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

• 1. 

  N-COUNT 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。

  例：

  I am against hunting in any form.

  我反对任何形式的狩猎。

• 2. 

  N-COUNT 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 The form of something is its shape. 形状

  例：

  ...the form of the body.

  …体型。

• 4. 

  N-COUNT 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 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 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。

  例：

  They formed a circle and sang "Auld Lang Syne."

  他们围成一圈，唱起了《友谊地久天长》。

• 7. 

  V-T 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 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 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 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 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。

  例：

  An idea formed in his mind.

  一个想法在他的脑子里形成了。

• 12. 

  V-T 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 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。