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| 1 | following the correct or suitable official methods 正式的 |
| The government is promising a formal investigation. 政府许诺进行正式的调查。 |
| They have offered me the job, but I don’ t yet have a formal contract. 他们答应给我这份工作，但我还没有签订正式的合同。 |
| We intend to make a formal written complaint. 我们打算写一份正式的书面投诉。 |
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| 2 | correct or conservative in style , and suitable for official or serious situations or occasions 正式的；拘谨的；刻板的 |
| When we first met, he was a little stiff and formal. 我们第一次见面时，他有点严厉刻板。 |
| Business letters do not always have to be impersonal and formal. 商务信函并非总是没有人情味且十分正式的。 |
| ‘Ameliorate’ is a more formal way of saying ‘improve’ . Ameliorate 是improve 的更正式的说法。 |
| | 2a | a formal event or social occasion is an important or official one at which people wear special clothes （活动）正式的 | | The Queen will be the host at a formal dinner tonight. 女王今晚将作为东道主举行一次正式宴会。 | |
| | 2b | formal clothes are the special clothes that people wear at formal occasions, usually a black jacket and trousers for men and a long dress for women （服装）正式场合穿的 | |
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| 3 | formal education or training is obtained from studying rather than from working at a job （教育或培训）正规的 |
| She’ s got a lot of experience but no formal qualifications. 她经验丰富，但没有正规的资格。 |
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| 4 | usually before noun relating to the form or structure of something such as a piece of writing , art , or music （写作、艺术或音乐等）形式（上）的，表面的 |
| the formal innovations in Mozart’ s music 莫扎特在音乐形式上的创新 |
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| 5 | formal gardens have plants and paths arranged in a set of regular patterns （花园）布局整齐的，规则的 |
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| formally adv |
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