中文翻译与英英解释

【生物学】形成期。

formative:    adj. 1.形成的，构成的。 2.造型的。 3.【语法 ...

period:    n. 1. 时代；期；时期；期间；阶段。 2.〔the ...

例句与用法

Savagery was the formative period of the human race .
蒙昧阶段是人类的形成阶段。

Yugoslavia would then be able to speak with a united voice in the councils of the allies during this formative period when so much is in flux .
在这种情况下，南斯拉夫才能用一致的声音，在这种变化多端的草创时期，在盟国的会议上发表意见。

Warm with the fancies of youth , pretty with the insipid prettiness of the formative period , possessed of a figure promising eventual shapeliness and an eye alight with certain native intelligence , she was a fair example of the middle american class - two generations removed from the emigrant
不过从她的身段已经可以看出将来发育成熟时的美妙体态了。她的眼睛里透着天生的聪明。她是一个典型的美国中产阶级少女-她们家已是移民的第三代了。