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- serving to form something, especially having a profound and lasting influence on a person's development有助于形成的, 对成长有深远影响的：
his formative years.
他的性格形成时期。
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- of or relating to a person's development（与）成长（有关）的：
a formative assessment.
成长评估。
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- Linguistics denoting or relating to any of the smallest meaningful units that are used to form words in a language, typically combining forms and inflections【语言学】（与）构形成分（有关）的。
- Linguistics a formative element【语言学】构形成分。
派生词
formatively
adverb词源
late 15th cent.: from Old French formatif, -ive or medieval Latin formativus, from Latin formare 'to form' （see FORM）.