We must take a serious attitude in summing up our work, and not just make it a mere formality.
总结工作要认真, 不要走过场.
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The time had come to cross the great divide between formality and truth.
是时候跨越形式与真理之间的巨大分界线了。
《柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典》
He was already assured of the job and his interview was a mere formality.
他已经确保有那项工作,他的面试仅仅是形式.
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As an American, she had no truck with the painful formality of English life.
作为一名美国人,她不愿拘泥于英国人生活中令人非常不舒服的繁文缛节。
《柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典》
The arrangement was more a formality than a genuine partnership of two nations.
这一协定与其说体现了两个国家之间真正的伙伴关系,还不如说是一种形式。
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