1.适合正式场合的；正规的；庄重的very correct and suitable for official or important occasions
formal evening dress晚礼服
The dinner was a formal affair.这是正式宴会。
He kept the tone of the letter formal and businesslike.他使这封信保持正式公文的语气。
She has a very formal manner, which can seem unfriendly.她的举止很是郑重其事，有可能会显得不友好。
2.正式的；合乎规矩的official; following an agreed or official way of doing things
formal legal processes正式法律程序
to make a formal apology/complaint/request正式道歉╱投诉╱要求
Formal diplomatic relations between the two countries were re-established in December.两国于十二月重新建立了正式外交关系。
It is time to put these arrangements on a slightly more formal basis.是应该把这些安排做得略为正式一点的时候了。
3.正规的received in a school, college or university, with lessons, exams, etc., rather than gained just through practical experience
He has no formal teaching qualifications.他没有正规的教学资历证明。
Young children are beginning their formal education sometimes as early as four years old.幼儿有时早在四岁时就开始接受正规教育。
4.方式上的；做法上的；形式上的concerned with the way sth is done rather than what is done
Getting approval for the plan is a purely formal matter; nobody will seriously oppose it.计划报批纯粹是一个形式上的问题，没有人会当真反对的。
Critics have concentrated too much on the formal elements of her poetry, without really looking at what it is saying.评论家过多地集中评论她诗歌的形式，而没有真正看其内容。
5.整齐的；布置井然的arranged in a regular manner, according to a clear, exact plan
delightful formal gardens, with terraced lawns and an avenue of trees精心布置的有片片草坪和林荫道的宜人花园
The formal greeting for the German-born pope will come Wednesday when thousands of people are expected to welcome him at the White House.
星期三会有一个正式的欢迎会，欢迎这位德国出生的教皇。那时预计会有成千的民众会在白宫欢欢迎他。
It might be a nervous and stiff frame, a formal and let's-get-to-the-point kind of frame or perhaps a super relaxed one.
这可能是一个紧张的，呆板的氛围，一个正式的，“让我们得出一个结论”式的氛围，或者也可能是一个非常放松的氛围。
Trading has no formal ending. The market will not take you out of a trade.
交易没有正式的结束点，市场不会让你退出交易。
Now, it is the living room of the President of the United States, President of the United States is often held in a formal reception.
现在，它是美国总统的客厅，美国总统常常在此举行正式酒会。
Mr Kagame even said he may no longer seek a formal apology from France: "It is not what I've been looking for at this time. "
卡加梅总统甚至说他可能不会再要求法国正式道歉。“这不是我在此时一直在寻找的。”
There is contact with several teams, but I cannot say how much or when until any formal offers have been made.
我已经接触了很多球队，但是我不会透露一些俱乐部的正式报价。
This establishes the system's formal legitimacy and permits our Earth allies to remove the dark cabal from power.
这样做建立了整个系统的合法性，并且允许地球盟友将黑暗的力量从权力层移除。
The point is that you've got to do it, i. e. write formal article regularly on paper. Theory is just theory.
需要注意的是，你必须要付之行动，比如定期写一篇正式的文章。
The Contractor shall be entitled to this payment without formal notice or certification, and without prejudice to any other right or remedy.
承包商有权得到此类付款而无需正式通知或证明，并且不损害他的任何其他权利或补偿。
Similarly, governments should pay more attention to waste that winds up in the sea, even if it falls outside their formal jurisdiction.
同样，各国政府应更加重视海洋垃圾，即使这超出其管辖权范围。
But no formal charges had ever been brought against Duvalier in this country, not up to this point.
但是这个国家到现在还没有正式控告杜瓦利埃，至少到目前为止还没有。
A more formal way of describing your mobile phone is to call it a cellular handset.
你的移动电话更正式的叫法应该是便携式手机。
Also, commercial banks must submit their formal applications for adopting the Accord to CBRC at least half a year in advance.
商业银行至少提前半年向银监会提出实施新资本协议的正式申请。
The information contained in this presentation has not been submitted to any formal IBM test and is distributed "AS IS. "
本说明中所包含的信息没有提交给任何正式的IBM测试，而只是“按原样”发布。
Then, touching the shoulder of a townsman who stood next to him, he addressed him, in a formal and courteous manner.
随后，他碰了碰旁边站着的一个本镇居民的肩膀，礼数周到地开了腔。
My childhood was no different from that of many boys from poor families: informal jobs; very little formal education.
我的童年与许多来自贫穷家庭的男孩没有任何的不同：非正式的工作；非常少的正式教育。
The first formal university courses and curricula also began to be developed during the immediate postwar period.
战后，第一批正规大学课程也开始涌现，并迅速得到发展。
It was no coincidence that the great industrialists of the nineteenth century had so little formal education.
十九世纪的伟大实业家们通常都没有受过正规教育。
"They jumped in, and it was amazing to see them turn this around on absolutely zero formal notice, " she said.
她说：“他们召之即来，一接到正式通知就解决了问题，看到这些真是太惊人了。”
What I lack in formal education, I more than make up for in Natural skills and curiosity. And as you've seen, my loyalty knows no bounds.
没能经过正规教育学到的东西，我会用我与生俱来的技能和好奇心来弥补。你也见到了，我可不是天长地久求一个安稳的人。
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