formality
The level of formality determine the precise mode of expression.
不同的礼节程度决定所需的确切表达方式。
Custom formality is carried out on the quayside.
海关手续是在码头区办理的。
The chairman dispensed with the formality of read the minute.
董事长省去了读会议记录的手续或做法。
Here's your receipt. You are through with the customs formality.
这是您的收据。您已办完海关手续了。
I found the formality of the occasion irritating.
我觉得这种场合的繁文缛节十分讨厌。
You should go through the legal formality.
你应该办理合法手续。
We were invited to a formal luncheon.
我们被邀参加一次正式的午宴。
He cast his last remark in more formal wording.
他用更正式的措词表达了最后一句话。
Don't you be so fucking formal with me.
别你他妈的对我这么一本正经了。
The letter is written in formal style.
这封信是用正式文体写的。
Modern life trends towards less formal customs.
现代生活倾向于较少拘泥于客套习俗。
The job does not require any formal training.
做这种工作不需要任何正规训练。
At board meetings you have to get used to the formality of the language.
参加董事会议必须习惯那些古板的语言。
Julie often likes thrumming on the piano instead of doing her formal practice.
朱莉弹钢琴总喜欢随便乱弹而不做正规练习。
In statesmanship, get the formality right; never mind about the morality.
作为政治(家的)手腕，应彻底搞清形式上的手续，至于道德则无需顾忌。
Don't worry about formality at my parents' house-it's always very free and easy there.
在我父母家不必讲究礼节－那里总是个无拘无束的地方。
I'm composing a formal reply to the letter.
我正写一封郑重其事的回信。
Such casual dress would not be correct for a formal occasion.
这样的便服不宜在正式的场合穿。
Sports clothes are not appropriate for a formal wedding.
运动服用於正式婚礼中是不适当的。
There is a set procedure for making formal complaints.
要正式提出投诉是有固定程序的。
He is very formal with everyone; he never joins in a laugh.
他对任何人都很拘谨，从不跟人说笑。
At the formal party I felt very awkward and out of place.
在正式的舞会上，我感到局促不安，很不自在。
His formal clothes made him the odd one out in the club.
他衣冠楚楚，在俱乐部中如鹤立鸡群。
His formal style of speaking was appropriate to the occasion.
他郑重其事的讲话方式适合於那个场合。
They said the interview was just a formality/a mere formality, as they've already given me the job.
他们说面试只是一种例行公事，因为他们已经把工作给我了。
I hope I can get by in a dark suit for this formal occasion.
我希望我能穿一件深色的衣服把这个正式场合应付过去。
Formal communication from one or both house of parliament to the queen.
议会两院或其中一院与女王之间的正式信息交流。
I have no formal clothes for the occasion. Perhaps I can get by in a dark suit?
我没有适合那种场合的礼服，也许穿深色西服还行吧？
His casual style of dress was improper for a formal dinner.
他随便的衣着对正式宴会来说是不适当的。
Jane was neither too friendly nor too formal, but struck the happy medium.
简待人既不过分亲热，也不过分拘谨，而是介乎二者之间。
There is only a formal resemblance between the two systems; they are in fact radically different.
这两种体系只是在表面上有某种相似之处，其实根本不同。
She was very formal at first, but then she unbent a little and told a joke.
她起先显得很正经，但后来变得随和些，还讲了个笑话。
At the job interview I admitted that I haven't any formal qualifications and immediately put myself out of court.
在就职面试中，我承认没有任何正式的合格证明，因此马上就不被重视。
Business letters must always be formal, but we should write in a natural way to friends.
商业信函必须是正式的，但是写信给朋友应写得自然一些。
There is only a formal likeness between the two brothers, for their natures are very different.
这两兄弟仅外表相似，本性却很不一样。
Taxpayer: it looks like beneficial that we move towards the formal equity joint venture.
纳税人：看起来朝着组建正规的股份公司比较有利。
A block, with or without formal parameters, the execution of which is invoked by means of a procedure call.
(编程语言中)带有或不带有参数的块，其执行是由过程调用所请求的。
Except in the sonnets and poems, Shakespeare's formal sense is disguised and does not threaten. No matter how wrong this idea might be, it does give the poet bobbing in Shakespeare's wake the momentary illusion that he might be waving instead of drowning.
除了14行诗和其他诗体之外，莎士比亚的形式感隐蔽起来了，不存在着威胁。不论这一看法多么不对，它确实使这位紧跟在莎士比亚后面浮现出来的诗人一时生产一种幻觉：他可能是有惊无险。
Formal, refined, and restrained in style.
拘谨的，精炼的风格正式、精致和克制的
A formal justification or defense.
正式辩解，正式辩护
Having little or no formal education.
无知的受教育少或未受正规教育的
A formal assertion of validity.
确定，鉴定对效力的正式断言
Had no formal training but became a success by following his nose.
没有经过正式的培训却凭直觉取得了成功
A formal meeting or reception presided over by a sovereign.
御前会议由国王主持的正式会议或招待会
Formal dismissal of an assembly or legislature.
解散议会或立法机关的正式解散
A formal and authoritative speech; an address.
训示，训谕正式的并具权威性的讲话; 演讲
A formal discourse on a topic; an exposition.
论述，详述对一个主题正式的详谈; 阐述
A formal expression of praise; a tribute.
赞(颂)词赞扬的正式表述; 颂词
A sentence of several carefully balanced clauses in formal writing.
复合句正式文体中包括若干从句的结构匀称的句子
The formal, guiding principles of a discipline, school, or science.
基本原理一个学科、学派或一门科学的正统的、起指导作用的原则