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form1 /fɔːm $ fɔːrm/ ●●● S1 W1 noun  
1  type 种类 [countableC]TYPE a particular type of something that exists in many different varieties 类型，种类
form of
 a severe form of cancer
一种严重的癌症
 The bicycle is an environment-friendly form of transport.
自行车是一种环保的交通方式。
 the art forms of the twentieth century
20世纪的各种艺术形式
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.
我们反对各种形式的种族主义。
in the form of something
 People are bombarded with information in the form of TV advertising.
人们受到大量电视广告信息的狂轰滥炸。
 Vitamin C can be taken in capsule or tablet form.
补充维生素C可以服用胶囊，也可以服用片剂。
 A typical training programme takes the form of a series of workshops.
一般的培训计划都采用一系列研习班的形式。
3  shape 形状 [countableC]SHAPE a shape 形状，外形
form of
 the shadowy forms of the divers swimming below the boat
潜水员在船下游动的模糊身影
in the form of something
 The main staircase was in the form of a big ‘S’.
主楼梯呈一个大大的S形。
 The female form is a thing of beauty.
女性形体是一种美。
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.
可向学院索取申请表。
 Just complete the entry form (=write the answers to the questions on a form) and return it.
填好参赛表格后交回即可。
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.
填好表格后连同支票一起寄回。
5  art/literature 艺术/文学 [uncountableU]A the structure of a work of art or piece of writing, rather than the ideas it expresses, events it describes etc 〔文艺作品的〕（表现）形式
 the distinction between form and content
形式与内容的区别
6  performance 表现 [uncountableU]DS how well a sports person, team, musician etc is performing, or has performed recently 〔运动员、运动队、乐手等的〕表现，状态
 I have been greatly encouraged by the team’s recent form.
该队近来的表现极大地鼓舞了我。
on present/current/past etc form
 On current form he’s one of the top three players in the country.
就目前的情况看，他是全国选手的前三强。
in good/fine/great form
 He’s been in good form all this season.
这整个赛季他一直表现良好。
 He had no qualms about dropping players he thought were off form (=not performing well).
不选他认为状态不好的队员，他觉得这没什么不对。
7  school 学校 [countableC] British EnglishBrESES a class in a school 年级
first/second/sixth etc form
 examinations taken in the fourth form
四年级的考试
→ form teacher
8. grammar 语法 [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’. 〔表示单词数、时态等的〕形式
9. criminal record 犯罪记录 [uncountableU] British EnglishBrE informal if someone has form, they are known to the police because they have committed crimes in the past 犯罪记录，案底
10  bad form old-fashionedBAD BEHAVIOUR OR ACTIONS behaviour that is considered to be socially unacceptable 不合礼节要求的行为，不礼貌的行为 SYN bad manners
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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 措辞，用词 SYN wording
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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 情绪良好，兴高采烈
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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 
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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，组成〔组织、委员会、政府等〕 → formation
2  be part of STH 成为某事物的一部分 [linking verb]PART to be the thing, or one of the things, that is part of something else, often having a particular use 成为…的一部分
3  start to exist 开始存在 [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 〔尤指经过自然过程而〕形成，产生 → formation
4  make/produce 制作/生产 [transitiveT] to make something by combining two or more parts 构成
5  shape/line 形状/队列 [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…）编[排]成 SYN make
6  relationship 关系 [transitiveT] to establish and develop a relationship with someone 〔与某人〕建立〔关系〕
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
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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 影响 [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
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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”
form1 nounform2 verb →n GRAMMAR1
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