance) 外形的; 外觀的; 形式上的
There is only a formal resemblance between the two systems; they are in fact radically different. 這兩種體系只是在表面上有某種相似之處, 其實(shí)根本不同.
4 publicly declared and recognized as official 公開宣布的; 正式承認(rèn)的
a formal denial 公開否認(rèn)
a formal declaration of war 正式宣戰(zhàn).
5 [attrib 作定語(yǔ)]
(of education) officially given at a school, college, etc (指教育)正規(guī)的
The job does not require any formal training. 做這種工作不需要任何正規(guī)訓(xùn)練.