1·For John, books are a form of escapism.
对约翰来说，看书是一种消遣形式。
—— 《牛津词典》
2·It's a form of personal approval.
这是一种自我认可的形式。
3·This is a form of rendering professional help.
这是提供专业帮助的一种形式。
4·This lawyer had fallen victim to the "don'ts" syndrome—a form of negative goal setting.
这位律师成了“不要”综合征的受害者，这是一种消极的目标设定形式。
5·This lawyer had fallen victim to the "don'ts" syndrome, a form of negative goal setting.
这位律师成了“不要”综合征的受害者，这是一种消极的目标设定形式。
6·In the extreme, some critics have said that making treatment decisions based on cost is a form of rationing.
极端的是，一些评论家认为，基于费用做出的治疗决定是一种配给制的形式。
7·This would be a form of expropriation, with employees absorbing production costs that have traditionally been paid by the employer.
这将是一种侵占的形式，由员工来承担传统上应由雇主支付的生产成本。
8·Spartina has the ability to take up sulfides and convert them to sulfate, a form of sulfur that the plant can use; this ability makes it easier for the grass to colonize marsh environments.
米草类植物有能力吸收硫化物并将其转化为硫酸盐——一种植物可以利用的硫的形式；这种能力使这种草更容易在沼泽环境中生长。
9·The cinema did not emerge as a form of mass consumption until its technology evolved from the initial "peepshow" format to the point where images were projected on a screen in a darkened theater.
电影播放技术由最初的“西洋镜”的形式演变而来，直到其发展到一个时期；在这个时期中，影像被投影到幽暗的影院屏幕之上，电影才作为一种大众消费的形式而出现。
10·Oyster beds, on the mudflats, are a form of fish farming.
滩涂牡蛎养殖场是一种水产养殖方式。
—— 《牛津词典》