新东方-柯林斯雅思备考词典

formIELTS重点词汇

英 [fɔːm]

[NOUN, VERB]

词汇频率：

NOUN. 名词

forms
1. [C 可数名词] 种类
A form of something is a type or kind of it.
近义词
type , kind , sort
双语例句
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。
例：
In its present form, the law could lead to new injustices.
这一法律目前的内容会导致新的不公。
2. [C 可数名词] 方式
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.
双语例句
例：
They received a benefit in the form of a tax reduction.
他们以减税的方式得到了一些好处。
3. [C 可数名词] 形状
The form of something is its shape.
近义词
shape
双语例句
例：
the form of the body.
体型。
4. [C 可数名词] 外形
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.
双语例句
例：
His form lay still under the blankets.
他身体的轮廓在毯子底下一动不动。
5. [C 可数名词] 表格
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.
双语例句
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. [U 不可数名词] 竞技状态
In sports, form refers to the ability or success of a person or animal over a period of time.
双语例句
例：
His form this season has been brilliant.
他在本赛季的竞技状态一直很好。

VERB. 动词

forms , forming , formed
1. [I 不及物动词] 形成 , 使···形成（形状） , （某形状）编排成
When a particular shape forms or is formed, people or things move or are arranged so that this shape is made.
双语例句
例：
A line formed to use the bathroom.
等着用洗手间的人排成了一队。
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》。
2. [T 及物动词] （某物）改变而形成（另一物）
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.
双语例句
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。
3. [T 及物动词] 构成 , 是···一部分
If something consists of particular things, people, or features, you can say that they form that thing.
近义词
constitute
双语例句
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。
例：
Cereals form the staple diet of an enormous number of people around the world.
谷物是世界范围内很大一部分人的主要食物。
4. [T 及物动词] 组建
If you form an organization, group, or company, you start it.
近义词
start , create
双语例句
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。
例：
Threadneedle is a company formed in 1994 with the merger of Allied Dunbar and Eagle Star.
创利德是由联合敦巴与鹰之星在1994年合并而组建的一家公司。
5. [I 不及物动词] 形成
When something natural forms or is formed, it begins to exist and develop.
近义词
develop
双语例句
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。
例：
Huge ice sheets were formed.
巨大的冰盖形成了。
6. [I 不及物动词] （使）（关系、习惯、想法）形成
If you form a relationship, a habit, or an idea, or if it forms, it begins to exist and develop.
双语例句
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。
7. [T 及物动词] 塑造
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.
近义词
mould
双语例句
例：
Anger at injustice formed his character.
对不公正行为的愤怒塑造了他的性格。