1. She greeted him with stiff formality. 她拘谨地按礼节向他致意。
2. Different levels of formality are appropriate in different situations. 不同程度的注重礼节适用于不同场合。
3. He has the greatest disregard for all formality. 他全然不顾一切礼节。
4. In the United States, however, bowing or any type of submissive body posture is particularly irritating, for it tends to connote undue formality, aristocracy, and a nonverbal denial of egalitarianism. 然而，在美国，鞠躬或任何形式的顺从的身体姿势都特别令人恼火，因为它往往意味着不适当的礼节、贵族作风和对平等主义的非语言否认。
5. Some contracts are a mere formality. 有些合同纯属走形式。
