1590s, "give an appearance of being to," from formal + -ize. Meaning reduce to form" is from 1640s; sense of "render formal" is from 1855. Related: Formalized; formalizing.
权威例句
1. They decided to formalize their relationship by getting married.
他们决定结婚,正式确定关系。
2. The BNF is used to formalize the packet filtering rules.
本文利用巴科斯范式(BNF)对驻留主机防火墙的过滤规则进行了形式化描述.
3. The BNF is used to formalize the network access control rules.
文中还运用巴科斯范式对主机防火墙的网络访问控制规则进行了形式化描述.
4. That essentially would formalize existing reporting lines.
这与现有报导的说法基本吻合.
5. At last, we formalize MTI cooperation model detailedly.