formation

英 [fɔːˈmeɪʃn]

美 [fɔːrˈmeɪʃn]

n. 组成; 形成; 组成物; 形成物; 编队; 队形

复数：formations　

Collins.2 / BNC.2062 / COCA.3045

牛津词典

noun

组成；形成
the action of forming sth; the process of being formed
1. the formation of a new government
  组成新政府
2. evidence of recent star formation in the galaxy
  银河系新恒星形成的证据
组成物；形成物
a thing that has been formed, especially in a particular place or in a particular way
1. rock formations
  岩层
编队；队形
a particular arrangement or pattern
1. aircraft flying in formation
  编队飞行的飞机
2. formation flying
  编队飞行
3. The team usually plays in a 4-4-2 formation.
  这支球队比赛通常排出的是4–4–2阵形。

N-UNCOUNT 创建;设立;创造
Theformationofsomething is the starting or creation of it.
1. ...the formation of a new government.
  新政府的组建
N-UNCOUNT 形成;养成;建立
Theformationofan idea, habit, relationship, or character is the process of developing and establishing it.
1. My profession had an important influence in the formation of my character and temperament.
  我的职业对我性格和脾气的形成有重要的影响。
N-COUNT 编队;列队
If people or things areinformation, they are arranged in a particular pattern as they move.
1. He was flying in formation with seven other jets...
  他和其他7架喷气机一起列队飞行。
2. They saw a squadron of fifteen motorcycle policemen driving in V-formation...
  他们看见 15 名警察骑着摩托车排成 V 字形前行。
3. The dancers step into a formation which represents the human being.
  舞蹈演员们排成一个人形队列。
N-COUNT 形成物;组成物;(岩或云)层
A rock or cloudformationis rock or cloud of a particular shape or structure.
1. ...a vast rock formation shaped like a pillar...
  柱状的巨大岩层
2. Enormous cloud formations formed a purple mass.
  巨大的云层形成紫色云团。

noun

the act of forming or establishing something
1. the constitution of a PTA group last year
2. it was the establishment of his reputation
3. he still remembers the organization of the club
Synonym:constitutionestablishmentorganizationorganisation
the act of fabricating something in a particular shape
Synonym:shaping
creation by mental activity
1. the formation of sentences
2. the formation of memories
a particular spatial arrangement
an arrangement of people or things acting as a unit
1. a defensive formation
2. a formation of planes
(geology) the geological features of the earth
Synonym:geological formation
natural process that causes something to form
1. the formation of gas in the intestine
2. the formation of crystals
3. the formation of pseudopods

The formation mechanism of active phase was also discussed.
阐述了催化剂活性相的形成机理，讨论了选择氢化的反应机理。
The dancers step into a formation which represents the human being.
舞蹈演员们排成一个人形队列。
The condition of willemite formation in the glaze melt and the range of glaze composition are determined.
确定了釉中硅锌矿的形成条件和釉料组成范围。
Enormous cloud formations formed a purple mass.
巨大的云层形成紫色云团。
Kinetin was later shown to be inhibitory for embryoid formation.
激动素原来被表明抑制胚状体的形成。
Flower-bud formation may be affected adversely.
反而影响花芽的形成。
Their traditional culture's formation and development is the result of cultural adaptation.
湖南维吾尔族传统文化的形成与发展是文化适应的结果。
Objective: To investigate the effect of tea-seed oil on serum lipid metabolism and atherosclerosis ( AS) formation.
目的：研究茶油对血脂水平和动脉粥样硬化（AS）形成的影响。
Three theories groups had studied the development process of the ego unification concept formation.
对自我同一性概念形成的发展过程，有三个理论派别进行了研究。
Research progress and the limitation of non-equilibrium effect of rapid solidification and its formation mechanism are analysised.
分析了快速凝固的非平衡效应及形成机制的研究进展，指出了现有理论的局限性。