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form1 /fɔːm $ fɔːrm/ ●●● S1 W1 noun
1  type 種類 [countableC]TYPE a particular type of something that exists in many different varieties 類型，種類
form of
a severe form of cancer
一種嚴重的癌症
The bicycle is an environment-friendly form of transport.
自行車是一種環保的交通方式。
the art forms of the twentieth century
20世紀的各種藝術形式
2  way STH is/appears 形式/外形 [countableC]TYPE the way something is or appears to be 形式，方式
We oppose racism in all its forms.
我們反對各種形式的種族主義。
in the form of something
People are bombarded with information in the form of TV advertising.
人們受到大量電視廣告信息的狂轟濫炸。
Vitamin C can be taken in capsule or tablet form.
補充維生素C可以服用膠囊，也可以服用片劑。
A typical training programme takes the form of a series of workshops.
一般的培訓計劃都采用一系列研習班的形式。
3  shape 形狀 [countableC]SHAPE a shape 形狀，外形
form of
the shadowy forms of the divers swimming below the boat
潛水員在船下遊動的模糊身影
in the form of something
The main staircase was in the form of a big ‘S’.
主樓梯呈一個大大的S形。
The female form is a thing of beauty.
女性形體是一種美。
4  document 文件 [countableC]INFORMATION an official document with spaces where you write information, especially about yourself 表格
Application forms are available from the college.
可向學院索取申請表。
Just complete the entry form (=write the answers to the questions on a form) and return it.
填好參賽表格後交回即可。
fill in/out a form (=write the answers to the questions on a form) 填表
Fill in the form and send it back with your cheque.
填好表格後連同支票一起寄回。
5  art/literature 藝術/文學 [uncountableU]A the structure of a work of art or piece of writing, rather than the ideas it expresses, events it describes etc 〔文藝作品的〕（表現）形式
the distinction between form and content
形式與内容的區别
6  performance 表現 [uncountableU]DS how well a sports person, team, musician etc is performing, or has performed recently 〔運動員、運動隊、樂手等的〕表現，狀態
I have been greatly encouraged by the team’s recent form.
該隊近來的表現極大地鼓舞了我。
on present/current/past etc form
On current form he’s one of the top three players in the country.
就目前的情況看，他是全國選手的前三強。
in good/fine/great form
He’s been in good form all this season.
這整個賽季他一直表現良好。
He had no qualms about dropping players he thought were off form (=not performing well).
不選他認爲狀態不好的隊員，他覺得這沒什麽不對。
7  school 學校 [countableC] British EnglishBrESES a class in a school 年級
first/second/sixth etc form
examinations taken in the fourth form
四年級的考試
→ form teacher
8. grammar 語法 [countableC]SLG a way of writing or saying a word that shows its number, tense etc. For example, ‘was’ is a past form of the verb ‘to be’. 〔表示單詞數、時態等的〕形式
9. criminal record 犯罪記錄 [uncountableU] British EnglishBrE informal if someone has form, they are known to the police because they have committed crimes in the past 犯罪記錄，案底
10  bad form old-fashionedBAD BEHAVIOUR OR ACTIONS behaviour that is considered to be socially unacceptable 不合禮節要求的行爲，不禮貌的行爲 SYN bad manners
It used to be considered bad form to talk about money.
過去，談論金錢被認爲是不禮貌的。
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bad form• The most terrible bad form. 5.• Wilful impediment of the sacred moves was not only ill-mannered, but the worst form of blasphemy.• We all now agree with Churchill's adage: democracy is the worst form of government, except for all the others.• He asked Billy what he thought the worst form of execution was.• Self-interest was the worst sin and slaveholding was the worst form of self-interest.• They need an exorcist to figure out what in the devil possessed them to return to their worst form from last season.• Tainting the courts with politics is very bad form, but apparently irresistible.
11  form of words a way of expressing something official 措辭，用詞 SYN wording
The precise form of words has been agreed by the 12 heads of government.
