Word · CEFR C1 · Frequency #4149
formulate
按配方配制
to prepare according to a formula
- 1.
To put into a clear and definite form of statement or expression.
明确表述；系统阐述
明确表述；系统阐述；用公式表示；明确叙述；制订；[机] 公式化；公式表示
In use
The pharmacist formulated the medicine according to the prescription.
The company is formulating a new shampoo for dry hair.
We need to formulate this fertilizer from three simple ingredients.
formulate + noun phrase
The team formulated a new strategy for the project.
团队为该项目制订了一项新策略。
formulate + something + as + noun/gerund
She formulated her objection as a question.
她把她的反对意见表述为一个问题。
be formulated + to-infinitive
This policy was formulated to improve efficiency.
这项政策是为提高效率而制订的。
Verb forms
base formulate · third person formulates · -ing formulating · past formulated · past participle formulated
Common mistakes
He formulated.He formulated a plan.
formulate 是及物动词，后面必须跟宾语，不能单独使用。
He formulated about the problem.He formulated a solution to the problem.
formulate 是及物动词，直接跟宾语，不应该使用介词 about。
Connections
Collocations
- formulate a plan
- 制定计划
- We need to formulate a plan to improve sales.我们需要制定一个计划来提高销售额。
- formulate a theory
- 阐述理论
- The scientist formulated a new theory about dark matter.这位科学家阐述了一个关于暗物质的新理论。
- formulate a policy
- 制定政策
- The government formulated a policy to reduce pollution.政府制定了一项减少污染的政策。
- formulate a strategy
- 制定策略
- The company formulated a strategy to expand into new markets.公司制定了一项进军新市场的策略。
- formulate a hypothesis
- 提出假设
- Researchers formulated a hypothesis based on the observed data.研究人员根据观察到的数据提出了一个假设。
- formulate a response
Learner notes
Memory Tip
联想‘formula（公式）’，-ate 表示动作，‘formulate’即‘用公式表示或制定’。
Context & Register
常用于学术或正式场合，表示系统地提出或制定计划、方案、理论等。
Pronunciation & Spelling
All share the '-ulate' ending, but note that 'articulate' and 'accumulate' have stress on the second syllable, while the others (and 'formulate') stress the first syllable. None rhyme perfectly with 'formulate' due to different stressed vowels.
Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 2，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
Learn the forms together
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