The Friendship City program falls under the umbrella of Sister Cities, but is a less formal agreement.

这个友好城市项目虽然由姐妹城市协会开展，但并没有签署正式协议。

The regional media network, Telesur, said the two sides have signed a formal agreement in Cuba to begin talks in October.

地区媒体网络南方电视台称，双方在古巴签署了正式协议，将于10月进行会谈。

This is an unwritten understanding, not a formal agreement, and it lays the foundation for very tough negotiations ahead on the details.

这是个非书面谅解，并非正式协议，但为即将就细节进行的艰难协商奠定了基础。

We never signed a formal partnership agreement.

我们从未签署过正式的合作协议。

A " treaty" (treaty) is a formal agreement between two countries about some important issue or topic.

“条约” （treaty）是两国之间就某些重要问题或话题达成的正式协议。

The House of Commons has voted to limit the government's tax raising powers if the UK leaves the European Union without a formal agreement.

下议院投票表明 如果英国在没有正式协议的情况下脱离欧盟 则政府提高税收的权力将受到限制。

After Japan's surrender, the signing of  the formal written agreement took place on the deck of the USS Missouri.

日本投降后，正式书面协议的签署在密苏里号航空母舰的甲板上进行。

LONDON - British lawmakers on Tuesday rose up against Prime Minister Boris Johnson, moving to prevent him from taking the country out of the European Union without a formal agreement.

伦敦电——周二，英国议员与首相鲍里斯·约翰逊发生对抗，试图阻止他在没有达成正式协议的情况下脱欧。

I continue the story by saying that " Charles and I never signed a formal partnership agreement." The word " formal" here just means official – on a piece of paper, typically.

我继续讲这个故事，“查尔斯和我从未签署过正式的合伙协议。”这里的“正式”一词只是指正式的——通常是在一张纸上。

So it is best to start with a formal agreement; namely, that you are to pay them two hundred and fifty pounds a year, as long as you and they find it pleasant to live together.

所以最好从正式的协议开始；也就是说，你每年要付给他们 250 英镑，只要你和他们觉得住在一起很愉快。

But creators are still at the mercy of the largesse of these companies, because if TikTok wants to remove its creator fund, there's no formal agreement that says that it has to keep paying out money to creators.

但创作者仍然受到这些公司慷慨的摆布，因为如果 TikTok 想要取消其创作者基金，没有正式协议规定它必须继续向创作者支付资金。