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单词 conform
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Definition of conform in English:

conform

verb kənˈfɔːmkənˈfɔrm
[no object]
  • 1Comply with rules, standards, or laws.

    遵守;顺从;符合(规则,标准,法律)

    the kitchen does not conform to hygiene regulations

    该厨房不符合卫生规定。

    the changes were introduced to conform with international classifications

    推行这些变革是为了与国际分类方法接轨。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • And if our practices and doctrines do not conform with the teachings of the Scriptures then we must eliminate them.
    • However, all photographic tricks still have to conform to the basic rules of physics, in particular the rules of light.
    • They said the move was because it was not possible to renovate the building, which they had occupied since 1956, to conform with new care home standards.
    • Prosecutors scaled back the number to eight to conform to new rules calling for swifter trials.
    • The usual excuse is that it does not conform with European law.
    • Secondly, the planners have allowed the opening of a shop within yards of the disputed shutters that does not conform with disability rights legislation.
    • In response, representatives of the company said that they would try to improve operations at the incinerator to conform with standards.
    • The plan was recently judged by another inspector to conform with Government policy and it is exasperating to see other inspectors failing to uphold it.
    • The types of cross-sticks allowed in competition are required to conform to a standard well defined in the rules.
    • Shall I stop him in order to conform with my reader's definition of ‘separation’?
    • Because such publications do not conform to any standardized rules, this information is not computer readable.
    • The government will also continue to crack down on coal mines in particular because many fail to conform with safety standards.
    • The group alleged that the rates they had since paid had not been directed to the group members' accounts to conform with municipal regulations.
    • These are models that can be custom built as long as they conform to a specific rule, or rather, a formula of measurements.
    • You have to conform to the rules of a planet when you're on it, to its cycles of night and day, and when people show up you have their rules to deal with.
    • On the other hand, the fact that so many States have signed up to the Bill and, on paper at least, are attempting to conform with its standards is commendable.
    • It's not a typical horror movie, in that it really doesn't conform to the genre rules.
    • These may have come in time as farmers were left to experiment and to adopt improved rotations and methods as they saw fit once they were no longer expected to conform to the rules of the manor court.
    • These strings are termed ‘grammatical’ because they conform to the rules of the grammar.
    • And, like many other populist legal actions, it doesn't conform with our ideal of justice - the rule of law.
    Synonyms
    comply with, abide by, obey, observe, follow, keep to, hold to, adhere to
    satisfy, match up to, meet, fulfil, be in accordance with
    stick to, stand by, act in accordance with, uphold, heed, pay attention to, agree to/with, consent to, accede to, accept, acquiesce in, go along with, fall in with, adapt to, accommodate to, adjust to, acknowledge, respect, defer to
    1. 1.1 (of a person) behave according to socially acceptable conventions or standards.
      (人)(行为上)遵守社会接受的习俗(或规范)
      the pressure to conform

      遵守习俗的压力。

      Example sentencesExamples
      • Well, I did, but they conform to general socially acceptable behaviour.
      • They are saying, you must conform to our version of family and society or you can have no rights.
      • But she did not conform to the stereotype of the de-feminised learned woman.
      • People are defined as illiterate when they do not conform to a set of cultural criteria defined by the ruling elite of a particular society.
      • He accepts he does not conform to the public school or Oxbridge stereotype, as he was brought up on a council estate in Dringhouses and educated at Millthorpe School.
      • The young people conform to the world, following its ways and foolish fashion.
      • One is to recommend that immigrants conform to the customs, habits and culture of their host country.
      • In exchange, they must conform to extensive social and environmental criteria.
      • I could never conform to what other people wanted me to be for the sake of fitting in.
      • Clearly, the street kids conform to society's view of them as troubled.
      • But then life is so much easier when we imagine that people conform to a stereotype.
      • Tall, with long, Sixties-style hair and trendy dark shirts, he does not conform to the public stereotype of the anoraked maths professor.
      • We feel that we must conform to these unrealistic, fairytale like images.
      • Hence again I have stayed in my hole, because up above there's an increasing passion to make men conform to a pattern.
      • I didn't conform to the norm and I couldn't play the cat and mouse game with the press.
      • Females conform to their peers more than do males, but there is greater social disapproval for female delinquency.
      • Is your exquisite taste really your taste, or are you simply conforming to standards currently approved by the tastemakers of your society?
      • Most people conform to mass-marketed new trends making it seem as though they don't have any personal style.
      • It seems to me that the problem is with the rest of society trying to make people conform to a very narrow mode of dress rather than it being a case of men stepping outside what's normal.
      • He never conformed to the accepted behaviour that comes with being a top motorcyclist.
      Synonyms
      follow convention, be conventional, follow tradition, follow custom, fit in, adapt, adjust, follow the crowd, run with the pack, swim with the stream
      comply, acquiesce, do what one is told, toe the line, obey the rules, comply with the rules, observe the rules, abide by the rules, adhere to the rules, act in accordance with the rules, follow the rules, keep to the rules, stick to the rules
      submit, yield
      informal play it by the book, play by the rules, keep in step, go with the flow
    2. 1.2 Be similar in form or type; agree.
      相似;成一致
      the countryside should conform to a certain idea of the picturesque

