简单释义：

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n. 例行公事；正式手续；遵守礼节

网络 拘谨；仪式；拘泥形式

变形：

复数：formalities  

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完整释义：

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n.

1.拘泥形式,拘谨
2.正式手续
3.形式性
4.礼节,俗套
5.礼节,礼仪
6.正式语气,郑重其事
7.待续
8.仪式

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例句：

1. The unpopularity of formality in social life is due to the fact that it has been understood by its pathologies.
   不受欢迎的形式上，在社会生活中，这是由于该事实，即它已经理解其病状。

2. For others, I imagine, a proposal is an unnecessary formality that's easy to forgo.
   我猜，对于其他人来说，求婚只是个可有可无的形式，完全可以忽略。

3. The manager's signature was just a formality.
   经理的签字只是一种形式。

4. In a period requiring strict formality, the effect of the obligation of a formal contract is due to its special formality.
   就要式契约而言，在严格形式主义时代，债的效力仅依据特定形式而产生。

5. More qualitative assessment training, and do not facilitate assessment, training effectiveness evaluation mere formality.
   培训考核定性的多，而且不便于考核，培训效果考核流于形式。

6. The eagerness in his manner tightened abruptly into formality as several people approached him to say good-bye.
   这时有几个人走过来和他告别，他原先热切的态度陡然收敛，变成了拘谨。

7. Only in this way can we reduce costs , and the Test of Spoken English will not turn out to be a mere formality.
   只有这样，英语口试才会既降低了成本，又不流于形式。

8. Approval by the congress is a legal formality, with all important decisions worked out in advance by ministers and their aides.
   人大审批只是走法律程序，所有重要决策都是各部长及其助手事先作出的。