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formative years
常用搭配，指对个人成长至关重要的时期。
The early childhood years are considered the formative years for personality development.
幼儿时期被认为是个性发展的形成期。
有助于形成的；造型的；形成的
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有助于形成的；造型的；形成的
relating to or capable of forming, molding, or fashioning
The early childhood years are considered the formative years for personality development.
幼儿时期被认为是个性发展的形成期。
能够形成某物的。
Capable of forming something.
与某物的形成及其后续发展有关的。
Of or pertaining to the formation and subsequent growth of something.
(评估形式)用于指导学习,而非量化教育成果。
Of a form of assessment: used to guide learning rather than to quantify educational outcomes.
The first few years of a child's life are considered the most formative for their personality development.
孩子生命的最初几年被认为对其人格发展是最具塑造性的。
Her formative experiences as a volunteer in Africa shaped her career path.
她在非洲做志愿者时的形成性经历塑造了她的职业道路。
The university's formative years were marked by rapid expansion and innovation.
这所大学的形成时期以快速扩张和创新为标志。
常用搭配，指对个人成长至关重要的时期。
The early childhood years are considered the formative years for personality development.
幼儿时期被认为是个性发展的形成期。
表示对某事物的发展起塑造作用的影响。
Her teacher had a strong formative influence on her writing style.
她的老师对她的写作风格产生了很大的形成性影响。
用于描述经历或因素在形成某事物过程中的重要作用。
This experience was formative in shaping his career.
这次经历对他职业生涯的塑造起到了形成性作用。
语言学中的专业用法，指最小的构词单位。
The suffix '-ness' is a formative that turns adjectives into nouns.
后缀 '-ness' 是一个将形容词转变为名词的构词要素。
Not this
This experience formatives my personality.
Use this
This experience forms my personality.
formative是形容词或名词，不能用作动词。应使用动词form表示‘形成’。
Not this
He had a formal education that shaped his character.
Use this
He had a formative education that shaped his character.
formal意为‘正式的’，而formative意为‘对形成有重要影响的’。此处应用formative表示‘对性格形成有影响的教育’。
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形成时期；成长关键期
His formative years were spent in a small town.
他的成长关键期是在一个小镇上度过的。
塑造性经历
Traveling abroad was one of his most formative experiences.
出国旅行是他最具塑造性的经历之一。
形成期
Adolescence is a formative period for personality.
青春期是人格的形成期。
形成性影响
Her teacher had a formative influence on her career.
她的老师对她的职业生涯产生了形成性影响。
形成性评价
Formative assessment helps teachers adjust instruction.
形成性评价帮助教师调整教学。
形成阶段
The project is still in its formative stage.
该项目仍处于形成阶段。
形成期；成长时期
The experiences in his formative years shaped his worldview.
他在成长时期的经历塑造了他的世界观。
形成阶段
This period is a formative period for the company's culture.
这一时期是公司文化的形成阶段。
形成性影响
Her teacher was a formative influence on her career choice.
她的老师对她职业选择产生了形成性影响。
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formative与'form'同根，想象孩子formative years（形成期）像捏泥人，不断塑造。
语域：formal 常见场景：education、psychology 该词作为形容词时，通常用于正式语境，特别是教育或心理学领域，描述对发展有重要影响的事物。
形容词常作定语（如formative years）或表语；名词为可数名词（如a formative in linguistics）
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