来自formula, 配方。即形成配方的，进行规划构想的。

1. He took care to formulate his reply very clearly.

他字斟句酌,清楚地做了回答.

2. We should formulate a long - term program for scientific and technological development.

制定科学和技术 长远 发展规划.

3. 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。

4. She could not formulate her ideas in a few words.

她无法用几句话阐明她的思想.

5. It is customary to formulate this problem in terms of marriage arrangements.

习惯上常常用婚姻选配的形式来提出这个问题.