form是什么意思

Churches are often built in the form of a cross.

教堂常常建成十字形。

2.种类,类型[C][(+of)]

It was a form of blackmail.

那是一种讹诈。

3.(艺术作品的)表现碧信闭形式,体裁[U]

He adopted the prose form.

他采用散文形式。

4.(运动员等的)体能状况良好的健康状态[U]

If she is in form, she can win the match easily.

如果她竞坦做技状态良好悔裂,她可以轻易赢得这场比赛。

5.表格[C]

To apply for a job, you must fill out a form.

申请工作要填表。

6.(规定或惯常的)方式做法形式[the S]

We shook hands as a matter of form.

我们照例握握手。

7.举止,礼貌[U]

It is very bad form to insist on talking about oneself.

一味讲自己如何如何是很不礼貌的。

8.(学校的)年级[C]

The boy is in the fourth form.

这男孩上四年级。

9.长板凳[C]

a matter of form 是固定用法,意思是：

形式上的手续

例行公事

礼节问题

It is a form only 则表达的是“那只不过是一份表格而已”,如果要做“方式”“形式”知磨雹理解的话,后面搭帆需要跟短语游盯或从句,比如：a form of human life,人的生存方式.

但你可以改成 It is a matter of form only.