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 informal [in'fɒ:mәl]   添加此单词到默认生词本
a. 非正式的, 不拘礼的, 通俗的

[经] 非正式的, 日常使用的




    informal
    [ adj ]
    1. not formal

    2. <adj.all>
      conservative people unaccustomed to informal dress
      an informal free-and-easy manner
      an informal gathering of friends
    3. used of spoken and written language

    4. <adj.all>
    5. not officially recognized or controlled

    6. <adj.all>
      an informal agreement
      a loose organization of the local farmers
    7. having or fostering a warm or friendly and informal atmosphere

    8. <adj.all>
      had a cozy chat
      a relaxed informal manner
      an intimate cocktail lounge
      the small room was cozy and intimate


    Informal \In*form"al\, a. [Pref. in- not + formal.]
    1. Not in the regular, usual, or established form; not
    according to official, conventional, prescribed, or
    customary forms or rules; irregular; hence, without
    ceremony; as, an informal writing, proceeding, or visit.

    2. Deranged in mind; out of one's senses. [Obs.]

    These poor informal women. --Shak.

    1. On Nov. 13, Ampco made an informal request for representation on Midway's board.
    2. Narrated by Meryl Streep and directed by Phil Joanou, the film is a series of informal interviews with seven-year-olds from widely varying social, economic and ethnic backgrounds.
    3. Here are excerpts from an informal question-and-answer session that President Bush held Sunday with reporters after his joint press conference with Soviet President Mikhail S. Gorbachev at the conclusion of their two-day summit.
    4. As the cold war ebbs, routine, maintenance-related dispatches on the presidential hot line are becoming more informal, said Tom Brothers, manager of the Fort Detrick earth station.
    5. According to an informal survey by Joel Shapiro, a partner at the New York accounting firm of Seidman & Seidman, partnership syndicators have actually found less than $2 billion of suitable properties.
    6. He made his comments after the council's five permanent members _ the United States, Soviet Union, China, France and Britain _ ended more than four hours of informal meetings.
    7. President Bush and Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev will hold an informal meeting in early December, a move that should give both leaders a political boost at home.
    8. This is often accompanied by informal advice from the bank to 'lean on your suppliers'.
    9. But in an informal show of hands, the scientists on a panel at the American Physical Society meeting Tuesday voted 8-1 that they were 95 percent confident the excess heat was not produced by nuclear fusion.
    10. The banner has become the symbol of many informal groups seeking greater autonomy or Ukrainian independence.
    11. The Federal Trade Commission is conducting an informal investigation of Intel's business practices to decide whether the company has violated antitrust laws.
    12. Northwest has claimed that the so-called 50 per cent rule was an 'informal' agreement.
    13. He said Amax's legal advisers have "probably had informal talks" with Investment Canada officials, though he couldn't confirm the discussions.
    14. When the West African task force sailed into Monrovia two weeks ago Doe and Johnson agreed to an informal cease-fire.
    15. Shultz also gained informal support, Redman said, for a U.S. proposal to set up a Bangkok-based working group to explore fresh solutions to the 30-year-old refugee exodus from communist Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia.
    16. Some companies say they are avoiding new commercial mortgage lending, but plan to add to their portfolio by buying mortgages from other insurance companies in the informal secondary market for these investments.
    17. Tosay's proposal will be discussed during a second round of informal peace talks with Vietnam in Jakarta, Indonesia, beginning Feb. 19.
    18. An informal survey shows that many black generals find it difficult to translate military experience into key corporate positions.
    19. Of the 200 investors attending the Los Angeles conference, about 95% said in an informal poll on the final day that they were bearish on the market.
    20. Most informal street vendors reject the nationalization and they don't believe in "credit democratization by the state."
    21. No formal talks in any of the strikes were scheduled for Monday but informal bargaining was expected to continue, with resumption of fomal negotiations hinging on those discussions.
    22. Ministers expressed optimism that the informal talks will lead to a peace accord between Cambodian resistance groups and Vietnam, which invaded Cambodia in late 1978.
    23. Nonetheless, the informal accord, reached at a five-hour dinner last week among three dozen members of both exchanges at the Windows on the World restaurant atop the World Trade Center, moves the merger ball along substantially.
    24. A source at the Paris Club, an informal group of creditor governments with headquarters in that city, says the government debt probably will be rescheduled around midyear.
    25. His remarks to more than 200 federal officials convened for a two-day conference had the tone of an informal farewell to the Public Health Service troops engaged in the struggle against AIDS.
    26. As president, in a tradition continued by George Bush, he was much given to the informal handwritten note, such as the one he sent thanking the 84-year-old woman who knitted 300 pairs of stockings for Union soldiers.
    27. Barry Palmer, a copy editor with the Union Leader newspaper, initiated his own informal investigation into the Review after Mr. Freedman accused the newspaper of bigotry.
    28. In an informal vote, the staff was of the overwhelming opinion he was guilty.
    29. An informal poll of the group's members since the tumble found the "vast majority" expecting somewhat slower growth but no recession, Mr. Jasinowski told reporters at a breakfast meeting yesterday.
    30. The U.S. Commerce Department says the government declared itself in "informal, indefinite default" to all governmental lenders last year, meaning it made no interest or principal payments.
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