And formative means important for the development of something.

formative是指在某物发展过程中非常重要的事。

These online interactive maps illustrate the formative power of snailmail.

这些交互式地图展示了蜗牛邮件的重要地位。

Sorry, ask that in a proper formative question.

不好意思，用适当的形式问句来问。

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

泰森记得，1975年的那天是他一生中最重要的一天之一。

This makes it difficult to reconstruct the 4.5bn-year-old planet's formative years.

这使得很难重建这颗有45亿年历史的行星的形成期。

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

来自英国和法国的家庭教师对她进行了启蒙。

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们所有人，但它却偏偏在你们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。

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

这是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。

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，他们会自然习得母语的口语。