formation

英 [fɔː'meɪʃn] 美 [fɔːr'meɪʃn]

• n. 形成；队形；编队；构造；[地]地层

双解释义

n. (名词)

1. [U]形成,构成

   accumulation; organizing and developing of sth

2. [C]形成物

   thing that is formed

3. [U]编队,排列

   rank; arrangement

详尽释义

n. 名词

1. 形成
2. 组成，构成
3. 队形，阵式
4. 结构，构造；形态
5. 形成物
6. 构成物，组成物，构造物
7. 【军】编队，兵团
8. 群系
9. 地层
10. 设立
11. 编制，组织

英英释义

Noun:

1. an arrangement of people or things acting as a unit;

   "a defensive formation"
   "a formation of planes"
   

2. the act of fabricating something in a particular shape

3. the act of forming or establishing something;

   "the constitution of a PTA group last year"
   "it was the establishment of his reputation"
   "he still remembers the organization of the club"
   

4. (geology) the geological features of the earth

5. a particular spatial arrangement

6. natural process that causes something to form;

   "the formation of gas in the intestine"
   "the formation of crystals"
   "the formation of pseudopods"
   

7. creation by mental activity;

   "the formation of sentences"
   "the formation of memories"
   

例句

用作名词 (n.)

1. Let us now examine the process of its formation.
   我们现在就来研究这个形成过程。
2. School life has a great influence on the formation of a child's character.
   学校生活对小孩个性的形成有很大影响。
3. The airplanes few over in formation.
   飞机编成队形在空中飞过。
4. The troops lined up in parade formation.
   部队排成阅兵队形。
5. The warship is usually at the front of the whole formation.
   战斗舰常在整个编队的前列。
6. There are several kinds of cloud formations.
   云层的构成方式有好几种。
7. Only connected interstices can act as elementary conduits within the formation.
   在地层内只有连通的空隙才能起导水通道的作用。
8. The deposits are grouped close to the present-day erosional edge of Kombolgie Formation rocks.
   矿床集中于靠近科姆波尔吉地层岩的现代侵蚀前沿。

常见句型

用作名词 (n.)

1. This is the formation of a new government.
   这是新政府的组成。
2. The formation of national character interests me.
   民族特色的形成使我感兴趣。
3. New word formations have not regularity.
   新词的构成没有规律。
4. The aircraft are flying in formation.
   飞机编队飞行。

经典引文

• The atmosphere at home played an even greater role in the formation of his character.

  出自： J. Rosenberg

词汇搭配

用作名词 (n.)

动词+～

• adopt a formation 采取一种队形
• break formation 离开编队

形容词+～

• back-formation (词的构成)逆结构,逆成法
• close formation 密集队形

名词+～

• battle formation 战斗队形
• cloud formation 云层
• habit formation 习惯的形成
• rock formation 岩层
• web formation 网状结构

介词+～

• warships in formation 列成队形的军舰

～+介词

• the formation of character 性格的形成

近反义词

【近义词】

• grouping
• shaping