formal

正式な

正式に取り決められたり、認められたり、記録されたりしている。

やさしい英語で： Officially arranged, recognized, or recorded.

• She made a formal complaint.
• He has no formal training in music.
• We are waiting for formal approval.

類義語： official

反対語： unofficial

よく使う表現： formal education, formal complaint, formal approval

格式ばった、改まった

礼儀に従い、堅い態度や特別な服装を伴う。

やさしい英語で： Following polite social rules, often with serious behaviour or special clothes.

• You need formal clothes for dinner.
• His manner was polite and formal.
• Is the wedding very formal?

類義語： ceremonious

反対語： casual, informal

よく使う表現： formal dress, formal dinner, formal occasion

形式に沿った、改まった

話し方や書き方、行動が、決まった規則や慣習に沿っている。

やさしい英語で： Following accepted rules or traditional ways of speaking, writing, or doing things.

• Use formal language in this letter.
• Her essay follows a formal style.
• Formal English avoids many everyday shortened expressions.

類義語： conventional

反対語： informal

よく使う表現： formal English, formal language, formal style

形式上の

物事の形や組み立て方に関する。

やさしい英語で： Concerned with how something is organized or shaped.

• We studied the poem’s formal structure.
• Formal analysis considers how the parts fit together.
• The paintings share several formal features.

類義語： structural

よく使う表現： formal structure, formal analysis, formal features

フォーマルなダンスパーティー

正装で参加する社交の集まり。学生向けに開かれることが多い。

やさしい英語で： A social event, often for students, where people wear special, smart clothes.

• She wore a blue dress to the formal.
• Our school formal is next Friday.
• They attended several formals together.

類義語： formal dance

よく使う表現： school formal, attend a formal, the annual formal