The cinema did not emerge as a form of mass consumption until its technology evolved from the initial "peepshow" format to the point where images were projected on a screen in a darkened theater.

电影播放技术由最初的“西洋镜”的形式演变而来，直到其发展到一个时期；在这个时期中，影像被投影到幽暗的影院屏幕之上，电影才作为一种大众消费的形式而出现。

youdao

French doctors tend to regard drug dependence as a form of deep-rooted psychological disorder.

法国医生倾向于将毒瘾看作是一种根深蒂固的心理疾病。

《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》

Food serves as a form of communication in two fundamental ways.

食物作为一种沟通方式主要体现在两个基本方面。

youdao

They even used cacao seeds as a form of money to pay taxes or give as holy offerings to the gods.

VOA: special.2010.02.17

as a form of work that will allow him to be self-sufficient and self-determining.

允许他自给自足,自我决定的一项工作。

耶鲁公开课 - 现代诗歌课程节选

Laughter could be viewed as a form of involuntary noisemaking and it's contagious.

我们可以把笑声视为不由自主地发出的声音,然后笑声有感染性。

耶鲁公开课 - 心理学导论课程节选

Google debuted a censored logo as a form of pushback against the bill.

FORBES: Why An Internet Blackout For SOPA And Not CISPA?

Finally, Washington should stop treating the defense budget as a form of foreign aid.

FORBES: The Proper Post-Election Agenda: Cut Spending, Then Taxes

For a long time, software was considered by patent law as a form of applied math.

FORBES: The Big Fix #3: How To Untangle The Mess With Software Patents