informality

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n.  非正式；不具备合法形式；不符合法定形式

BNC.19552 / COCA.24089

柯林斯词典

• ADJ-GRADED (言辞或行为)非正式的，亲切随便的
  Informalspeech or behaviour is relaxed and friendly rather than serious, very correct, or official.
  1. She is refreshingly informal...
     她不拘礼节,让人耳目一新。
  2. His friend was less good-looking, but a lot more informal and relaxed.
     他的朋友没那么英俊,却随意、放松得多。
• ADJ-GRADED (场合等)非正式的,随意的
  Aninformalsituation is one which is relaxed and friendly and not very serious or official.
  1. I would like it to be an informal occasion...
     我希望把它办得不那么正式。
  2. The house has an informal atmosphere.
     房间里有一种轻松随意的氛围。
• ADJ-GRADED (衣服)非正式场合穿的,休闲的
  Informalclothes are casual and suitable for wearing when you are relaxing, but not on formal occasions.
  1. Most of the time Jenny needs informal clothes...
     大部分时间珍妮需要休闲服装。
  2. For lunch, dress is informal.
     吃午饭时可以穿休闲服。
• ADJ 非正式的;非正规的
  You useinformalto describe something that is done unofficially or casually without planning.
  1. The two leaders will retire to Camp David for informal discussions.
     两位领导人将到戴维营进行非正式讨论。
  2. ...an informal meeting of EU ministers...
     欧盟部长非正式会议
  3. We had an informal party at a hotel, and people just flooded in.
     我们在宾馆举行了一个非正式的晚会,人们蜂拥而至。

英英释义

noun

• freedom from constraint or embarrassment
  1. I am never at ease with strangers
  Synonym:ease
• a manner that does not take forms and ceremonies seriously

双语例句

• For better or worse, the Internet breeds a nasty habit of informality.
  暂不论其好坏，网络滋生了“非正式”交流的恶习。
• Use informality to let people see your ability
  使用非正式让人们看到你的能力
• At the same time, he notes, email "has the feel of informality – we just fire something off", even though we probably ought to treat it with the same care as a written letter.
  同时，他认为电子邮件“有一种不正式的感觉，我们只是把东西发出去”，尽管我们理应严肃地对待它，像手写的邮件一样。
• It was the informality and the ease of getting things done that surprised me, Mr Yates says.
  耶茨表示：令我吃惊的是该公司的不正规性和做事的灵活性。
• Each room is meticulously designed to be individual and romantic with an atmosphere of relaxed informality.
  每间客房都经过了精心设计，在一种轻松的氛围中彰显个性与浪漫。
• A private British college is starting compulsory etiquette classes for13-to14-year-olds to sharpen up their comportment in a world of ill-mannered informality, it was reported on Wednesday.
  据星期三的报道，英国一所私立大学对13到14岁的学生开设了礼仪必修课，以此在这个充满无礼的非正式行为的世界里改善他们的行为举止。
• Other qualities which help to define conversation include the equal distribution of speaker rights; mutual respect among speakers; spontaneity and informality; and a non-businesslike ambience.
  其它有助于明确定义会话的特征包括：说话人之间的相互尊重；自然随意性和非正式性；非商务式的环境。
• His informality extends to signing himself off in e-mails with the avuncular nickname '' patchy ''.
  他非正式的风格延伸到自己在电邮中的署名，一个伯父似的绰号：“帕奇”（patchy）。
• Beside the difference between speech and writing there is a difference between formality and informality.
  除了有口语体与书面语体的区别外，还有正式和非正式语气的区别。
• A charming informality was one of the characteristics of this celebration.
  没有客套，是这个晚会的特点之一。