formality

英 [fɔːˈmæləti]

美 [fɔːrˈmæləti]

n.  正式手续; 例行公事; 遵守礼节

复数：formalities　

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牛津词典

noun

• 正式手续
  a thing that you must do as a formal or official part of a legal process, a social situation, etc.
  1. to go through all the formalities necessary in order to get a gun licence
     办理取得持枪执照的全部必要手续
  2. Let's skip the formalities and get down to business.
     咱们省去繁文缛节，开始讨论实质问题吧。
• 例行公事
  a thing that you must do as part of an official process, but which has little meaning and will not affect what happens
  1. He already knows he has the job so the interview is a mere formality.
     他已知道得到了这个工作，所以面试仅仅是走走过场。
• 遵守礼节
  correct and formal behaviour
  1. Different levels of formality are appropriate in different situations.
     不同程度的注重礼节适用于不同场合。
  2. She greeted him with stiff formality.
     她拘谨地按礼节向他致意。

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 形式;仪式;俗套
  If you say that an action or procedure is just aformality, you mean that it is done only because it is normally done, and that it will not have any real effect on the situation.
  1. With the Cold War almost over, the talks were a mere formality.
     随着冷战即将结束，对话就只是一种形式了。
• See also:They are whisked through the immigration and customs formalities in a matter of minutes.formal

英英释义

noun

• compliance with formal rules
  1. courtroom formality
• a manner that strictly observes all forms and ceremonies
  1. the formality of his voice made the others pay him close attention
  Synonym:formalness
• a requirement of etiquette or custom
  1. a mere formality
  Synonym:formalities

双语例句

• It's a formality which we have to go through.
  它是我们必须办理的一项手续。
• They said the interview was just a formality, as they've already given me the job.
  他们说面试不过是走走过场，因为他们已经把工作给我了。
• In all languages there are different levels of formality and informality in talking to other people.
  所有的语言，在与别人谈话时有正式与非正式的不同层次。
• Formality in bearing and appearance.
  在行为和外貌上表现出来的正式的礼节。
• In the times of the emperors, the formality within the Forbidden City was rigid beyond belief.
  在帝王时代，紫禁城内的礼仪异常严格，令人难以置信。
• It's a formality, though, surely?
  只差了一个形式上的手续，是吗？
• As an American, she had no truck with the painful formality of English life.
  作为一名美国人，她不愿拘泥于英国人生活中令人非常不舒服的繁文缛节。
• The time had come to cross the great divide between formality and truth.
  是时候跨越形式与真理之间的巨大分界线了。
• The arrangement was more a formality than a genuine partnership of two nations
  这一协定与其说体现了两个国家之间真正的伙伴关系，还不如说是一种形式。
• Beside the difference between speech and writing there is a difference between formality and informality.
  除了有口语体与书面语体的区别外，还有正式和非正式语气的区别。