準確的措辭已經由12名政府首腦商定。
Examples from the Corpus
form of words• It is an attempt to find a form of words around which people of different views can unite.• You need to know what will be said and a suitable, accurate form of words should be specifically agreed.• The draftsman employed several different forms of words to achieve this result.• Regular inflected forms of words are not given their own specific dictionary definitions.• Other forms of words instilled into the young are also present.• Not only is the subject unknown but the form of words is probably unfamiliar too.
12  be in good/fine/great etc form  (also be on good/fine/great etc form British English)GOOD AT to be full of confidence and energy, so that you do something well or talk in an interesting or amusing way 情緒良好，興高采烈
Michelle was in great form at last week’s conference.
米歇爾在上星期的會議上狀態很好。
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be in good/fine/great etc form• Davies, now in his 80s, is in fine form.• That is our strength and our forwards are in good form at the moment.• At least he is in good form again.• I was in good form that night.• Fortunately, Alan Judge was in fine form, pulling off a great save to keep Hereford in the game.• Office manager is on holiday this week., and assistant manager are in good form.• Health Management Associates Inc., known as the Wal-Mart of hospital operators, appears to be in fine form.
13  take form 
a) to begin to exist or develop 開始形成[發展]
The womb represents the very first place in which life takes form.
子宮就是生命開始形成的地方。
b) to start to become a particular shape 逐漸成形
As the men worked, I watched the ship’s hull take form.
工人在工作，我看着船體逐漸成形。
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take form• Suddenly a new aspect appears beyond the obvious and very gradually takes form.• It exists in conservatives' minds, has taken form on paper and has dropped roots in a few, isolated areas.• In this faded house among the ferns, a bright idea was inevitably taking form.• Here, as also in pages to come, we see the most singular feature of the affluent society taking form.• Slowly the new structure took form.• The world seemed to take form in his eyes: to grow bright and rich and real.• As those projects struggle to take form, competition seems to be rubbing rivals uncomfortably.
→ true to form at true1(7)
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form• Some of the fifth- formers have started a rock band.• Melanoma is a form of skin cancer.• The visa requires an application form and two photos.• a college application form• But like all Balkan political survivors, Milosevic has made an art form of knowing when to switch sides.• Animation is one of the most labor-intensive art forms.• The nurse asked her to sign the consent form.• Britain has a constitutional form of government.• Dark forms seemed to hide behind the trees.• How, then, do we account for these very different responses to the different forms of cheating?• The book discusses what the ideal female form has been for different centuries and cultures.• Mrs Davies took the fifth form to the science museum.• The painting consists of a series of interlocking forms.• As early as 1844, Alfred Donne published a compendium of drawings made from daguerreotypes of microscopic forms.• Sugar in chocolate and other forms of confectionery is one of the major causes of tooth decay.• Johnson is far from his past form and may not make the Olympic team.• Sleeping forms lay in groups and rows on the earth floor.• Make sure you sign and date the form before you return it.• Just fill in the form and take it along to your local bank.• She's by far the brightest pupil in the form.• Antibacterial treatments can take the form of baths, external application to affected areas, injection and oral administration via the food.• I'm in the third form.• However, most of the research has relied upon a narrow and traditional form of grammar teaching.• The bodies which are most obviously subject to various forms of public accountability are central government departments and local authorities.• Writers such as Henry James are concerned with form as well as content.• Pour the cement into the wooden form.
form of• I think she died of some form of cancer.• Please bring two forms of identification, such as a passport or driver's license.
takes the form of• This account of that age takes the form of an experiment-a contrast between two days.• In some cases it is also hard to measure scheme cost, eg where aid takes the form of tax concessions.• Egocentrism takes the form of an inability to differentiate between perceptual events and mental constructions.• The plant takes the form of any of three varieties known.• In the modern Arab states it sometimes takes the form of intolerant outbursts and rejections of the present and our leaders.• Each unit takes the form of an issue of Streetwise magazine.• This usually takes the form of obsessively pursuing the minutiae of experimental phenomena and theories that leave a subsequent generation cold.• The vibration takes the form of an acoustic wave travelling down the rod.
