formula

n. [数] 公式，准则；配方；婴儿食品

中文词源

formula 公式，方程式，配方

来自form, 模式，样式。用于数学和化学名词。

formula: formula: see form
formula (n.): 1630s, "words used in a ceremony or ritual" (earlier as a Latin word in English), from Latin formula "form, draft, contract, regulation;" in law, "a rule, method;" literally "small form," diminutive of forma "form" (see form (n.)). Modern sense is colored by Carlyle's use (1837) of the word in a sense of "rule slavishly followed without understanding" [OED]. From 1706 as "a prescription, a recipe;" mathematical use is from 1796; chemistry sense is from 1842. In motor racing, "class or specification of a car" (usually by engine size), 1927.

1. There is no magic formula for producing winning products.: 获奖电影的制作没有捷径可取。

2. The foreign ministers have thrashed out a suitable compromise formula.: 外交部长们经过反复讨论，已经制订出合适的折中方案。

3. They have thrashed out a compromise formula acceptable to Moscow.: 他们经过讨论达成了一项莫斯科可以接受的折中方案。

5. There is still no guarantee that a formula could be found.: 还没有把握是否能找到一个配方。