及物动词

1. 规划;策划;构想
If you formulate something such as a plan or proposal, you invent it, thinking about the details carefully.

2. 明确表达;系统阐述
If you formulate a thought, opinion, or idea, you express it or describe it using particular words.

1. elaborate, as of theories and hypotheses

e.g. Could you develop the ideas in your thesis

Synonym: explicatedevelop

2. put into words or an expression

e.g. He formulated his concerns to the board of trustees

Synonym: give voicewordphrasearticulate

3. come up with (an idea, plan, explanation, theory, or principle) after a mental effort

e.g. excogitate a way to measure the speed of light

Synonym: inventcontrivedeviseexcogitateforge

4. prepare according to a formula