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单词 formulate
释义
formulate
(fɔːʳmjʊleɪt )
Word forms: formulates , formulating , formulated
1. verb
If you formulate something such as a plan or proposal, you invent it, thinking about the details carefully.
Little by little, he formulated his plan for escape. [VERB noun]
Synonyms: devise, plan, develop, prepare  
2. verb
If you formulate a thought, opinion, or idea, you express it or describe it using particular words.
I was impressed by the way he could formulate his ideas. [VERB noun]
Synonyms: express, detail, frame, define  
Collocations:
formulate a hypothesis
This information can be used to formulate the hypothesis that all cylinders have a problem with heat dissipation.
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The last 2 questions are usually experimental ones, which requires the student to formulate a hypothesis, determine the variables of the experiment and tabulate the data for the experiment.
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According to it, scientific inquiry proceeds by formulating a hypothesis in a form that could conceivably be falsified by a test on observable data.
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If the researcher already knows the outcome, it counts as a consequence and the researcher should have already considered this while formulating the hypothesis.
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He formulated a hypothesis that it was because it had selective advantage towards malaria.
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formulate a plan
In the intervening weeks since their discussion she had started to formulate a plan.
Pacter, Trudi YELLOW BIRD (2004)
The golden hour is the first hour, the hour of advantage, the hour in which others are trying to assess damage and formulate a plan.
Mark Burnell CHAMELEON (2002)
Magda welcomed the hour away from the sickroom; she needed time to think and to formulate a plan to galvanize Jarvis into action.
Spellman, Cathy Cash PAINT THE WIND (2001)
formulate a policy
Working with the minister of music, pastors can formulate a policy that helps musicians lead worship.
Christianity Today
It will encourage good-quality dialogue between companies and their shareholders and help them to formulate a policy on pay over the next two to three years.
Times, Sunday Times
However, a fifth cabinet meeting was still unable to formulate a policy statement before the constitutionally-imposed deadline of one-month.
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They formulated a policy to encourage the civilizing process.
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This group formulates the policies that govern the system.
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formulate a question
The answer can emerge as they formulate the question.
The Sun
It challenges how to formulate questions about everyday experiences.
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In the course of the discussion, she will reply, about an obvious detail, that the growing-impatient questioner didn't say that before when formulating the question.
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Moreover, formulating the question online without the give and take of nonverbal cues and face to face conversation presents an added obstacle.
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Towards this end, participants formulate questions whose answers are direct quotes from the texts, in order to gain a literal understanding of the meanings and context of various quotes.
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formulate a response
The recipient has time to look at it and formulate a response.
Times, Sunday Times
You stay in control, you appraise the situation and formulate a response in rational and constructive way.
Times, Sunday Times
Moving faster than enemy forces, mobile forces exploited weaknesses and acted before opposing forces could formulate a response.
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Additionally, they hoped to use it as a platform to formulate their response to the ongoing cholera epidemic.
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She has the ability to analyze her enemies' tactics and effectively formulate a response.
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formulate a rule
But these countries have no say in formulating the rules and regulations to which they must submit.
Times, Sunday Times
He formulated the rules of inheritance as linear equations, hence his knowledge of quadratic equations was not required.
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It formulates the rules and regulations regarding matters of the church's organization, faith, and order.
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They formulate their rules with two interconnected goals in mind.
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formulate a strategy
He had failed to formulate a strategy for dealing with questions about his private life.
Times, Sunday Times
Firefighters received close to 50 callouts and 12 protesters were arrested during the night as politicians met to try to formulate a strategy to defuse the situation.
Times, Sunday Times
And he or she should formulate a strategy for handling gains and losses.
Globe and Mail
While lenders formulate their strategy you should prepare for endless speculation about what raising rates could mean.
Times, Sunday Times
This often allows the player to formulate a strategy and plan routes through the map.
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formulate a theory
We ought to formulate a theory on the subject, perhaps appoint a committee to undertake a theological study of the question.
Christianity Today
Next, formulate the theory into a set of rules you can automate - your algorithm.
Times, Sunday Times
A young psychiatrist teams up with him to formulate the theory that includes the element of hypnosis.
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While impressive, these data were used to formulate the theory, and a scientific theory must be predictive in order to have any merit.
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Physical chemistry, however, was one of the first branches of science to study and formulate a theory of affinity.
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formulate an idea
The sender wants to formulate an idea and communicate it to the receiver.
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You have to have a certain experience of the world in order to formulate this idea.
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He avoided regular teaching work until he was in his seventies, and so never had to accommodate a curriculum, or formulate his ideas in a logical, coherent way.
The Times Literary Supplement
He later formulated the idea of the artificial kidney and in 1914 he isolated amino acids from the blood.
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It was while working there that he formulated the idea of the blowtorch.
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Translations:
Chinese: 构想出 计划或提案
Japanese: 系統立てて計画する
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