form /fɔːm/ star5 CET4 TEM4 (forming,formed,forms)

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  N-COUNT（可数名词） A form of something is a type or kind of it. 种类

  例：

  He contracted a rare form of cancer.

  他患上了一种罕见的癌症。

• 2.  

  N-COUNT（可数名词） When something can exist or happen in several possible ways, you can use form to refer to one particular way in which it exists or happens. 方式

  例：

  They received a benefit in the form of a tax reduction.

  他们以减税的方式获得了收益。

• 3.  

  N-COUNT（可数名词） The form of something is its shape. 形状

  例：

  ...the form of the body.

  …体型。

• 4.  

  N-COUNT（可数名词） You can refer to something that you can see as a form if you cannot see it clearly, or if its outline is the clearest or most striking aspect of it. 外形

  例：

  His form lay still under the blankets.

  他的身形一动不动地躺在毯子下面。

• 5.  

  N-COUNT（可数名词） A form is a paper with questions on it and spaces marked where you should write the answers. Forms usually ask you to give details about yourself, for example, when you are applying for a job or joining an organization. 表格

  例：

  You will be asked to fill in a form with details of your birth and occupation.

  你会被要求填写一张有关你的出生和职业详情的表格。

• 6.  

  V-T/V-I（及物动词/不及物动词） When a particular shape forms or is formed, people or things move or are arranged so that this shape is made. 编排成 (某形状); (某形状) 编排成

  例：

  A line formed to use the bathroom.

  排成了一条队来使用这个洗手间。

• 7.  

  V-T（及物动词） If something is arranged or changed so that it becomes similar to a thing with a particular structure or function, you can say that it forms that thing. (某物) 改变而形成 (另一物)

  例：

  These panels folded up to form a screen some five feet tall.

  这些嵌板折起来形成了一个高约五英尺的屏风。

• 8.  

  V-T（及物动词） If something consists of particular things, people, or features, you can say that they form that thing. 构成

  例：

  ...the articles that formed the basis of Randolph's book.

  …构成伦道夫的书的基础的那些文章。

• 9.  

  V-T（及物动词） If you form an organization, group, or company, you start it. 组建

  例：

  They tried to form a study group on human rights.

  他们试图组建一个人权研究小组。

• 10.  

  V-T/V-I（及物动词/不及物动词） When something natural forms or is formed, it begins to exist and develop. 形成 (某自然物); (某自然物) 形成

  例：

  The stars must have formed 10 to 15 billion years ago.

  这些恒星一定形成于100亿至150亿年前。

• 11.  

  V-T/V-I（及物动词/不及物动词） If you form a relationship, a habit, or an idea, or if it forms, it begins to exist and develop. 形成 (某关系、习惯、想法); (某关系、习惯、想法) 形成

  例：

  She had formed the habit of giving herself freely to men.

  她已养成了随意委身于男人的习惯。

• 12.  

  V-T（及物动词） If you say that something forms a person's character or personality, you mean that it has a strong influence on them and causes them to develop in a particular way. 塑造

  例：

  Anger at injustice formed his character.

  对不公正行为的愤怒塑造了他的性格。

• 13.  

  N-UNCOUNT（不可数名词） In sports, form refers to the ability or success of a person or animal over a period of time. 竞技状态

  例：

  His form this season has been brilliant.

  他在本赛季的竞技状态一直很好。