Picture something taking shape where there was no shape before. English then splits the picture in two: the coming-into-being (a government being set up, rock hardening over millions of years) and the shape that results (the pattern a squad of planes flies in, the rock left standing). Same word, one end of the process or the other.
登入就可以看每一支怎麼連回核心畫面。
原始詞典資料9 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，摘錄並精簡格式，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
formationnoun/fɔːˈmeɪʃ(ə)n/
- 1
The act of assembling a group or structure.
- Some cloud formation was confirmed and rainfall was observed over some islands.
- 2
Something possessing structure or form.
- 3
The process during which something comes into being and gains its characteristics.
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governmentmilitarypoliticsA grouping of military units or smaller formations under a command, such as a brigade, division, wing, etc.
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geographygeologynatural-sciencesA layer of rock of common origin.
- Over a broad region, the color of a formation may change.
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governmentmilitarypoliticsAn arrangement of moving troops, ships, or aircraft, such as a wedge, line abreast, or echelon. Often "in formation".
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hobbieslifestylesportsAn arrangement of players designed to facilitate certain plays.
- N'Golo Kanté embodies both sides of this, a player whose early scratchiness was soothed with glorious results in the new 3-4-3 formation, allowed simply to be his best, most wonderfully mobile, diligent, destructive self.
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The process of influencing or guiding a person to a deeper understanding of a particular vocation.
另外 1 個記錄的用法
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category-theorycomputingengineeringA structure made of two categories, two functors from the first to the second category, and a transformation from one of the functors to the other.
摘錄自 英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary，已精簡格式；依 CC BY-SA 4.0 授權使用，改動後的內容同樣以此授權提供。