formative adj. 1.形成的,构成的。 2.造型的。 3.【语法】构词(用)的。 a formative period 发育期。 the formative arts 造型艺术。 formative technique 造形[型]技术,造形[型]工艺。 n. 构词要素〔指词首、词尾等, = formative element〕; 用构词要素构成的词。
Savagery was the formative period of the human race . 蒙昧阶段是人类的形成阶段。
Yugoslavia would then be able to speak with a united voice in the councils of the allies during this formative period when so much is in flux . 在这种情况下,南斯拉夫才能用一致的声音,在这种变化多端的草创时期,在盟国的会议上发表意见。
Warm with the fancies of youth , pretty with the insipid prettiness of the formative period , possessed of a figure promising eventual shapeliness and an eye alight with certain native intelligence , she was a fair example of the middle american class - two generations removed from the emigrant 不过从她的身段已经可以看出将来发育成熟时的美妙体态了。她的眼睛里透着天生的聪明。她是一个典型的美国中产阶级少女-她们家已是移民的第三代了。