female form• The further from the natural a female form, the more feminine it is.• A much more acceptable female form.• In 1877 he observed the adult male and female forms.• It is not known for certain if the male and female form a pair bond.• Here, too, we find subtle combinations of male imagery with essentially female forms.• Pech-Merle also contains some of the relatively rare engravings of human female forms.• But the family fortune rested on the female form.• The female form is more beautiful.
fill in/out a form• She sat in the Ministry of Education and filled out forms.• Creating a trip is as easy as filling in a form.• They even filled in forms for her.• They may see that it does not have to be time consuming and it doesn't always involve filling in forms.• Nobody likes filling in a form.• Once on the system, it saves time and allows me to concentrate on walking the crops, not filling in forms.• Jobseekers are asked to fill out forms or present resumes that detail their education, experience, and other qualifications.
in good/fine/great form• Health Management Associates Inc., known as the Wal-Mart of hospital operators, appears to be in fine form.• And it was not all deep depression yesterday, with the likes of Boots and Morgan Grenfell in fine form.• Davies, now in his 80s, is in fine form.• At least he is in good form again.• I rode Granville Again this morning and he seems in great form.• Opener Ramiz Raja started the tour in fine form, with an innings of 172 against Worcestershire.• I was in good form that night.
first/second/sixth etc form• The information will be gathered in 4 city centre retail and catering firms and 3 sixth form colleges in Swansea.• A second form of personal thought is intuition.• Augustine in the Confessions 12: 19 between the first form and unformed or prime matter.• But most teachers with amorous intent are wise enough to wait until the girls are in the sixth form.• Most of the detailed factual material learned in the sixth form is forgotten or superseded within a few years.• Remember that big sloppy jumper you knitted me when I was in the sixth form - that maroon one?• Mitosis lasted two years during the period between the pair leaving the sixth form and attending university.
form2 ●●● S2 W1 verb
1  establish 建立START something/MAKE something START [transitiveT] to establish an organization, committee, government etc 建立，組成〔組織、委員會、政府等〕 → formation
The winning party will form the government.
獲勝的黨派將組建政府。
CARE was formed in 1946 and helps the poor in 38 countries.
美國援外合作署成立於1946年，爲38個國家的窮人提供援助。
2  be part of STH 成爲某事物的一部分 [linking verb]PART to be the thing, or one of the things, that is part of something else, often having a particular use 成爲…的一部分
Love and trust should form the basis of a marriage.
愛和信任應當成爲婚姻的基礎。
The project forms part of a larger project investigating the history of the cinema.
該項目是電影史研究這個大項目的一部分。
The river formed a natural boundary between the two countries.
這條河成了兩國的自然邊界。
3  start to exist 開始存在 [intransitiveI, transitiveT]START something/MAKE something START to start to exist, or make something start to exist, especially as the result of a natural process 〔尤指經過自然過程而〕形成，産生 → formation
The rocks were formed more than 4,000 million years ago.
這些岩石是40多億年前形成的。
By midnight ice was already forming on the roads.
到了午夜，路面已開始結冰。
Sulphur dioxide and nitrogen oxide combine to form acid rain.
二氧化硫和氮氧化物結合形成酸雨。
► see thesaurus at make
4  make/produce 制作/生産 [transitiveT] to make something by combining two or more parts 構成
In English the past tense of a verb is usually formed by adding ‘ed’.
在英語中，動詞的過去式通常是加ed構成。
5  shape/line 形狀/隊列 [intransitiveI, transitiveT]ARRANGE A GROUP OF THINGS OR PEOPLE to come together in a particular shape or line, or to make something have a particular shape （把…）編[排]成 SYN make
Film-goers began to form a line outside the cinema.
來看電影的人在電影院外面排起了長隊。
Cut off the corners of the square to form a diamond.
切下正方形的四個角形成一個菱形。
6  relationship 關系 [transitiveT] to establish and develop a relationship with someone 〔與某人〕建立〔關系〕
She seemed incapable of forming any relationships.
她似乎難以與人建立起任何關系。
On returning to Boston, she formed a close friendship with her aunt.
回到波士頓，她就與嬸嬸建立起了非常親密的關系。
7  form an opinion/impression/idea MAKEto use available information to develop or reach an opinion or idea 形成看法/印象/概念
She formed the opinion that one of the pupils was bullying the other.
