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formulate vt.用公式表示,明确地表达,作简洁陈述 v.阐明 You can also use the verb formulate to mean "put into words." If too many people are showing up at your work in inappropriate clothes, your company may formulate a dress code policy. They may, for example, decree that either socks or shoes must be worn. The verb can also mean to develop a formula for something. If the dog ate the chicken you were going to use in your dinner, you may need to formulate a new recipe for chicken-less pot pie. ★★☆☆☆ 2005.3

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['fɔ:mjuleit] To formulate is to come up with a plan. If you are locked out of your house, you'll need to formulate a plan to get back inside — preferably one that doesn't involving kicking in the door. A century ago, Freud formulated his revolutionary theory that dreams were the disguised shadows of our unconscious desires and fears. 1[VERB 动词]规划；策划；构想 If you formulate something such as a plan or proposal, you invent it, thinking about the details carefully.   [V n]Little by little, he formulated his plan for escape.他一点一点地设计构思出了逃跑的方案。2[VERB 动词]明确表达；系统阐述 If you formulate a thought, opinion, or idea, you express it or describe it using particular words.   [V n]I was impressed by the way he could formulate his ideas.他陈述观点的方式让我印象深刻。

英语单词	formulate
英美音标	['fɔ:mjuleit]
中文释义	vt.用公式表示,明确地表达,作简洁陈述 v.阐明
vocab简明	To formulate is to come up with a plan. If you are locked out of your house, you'll need to formulate a plan to get back inside — preferably one that doesn't involving kicking in the door.
vocab扩展	You can also use the verb formulate to mean "put into words." If too many people are showing up at your work in inappropriate clothes, your company may formulate a dress code policy. They may, for example, decree that either socks or shoes must be worn. The verb can also mean to develop a formula for something. If the dog ate the chicken you were going to use in your dinner, you may need to formulate a new recipe for chicken-less pot pie.
真题原句	A century ago, Freud formulated his revolutionary theory that dreams were the disguised shadows of our unconscious desires and fears.
柯林斯星级	★★☆☆☆
柯林斯解释	1 [VERB 动词]规划；策划；构想 If you formulate something such as a plan or proposal, you invent it, thinking about the details carefully. [V n] Little by little, he formulated his plan for escape. 他一点一点地设计构思出了逃跑的方案。 2 [VERB 动词]明确表达；系统阐述 If you formulate a thought, opinion, or idea, you express it or describe it using particular words. [V n] I was impressed by the way he could formulate his ideas. 他陈述观点的方式让我印象深刻。
来源	2005.3

Formulate Plan Verb 动词 [V N Fɔ:Mjuleit Vt.用公式表示,明确地表达,作简洁陈述