formulate

formulate 是“把想法整理并说成明确、完整的表达”，常用于观点、计划、政策等。

💡 记忆钩子

把脑中零散的想法放进一个清晰的“公式”里：先整理内容，再用明确的话表达出来，这就是 formulate。

📝 学习建议

不要把 formulate 只理解成“制定”；它的核心是把想法或内容组织成清楚的表达，也可以翻译为“明确提出、拟定”。

📖 中文释义

verb

core 明确表达；拟定

📖 指把原本零散、模糊的想法整理好，形成清楚而有条理的话、计划或主张。重点不只是“说出来”，而是先把内容定下来、组织清楚。

💡 常用“formulate + 观点/想法/计划/政策”等搭配，表示把这些内容明确地拟定或表述出来。它是及物动词，通常不能在后面直接加介词再接对象。这个词较正式，日常对话中若只是说“表达想法”，往往用更普通的词更自然。

transitive

The team formulated a clear plan for the next stage.

团队为下一阶段拟定了一项清晰的计划。

She struggled to formulate her ideas clearly.

她费了很大力气才把自己的想法清楚地表达出来。

formulates present,singular,third-person formulating participle,present formulated participle,past formulated past

📘 英文释义 (WordNet) 共 4 组

elaborate, as of theories and hypotheses

同义词集: explicate formulate develop

Could you develop the ideas in your thesis

上位: conjecture, hypothecate, hypothesise, hypothesize, speculate, suppose, theorise, theorize 下位: mature

put into words or an expression

同义词集: give voice formulate word phrase articulate

He formulated his concerns to the board of trustees

上位: evince, express, show 下位: ask, cast, couch, frame, put, redact

come up with (an idea, plan, explanation, theory, or principle) after a mental effort

同义词集: invent contrive devise excogitate formulate forge

excogitate a way to measure the speed of light

prepare according to a formula

同义词集: formulate

🌳 词源

由 formula（公式、固定形式）加后缀 -ate 构成，原意与“形成明确形式”有关。

English formula Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂tos Proto-Italic *-ātos Latin -ātuslbor. English -ate English formulate From formula + -ate.

🔄 变式

formulated past formulates present formulating present

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