她覺得其中一個學生在欺侮另一個學生。
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form an opinion/impression/idea• He conceded to Franceschelli that actually being present during the autopsy might have given him better information to form an opinion.• Yet, along with journalists, poets, literary figures, and agitators, they do help form opinions.• So gather information about your child, rather than forming opinions and judgments.• Members of the jury must not have formed opinions from publicity before the trial.• Among those who have formed an opinion, more say public projects should go on the ballot than not.• You should try to form an impression of the person the adjectives describe.• He was in no state to form an idea of what we were talking about.• It is the auditor's responsibility to form an opinion on the truth and fairness of the accounts.• Nor that we should not form opinions or make evaluations.
8  influence 影響 [transitiveT]MAKE to have a strong influence on how someone’s character develops and the type of person they become 形成，塑造〔性格〕 SYN mould, → formative
Events in early childhood often help to form our personalities in later life.
幼年時期的經歷往往影響到我們後來個性的形成。
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form• Aspirin stops heart attacks by preventing blood clots from forming.• Out of one of my women's courses I attended, a consciousness-raising group was formed.• Our house and the barn form a big "L."• And, of course, mania usually alternates with depression, to form a bipolar disorder.• She cut away the corners to form a circle.• Oils produced by the skin form a protective barrier against infection and disease.• The ions combine with proteins to form a reddish-colored complex.• The exchange is owned by its shareholders, who form a separate membership.• IBM formed an alliance with Lotus, a software maker.• Acquisitions have formed an important part of the strategy and will continue to do so.• Imagine how, when and where this formed, and its temporal and spatial journey.• A crowd was beginning to form at the scene of the accident.• In English the past tense is usually formed by adding "ed."• The United Nations was formed in 1945.• The rocks were formed more than 4 billion years ago.• Coal is formed naturally from decomposed organic matter.• Events in early childhood help to form our personalities in later life.• Long lines formed outside the ticket offices.• Governors must decide whether this subject is to form part of the curriculum for their school.• With a few clever twists, he had formed the balloon into the shape of a dog.• Newton's theories form the basis of modern mathematics.• These foods should only be eaten occasionally; they should not form the basis of your diet. 11.• The Rio Grande forms the boundary between Texas and Mexico.• Rice forms the most important part of their diet.• Hydrogen and oxygen combine to form water.
forms part of• Its Rocko Vario interchangeable-blade system forms part of a comprehensive range.• The Chirac-Kohl coolness forms part of a growing pattern of strained personal relations among world leaders.• The stone-built mill now forms part of a house.• This book forms part of a Thames & Hudson series, Masters of Art.• The cut to seven percent forms part of John Major's growth package designed to propel Britain out of recession.• This forms part of the company's long standing commitment to reducing atmospheric emissions from its Teesside operations.• The motivation was there and forms part of the picture, but it is not dominant.• The adjective that forms part of the syllogism is one that has come to form a sort of collocation with the noun.
From Longman Business Dictionary
formform1 /fɔːmfɔːrm/ noun [countableC]
an official document with spaces to answer questions and add information
a Medicare Benefits form
We need to receive your application form by July 31.
There was no delivery address on the order form.
If you would just like to fill in a form we will process your request as quickly as possible.
You must complete the entry form and return it to us.
→ tax form
formform2 verb
1[transitiveT] to establish a company, an organization, or a committee
Coca-Cola Amatil formed a joint venture with Tirtalina Group of Indonesia.
A committee was formed to look at the whole issue of bonuses for staff.
North American Vehicle Imports is a newly formed company with two principal partners.
2[intransitiveI] when a company, organization, or committee forms, it is established
This was something that was not considered when the United Nations first formed.
3form an alliance/partnership/coalition to establish a relationship of working together
Electronic Data Systems Corp. and Australian-based Mincom formed an alliance to jointly market computer services and software to the mining industry.
—forming noun [uncountableU]
The forming of US Steel marked a turning point in his career.
Origin form1
(1200-1300) Old French forme, from Latin forma, perhaps from Greek morphe “form, shape”

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