formulate

策定する、考案する

要素を慎重に選んで組み合わせ、計画などを作り上げる。

やさしい英語で： To create something by carefully choosing and combining its parts.

• We need to formulate a plan.
• The company formulated a shampoo for dry hair.
• Officials are formulating a new housing policy.

使い方： formulate something for someone/something (They formulated a cream for sensitive skin.)

類義語： develop, devise, create

よく使う表現： formulate a plan, formulate a policy, formulate a product

定式化する、明確に述べる

考えや問題を明確かつ正確に、時には数式を使って表す。

やさしい英語で： To express an idea or problem in a clear, exact way, sometimes using mathematical symbols.

• Try to formulate your question clearly.
• He formulated the problem as an equation.
• The researchers formulated a precise statement of their hypothesis.

使い方： formulate something as something (We formulated the problem as a simple equation.); formulate something in terms of something (She formulated the question in terms of costs and benefits.)

類義語： express, state, put into words

よく使う表現： formulate a problem, formulate a question, formulate something as something