      乡村应该与某种自然美保持和谐一致。

      Example sentencesExamples
      • Even though toe shoes don't come in left-right pairs, they quickly conform to the shape of your feet with wear.
      • Make sure to keep in mind that they should also conform to the mood and harmony of the living space.
      • Meanwhile, he himself can slag people off just because they don't conform to his narrow vision of what constitutes a Brit.
      • Are bishops willing to sacrifice useful candidates simply because they don't conform to the clerical pattern of another age, time and society?
      • His description of the height and build of the person does not conform to the height and build of the appellant at the relevant time.
      • No, my main worry is that the passengers will conform to his relaxed style and be allowed to fly in jumpers and corduroys.
      • Once, at a press conference, he was asked if his thinking as a scientist could conform to the thinking of a politician.
      • But if we think God must conform to one or the other picture, we really have a limited view.
      • They will not conform to the academic worldview or the organizational development paradigm.
      • He didn't conform to the eras; the times adopted to him, asking only that he dress in whatever bad fabrics the era provided.
      • The performers of the reading were uniformly matched and admirably conformed to the director's wishes in under six hours of rehearsal making the event memorable.
      • Southern societies are judged as having violated their children because the lives of the children do not conform to the image of childhood held in the West.
      • But if we believe that women are capable of responsible, moral choices we must allow them to make them - even when they do not conform to our own views and values.
      • In any particular situation, any 18 centers will do, even if they don't conform to this pattern.
      Synonyms
      match, fit, suit, answer, agree with, be like, be similar to, coincide with, correspond to, correlate to, be consistent with, be consonant with, be comparable with, measure up to, go with, tally with, square with, accord with, parallel, harmonize with

Origin

Middle English (in the sense 'make (something) like another thing'): from Old French conformer, from Latin conformare, from con- 'together' + formare 'to form'.

  • form from Middle English:

    Form goes back to Latin forma ‘a mould or form’, and is an element in many English words such as conform (Middle English) make like something else; deform (Late Middle English) ‘mis-shape’; and reform (Middle English) ‘put back into shape’. Formal (Late Middle English) originally meant ‘relating to form’, and developed the sense ‘prim, stiff’ in the early 16th century. Format (mid 19th century) came via French and German from Latin formatus (liber) ‘shaped (book)’. Formula (early 17th century) was in Latin a ‘little form’ and was at first a fixed form of words used in ceremonies. Use in chemistry is from the mid 19th century.

Rhymes

corm, dorm, form, forme, haulm, lukewarm, Maugham, misinform, norm, outperform, perform, shawm, storm, swarm, transform, underperform, warm

Definition of conform in US English:

conform

verbkənˈfôrmkənˈfɔrm
[no object]
  • 1Comply with rules, standards, or laws.

    遵守;顺从;符合(规则,标准,法律)

    the kitchen does not conform to hygiene regulations

    该厨房不符合卫生规定。

    the changes were introduced to conform with international classifications

    推行这些变革是为了与国际分类方法接轨。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • These are models that can be custom built as long as they conform to a specific rule, or rather, a formula of measurements.
    • The government will also continue to crack down on coal mines in particular because many fail to conform with safety standards.
    • Because such publications do not conform to any standardized rules, this information is not computer readable.
    • On the other hand, the fact that so many States have signed up to the Bill and, on paper at least, are attempting to conform with its standards is commendable.
    • And if our practices and doctrines do not conform with the teachings of the Scriptures then we must eliminate them.
    • And, like many other populist legal actions, it doesn't conform with our ideal of justice - the rule of law.
    • Prosecutors scaled back the number to eight to conform to new rules calling for swifter trials.
    • Secondly, the planners have allowed the opening of a shop within yards of the disputed shutters that does not conform with disability rights legislation.
    • However, all photographic tricks still have to conform to the basic rules of physics, in particular the rules of light.
    • It's not a typical horror movie, in that it really doesn't conform to the genre rules.
    • These strings are termed ‘grammatical’ because they conform to the rules of the grammar.
    • The usual excuse is that it does not conform with European law.
    • In response, representatives of the company said that they would try to improve operations at the incinerator to conform with standards.
    • The plan was recently judged by another inspector to conform with Government policy and it is exasperating to see other inspectors failing to uphold it.
    • You have to conform to the rules of a planet when you're on it, to its cycles of night and day, and when people show up you have their rules to deal with.
    • These may have come in time as farmers were left to experiment and to adopt improved rotations and methods as they saw fit once they were no longer expected to conform to the rules of the manor court.
    • Shall I stop him in order to conform with my reader's definition of ‘separation’?
    • The group alleged that the rates they had since paid had not been directed to the group members' accounts to conform with municipal regulations.
    • The types of cross-sticks allowed in competition are required to conform to a standard well defined in the rules.
    • They said the move was because it was not possible to renovate the building, which they had occupied since 1956, to conform with new care home standards.
    Synonyms
    comply with, abide by, obey, observe, follow, keep to, hold to, adhere to
    1. 1.1 (of a person) behave according to socially acceptable conventions or standards.
      (人)(行为上)遵守社会接受的习俗(或规范)
      the pressure to conform

