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| 1 | C a type of something 种类；类型 |
| +of The car is by far the most popular form of transport. 汽车目前无疑是最受欢迎的一种交通方式。 |
| He developed a rare form of cancer. 他患了一种罕见的癌症。 |
| Everyone agrees that the kids must receive some form of punishment. 大家一致认为孩子们应受到某种惩罚。 |
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| 2 | C/U the particular way in which something appears or exists 形态;存在形式 |
| The information is also available in electronic form. 这些资料也有电子形式的。 |
| in the form of You can get the medicine in the form of a nasal spray or as a tablet. 你可以买到鼻腔喷剂或片剂形式的这种药。 |
| Help arrived in the form of six heavily armed police officers. 6位全副武装的警官前来帮忙。 |
| take the form of The aid might take the form of personal service or of cash. 援助可以采取个人服务或现金的形式。 |
| Neglect of children can take a variety of forms. 对孩子们的疏于照料可以表现为多种形式。 |
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| 3 | C a shape of someone or something 形状；轮廓 |
| She stared at the lifeless form on the driveway. 她盯着车道上单调的影子。 |
| Three forms gradually emerged out of the darkness. 3个人影从黑暗中逐渐显露出来。 |
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| 4 | C an official document that has spaces where you can put in information 表；表格 |
| Use the order form to get new office supplies. 请使用订货单购买新的办公用品。 |
| fill in/out a form Make sure you fill in the application form completely and legibly. 务必完整清晰地填写申请表。 |
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| 5 | C the level of someone’ s ability at a particular time , especially in a sport （尤指体育运动中）能发挥的水平，竞技状态 |
| Williams blames a foot injury for her recent loss of form. 威廉姆斯把最近竞技状态的下降归咎于脚伤。 |
| The band’ s new CD marks a welcome return to form (=to a previous high standard) . 乐队新出的CD标志着演唱水平令人欢欣的回升。 |
| in/on (good etc) form She is hoping to be on top form in time for the Olympics. 她希望到奥运会的时候处于最佳状态。 |
| | 5a | the state of someone’ s mood and health at a particular time 情绪；健康状况 | | in good/bad etc form I saw Sam last night – he was in great form. 我昨晚看见萨姆了，他的精神状态非常好。 | |
| | 5b | behaving or performing in a way that is especially clever , skilful , amusing etc （表现或表演得）特别/最精彩 | | Toronto’ s outrageous mayor was in rare form during his speech last night. 多伦多市让人讨厌的市长昨晚发表演讲时表现得特别精彩。 | |
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| 6 | C BRITISH a class at school 年级 |
| He was in my form at school. 他和我上同一个年级。 |
| She’ s now in the sixth form. 她现在上6年级。 |
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| 7 | C one part of a verb or other word that has several different parts （动词或其他词的）形式，词形 |
| It’ s important to learn all the forms of a verb. 学会一个动词的所有形式很重要。 |
| nouns like ‘child’ that have irregular plural forms 像child 这样有不规则复数形式的名词 |
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| 8 | U the structure of a piece of writing or music or a painting （文章、音乐或绘画的）结构，体裁，表现形式 |
| The form of the novel is complex, with numerous flashbacks. 这部小说结构复杂，有许多倒叙。 |
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| - | bad form old-fashioned
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| behaviour that is considered to be not polite or socially acceptable |
| 不礼貌的行为；不得体的举止 |
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| Gerald thought it would be bad form to mention the court case. 杰拉德认为提到这个案件是不礼貌的。 |
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