And formative means important for the development of something.

formative指在某物发展过程中非常重要的事。

Tyson remembers that day in 1975 as one of the most formative in his life.

泰森记得，1975年的那天他一生中最重要的一天之一。

This ordeal affects us all, but it comes at a particularly formative moment in your lives.

这场磨难影响到了我所有人，但它却偏偏在你生命中特别重要的时刻来临。

During those formative years in Reston, I was blessed to have great coaches as well.

在莱斯顿成长的那些年里，我也很幸运地拥有伟大的教练。

She learnt from her tutors coming from Britain or France as the formative education.

来英国和法国的家庭教师对她进行了启蒙。

They acquire the spoken form of their mother tongue during the formative period of language acquisition.

在语言习得的形成阶段，他会然习得母语的口语。

" He lived here during the formative years of the Boy Scouts, and he is buried here."

“在童子军的创立阶段他就生活在这里，后来被埋葬在这里。”

Here is a man raised by an overbearing woman who completely dominated every aspect of his formative years.

这一个被专横霸道的女人养大，从性格形成时期就各方面被彻底压制的男人。

Much of Robin's formative years were spent alone in the huge mansion that was his home.

在罗宾性格成型阶段的大部分时间里，他都待在己家的豪宅。

During their formative years they were exposed to the internet—an organ with an inbuilt resistance to government meddling.

当他的思想处于成形阶段时，互联网的影响无处不在。要知道，互联网一种对政府干预具有内在抗拒机制的系统。

His formative years were the long bleak decades of Poland's communist era, first in Warsaw and then in provincial Gdansk.

这种性格成型的日子，要追溯到波兰萧瑟黯淡、长达数十年的共产主义时代，先在华沙，继而在格但斯克省。

So Julian Baggini believes the way other people see us is formative in creating our sense of identity—or who we are.

所以朱利安·巴吉尼认为别人看待我的方式，也我形成身认同感的组成部分，即我如何看己。

She and her team recorded the formative songs of a bird called the canebrake wren, in their nests in the Costa Rican forest.

她和团队在哥斯达黎加森林中的藤丛鹪鹩巢记录了这种鸟成长期的叫声。

During his formative years in Paris, he developed a distinctive style combining solid shapes and brilliant colors with forms drawn from everyday life.

在法国学习期间，凯利将抽象形态与明亮色彩运用到对日常生活的表达中。

This test, sometimes called a formative or progress test, checks on student's progress in learning particular elements of the course.

这个测试，有时被称为形成性或进度测试，检查学生在学习课程的特定元素的进展。

So the leadership development expert in me asks: How can we better intervene in the formative years of our soon-to-be senior leaders?

因此，我心中的 领导力培养专家问道： 我怎样才能在即将成为 领导的中年管理层形成期， 更好地加以干预？

He spent many of his formative musical years in Los Angeles, playing with top local bands and some great national figures as they came through town.

在洛杉矶度过的数年他的音乐风格形成期。他同当地顶尖的乐队和一些来小镇演出的杰出音乐人同台演出。

And that's one of the most formative things in creating our sense of identity. I mean, I think it's kind of a two-way process that's ongoing.

这也我形成认同感的过程中非常重要的组成部分。我觉得，这一种双向的过程。

That's not like, you know, this gorilla is going to spend its formative years at the such-and-such zoo and then it's going to return to the jungle.

并不说，这只大猩猩在成长期时会待在某某动物园，接着就会返回丛林。

And it isn't until recent years that people have realized the significance of documenting the glory, the beauty and the culture of China at a very formative period.

直到近年来，人才意识到记录中国形成阶段的光荣、美丽和文化的重要性。”