      遵守习俗的压力。

      Example sentencesExamples
      • Is your exquisite taste really your taste, or are you simply conforming to standards currently approved by the tastemakers of your society?
      • Well, I did, but they conform to general socially acceptable behaviour.
      • The young people conform to the world, following its ways and foolish fashion.
      • They are saying, you must conform to our version of family and society or you can have no rights.
      • He accepts he does not conform to the public school or Oxbridge stereotype, as he was brought up on a council estate in Dringhouses and educated at Millthorpe School.
      • Hence again I have stayed in my hole, because up above there's an increasing passion to make men conform to a pattern.
      • Females conform to their peers more than do males, but there is greater social disapproval for female delinquency.
      • He never conformed to the accepted behaviour that comes with being a top motorcyclist.
      • But she did not conform to the stereotype of the de-feminised learned woman.
      • I didn't conform to the norm and I couldn't play the cat and mouse game with the press.
      • It seems to me that the problem is with the rest of society trying to make people conform to a very narrow mode of dress rather than it being a case of men stepping outside what's normal.
      • We feel that we must conform to these unrealistic, fairytale like images.
      • Tall, with long, Sixties-style hair and trendy dark shirts, he does not conform to the public stereotype of the anoraked maths professor.
      • One is to recommend that immigrants conform to the customs, habits and culture of their host country.
      • Clearly, the street kids conform to society's view of them as troubled.
      • But then life is so much easier when we imagine that people conform to a stereotype.
      • I could never conform to what other people wanted me to be for the sake of fitting in.
      • In exchange, they must conform to extensive social and environmental criteria.
      • People are defined as illiterate when they do not conform to a set of cultural criteria defined by the ruling elite of a particular society.
      • Most people conform to mass-marketed new trends making it seem as though they don't have any personal style.
      Synonyms
      follow convention, be conventional, follow tradition, follow custom, fit in, adapt, adjust, follow the crowd, run with the pack, swim with the stream
    2. 1.2 Be similar in form or type; agree.
      相似;成一致
      the countryside should conform to a certain idea of the picturesque

      乡村应该与某种自然美保持和谐一致。

      Example sentencesExamples
      • Meanwhile, he himself can slag people off just because they don't conform to his narrow vision of what constitutes a Brit.
      • Southern societies are judged as having violated their children because the lives of the children do not conform to the image of childhood held in the West.
      • The performers of the reading were uniformly matched and admirably conformed to the director's wishes in under six hours of rehearsal making the event memorable.
      • But if we think God must conform to one or the other picture, we really have a limited view.
      • Make sure to keep in mind that they should also conform to the mood and harmony of the living space.
      • No, my main worry is that the passengers will conform to his relaxed style and be allowed to fly in jumpers and corduroys.
      • Once, at a press conference, he was asked if his thinking as a scientist could conform to the thinking of a politician.
      • But if we believe that women are capable of responsible, moral choices we must allow them to make them - even when they do not conform to our own views and values.
      • They will not conform to the academic worldview or the organizational development paradigm.
      • His description of the height and build of the person does not conform to the height and build of the appellant at the relevant time.
      • Are bishops willing to sacrifice useful candidates simply because they don't conform to the clerical pattern of another age, time and society?
      • In any particular situation, any 18 centers will do, even if they don't conform to this pattern.
      • Even though toe shoes don't come in left-right pairs, they quickly conform to the shape of your feet with wear.
      • He didn't conform to the eras; the times adopted to him, asking only that he dress in whatever bad fabrics the era provided.
      Synonyms
      match, fit, suit, answer, agree with, be like, be similar to, coincide with, correspond to, correlate to, be consistent with, be consonant with, be comparable with, measure up to, go with, tally with, square with, accord with, parallel, harmonize with

Origin

Middle English (in the sense ‘make (something) like another thing’): from Old French conformer, from Latin conformare, from con- ‘together’ + formare ‘to form’.

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