formulate

英 ['fɔːmjuleɪt] 美 ['fɔːrmjuleɪt]

• v. 用公式表示；系统地阐述；规划；制订

双解释义

v. (动词)

1. vt. 构想出,规划

   invent and prepare a plan, suggestion, etc.

2. vt. 系统地阐述

   express an exact way

详尽释义

v. 动词

1. 用公式表示，用公式表达
2. 系统地阐述，对...作简洁陈述，确切地阐述，有系统地表达
3. 规划，筹划，制定，创立
4. 使公式化，把...作成公式
5. 想出，作出，写成
6. 列
7. 制定…的配方
8. 配制，按配方制造

英英释义

Verb:

1. elaborate, as of theories and hypotheses;

   "Could you develop the ideas in your thesis"
   

2. come up with (an idea, plan, explanation, theory, or principle) after a mental effort;

   "excogitate a way to measure the speed of light"
   

3. put into words or an expression;

   "He formulated his concerns to the board of trustees"
   

4. prepare according to a formula

例句

用作动词 (v.)

1. Survey the material first to get a sense of it: formulate some questions.
   考查原始材料首先要了解它的意义：用公式解答问题。
2. He formulated his thought clearly.
   他清楚确切地表达了自己的思想。
3. He struggled to formulate an answer.
   他努力字斟句酌地回答。
4. He thought it time to formulate some plan of action.
   他认为这是该筹划一些行动计划的时候了。
5. We can then formulate the following rules.
   我们可以作出下列规定。

常见句型

用作动词 (v.)

用作及物动词

S+～+ n./pron.

1. He formulated a plan of attack.
   他制定了进攻计划。
2. He took care to formulate his reply very clearly.
   他字斟句酌,清楚地做了回答。
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3. The laws were formulated according to constitution.
   法律是根据宪法制定的。

经典引文

• Romantic intellectuals who had formulated the main tenets of a conservative ideology.

  出自： H. Arendt

词汇搭配

• formulate criteria 订出标准

词义辨析

devise，conceive，formulate

• 这些动词的均含“设计、设想”之意。
• devise侧重设计的临时性和权宜性，并隐含有更多的设想可用。
• conceive强调在制定计划之前的先有设想构思。
• formulate与conceive相反，指在devise之后的具体设计活动。

近反义词

【近义词】

• define
• work out