formulate
v[Tn]
1 create (sth) in a precise form 将(某事物)形式固定格式
formulate a rule, policy, theory, etc 制定规则、 制定政策、 创立理论.
2 express (sth) clearly and exactly using particular words 确切地表达(某思想)
formulate one's thoughts carefully 确切地阐述自己的思想
The contract was formulated in difficult legal language. 该合同是用深奥的法律术语订立的.
Sorry to trouble you, do you have these shirts in any other colors?
麻烦你了,你们有其他颜色的这种衬衫吗?
They who live longest will see most.
寿命最长的人见识也最广。
And so with solids such as a shell, a nut, a plum, a pear, a tadpole, a mushroom, a mountain peak, a kidney, a carrot, a tree-trunk, a bird, a bud, a lark, a ladybird, a bulrush, a bone.