形容詞
1. The letter was formal in its wording.
此信措辭正式。
2. You needn't be so formal with me.
你對我不必如此拘束。
3. They maintained only formal unity among themselves.
他們只在表面上保持一致。
4. He's very formal with everybody.
他對誰都很刻板。
1. 正式文體：英語中,正式文體(formal)主要用于生人之間客氣的談話,用于特殊場合,如各種公務函件、法律文件等;非正式文體(informal)是在一般會話和私人信件等場合使用的文體,在這種場合中,沒有必要特別客氣或嚴謹.
2. formal：formula manipulation language; 公式處理語言，Formal 語言
1. 正式的;規(guī)范的;莊重的
Formal speech or behaviour is very correct and serious rather than relaxed and friendly, and is used especially in official situations.
e.g. He wrote a very formal letter of apology to Douglas...
他給道格拉斯寫了一封非常正式的道歉信。
e.g. Business relationships are necessarily a bit more formal.
商業(yè)關系有必要更正式一些。
2. (行為、聲明或要求)官方的，正式的
A formal action, statement, or request is an official one.
e.g. UN officials said a formal request was passed to American authorities...
聯合國官員稱正式請求已向美國當局轉達。
e.g. No formal announcement had been made.
尚無任何官方聲明。
3. (場合)正式的，合乎禮儀的
Formal occasions are special occasions at which people wear smart clothes and behave according to a set of accepted rules.
e.g. One evening the film company arranged a formal dinner after the play.
一天晚上，電影公司在演出結束后安排了一個正式的晚宴。
4. (服飾)正規(guī)的，正式的，適合正式場合的
Formal clothes are very smart clothes that are suitable for formal occasions.
e.g. They wore ordinary ties instead of the more formal high collar and cravat.
他們打著普通的領帶，而不是更為正式的高領領結。
5. 整齊的;規(guī)矩的;井然有序的
Something that is done, written, or studied in a formal way has a very ordered, organized method or style.
e.g. This does not encourage the child to analyse the environment in a formal way...
這并不能鼓勵孩子有條理地分析周圍的環(huán)境。
e.g. Classic Greek drama was written in verse, usually in an elevated and formal style.
古典希臘戲劇以韻文寫成，通常用詞講究、結構整齊。
6. (通常指學校教育)正規(guī)的
Formal education or training is given officially, usually in a school, college, or university.
formal
e.g. Although his formal education stopped after primary school, he was an avid reader...
盡管小學畢業(yè)后就再沒有受過正規(guī)的教育，他卻十分愛讀書。
e.g. Leroy didn't have any formal dance training.
勒羅伊沒受過任何正規(guī)的舞蹈訓練。
7. (尤指按照某種設計規(guī)則)布局勻稱的，布置整齊的
A formal garden or room is arranged in a very regular and controlled way, especially according to certain rules of design.
e.g. ...a formal herb garden...
布局勻稱的草藥園
e.g. The Coronata wallpaper lends a formal air to the dining room.
科羅娜塔墻紙給餐廳增添了一種整齊有致的氣氛。