informality

1. ADJ-GRADED (言辞或行为)非正式的，亲切随便的
   Informal speech or behaviour is relaxed and friendly rather than serious, very correct, or official.
   1. She is refreshingly informal...
      她不拘礼节,让人耳目一新。
   2. His friend was less good-looking, but a lot more informal and relaxed.
      他的朋友没那么英俊,却随意、放松得多。
2. ADJ-GRADED (场合等)非正式的,随意的
   An informal situation is one which is relaxed and friendly and not very serious or official.
   1. I would like it to be an informal occasion...
      我希望把它办得不那么正式。
   2. The house has an informal atmosphere.
      房间里有一种轻松随意的氛围。
3. ADJ-GRADED (衣服)非正式场合穿的,休闲的
   Informal clothes are casual and suitable for wearing when you are relaxing, but not on formal occasions.
   1. Most of the time Jenny needs informal clothes...
      大部分时间珍妮需要休闲服装。
   2. For lunch, dress is informal.
      吃午饭时可以穿休闲服。
4. ADJ 非正式的;非正规的
   You use informal to describe something that is done unofficially or casually without planning.
   1. The two leaders will retire to Camp David for informal discussions.
      两位领导人将到戴维营进行非正式讨论。
   2. ...an informal meeting of EU ministers...
      欧盟部长非正式会议
   3. We had an informal party at a hotel, and people just flooded in.
      我们在宾馆举行了一个非正式的晚会,人们蜂拥而至。

1. Use informality to let people see your ability
   使用非正式让人们看到你的能力
2. Informality, whatever its root, does not excuse grammatical errors, and these can damage your e-mail.
   不管非正式如何发展而来，这都不意味着允许犯语法错误&这些错误会毁了你的电邮。
3. For better or worse, the Internet breeds a nasty habit of informality.
   暂不论其好坏，网络滋生了“非正式”交流的恶习。
4. You need to strike a balance between traditional formality and e-mail informality.
   你需要在传统意义上的正式和电邮的非正式中找到平衡。
5.   this means informality, openness and a lack of hierarchy in our business attire. In keeping with a solutions organisation, it is outcome-based.
   这意味着我们在上班时间穿着的服装需体现非正式性、开放性和无等级性。为了符合解决方案提供者的身份，工作着装要基于结果。
6. Other qualities which help to define conversation include the equal distribution of speaker rights; mutual respect among speakers; spontaneity and informality; and a non-businesslike ambience.
   其它有助于明确定义会话的特征包括：说话人之间的相互尊重；自然随意性和非正式性；非商务式的环境。
7. Mrs. Abe's blunt public statements reflect, in part, the surprising freedom and informality political families have in Japan, where American-style handlers and image-makers remain relatively rare.
   安倍昭惠的直率言论在一定程度上反映了日本的政治家族出人意料的自由度和随意性。在日本，美国式的推手和形象专家还相对少见。
8. A private British college is starting compulsory etiquette classes for13-to14-year-olds to sharpen up their comportment in a world of ill-mannered informality, it was reported on Wednesday.
   据星期三的报道，英国一所私立大学对13到14岁的学生开设了礼仪必修课，以此在这个充满无礼的非正式行为的世界里改善他们的行为举止。
9. This informality made the war a lot of fun for scarlett.
   这种不正常的状况使思嘉觉得战争还是相当有趣的。
10. Our country's psychological counseling has been in the situation of informality and non-career for a period of years.
    我国的心理咨询长期以来一直处于非正规化和非职业化的尴尬境地。
11. Characterized by careless ease or informality; casual.
    漫不经心的以漫不经心或随便态度为特点的；漠不关心的。
12. Beside the difference between speech and writing there is a difference between formality and informality.
    除了有口语体与书面语体的区别外，还有正式和非正式语气的区别。
13. The spontaneity, informality and solitariness of e-mail make it more beguiling than lethal: E-mail tempts us to be ourselves.
    电邮的自发性、随意性和孤独性，使其更具消遣意味，而非致命的威胁感：电邮促使我们表现真实的自己。
14. ( used of an ill-mannered child) impolitely unruly. I should never mistake informality for insolence.
    （用来指举止无礼的小孩）没有礼貌、任性。我决不会把不拘礼节错认为蛮横无礼。
15. Beside the difference between speech and writing there is a difference between formality and informality. What is the official judging language of fencing?
    除了有口语体与书面语体的区别外，还有正式和非正式语气的区别。击剑比赛的正式语言是什么语言？
16. The evolution of each individual's concept of the perfect garden mirrors the changing emphases on formality versus informality, utility and aesthetics in gardens across the centuries.
    每个个体关于完美园林的观念的进化反映出跨越几个世纪在园林中，正式与非正式、效用和美学相对的重点转换。
17. This technique led to informality of pose and a sense of presence that was remarkable.
    这一技术使被摄人物姿态变得随意，并带有突出的生动感。
18. Encourage informality and a relaxed company climate.
    在公司里，提倡非正式，轻松的气氛。
19. "All right, I'm Peter." He supposed the informality was all right.
    好吧，我叫彼得。他认为这样不拘礼节的称呼也没有什么关系。
20. His informality extends to signing himself off in e-mails with the avuncular nickname '' patchy ''.
    他非正式的风格延伸到自己在电邮中的署名，一个伯父似的绰号：“帕奇”（patchy）。
21. At the same time, he notes, email "has the feel of informality – we just fire something off", even though we probably ought to treat it with the same care as a written letter.
    同时，他认为电子邮件“有一种不正式的感觉，我们只是把东西发出去”，尽管我们理应严肃地对待它，像手写的邮件一样。
22. In regard to searching new customers and selecting partners, there is a complementary relationship between formality and informality.
    而在香港企业寻找新的客户、选择适当的生产合作伙伴方面，正式和非正式制度之间存在互补性。
23. A charming informality was one of the characteristics of this celebration.
    没有客套，是这个晚会的特点之一。
24. It was the informality and the ease of getting things done that surprised me, Mr Yates says.
    耶茨表示：令我吃惊的是该公司的不正规性和做事的灵活性。
25. It is because of the lack of time that there has been informality.
    因为没有时间，我们只好不拘礼仪了。
26. Each room is meticulously designed to be individual and romantic with an atmosphere of relaxed informality.
    每间客房都经过了精心设计，在一种轻松的氛围中彰显个性与浪漫。
27. In all languages there are different levels of formality and informality in talking to other people.
    所有的语言，在与别人谈话时有正式与非正式的不同层次。
28. The results prove beyond reasonable doubt that the pendulum has swung away from Slouchy informality towards correct usage.
    结果不容置疑，钟摆已经从散不拘礼，摆向了正确用语。
29. Their informality and originality resonates with early adopters and opinion formers.
    其非正式性和原创性，会得到新事物的接纳者和意见塑造者的认可。
30. I should never mistake informality for insolence.
    我决不会把不拘礼节错认为蛮横无礼。

noun

1. freedom from constraint or embarrassment
   1. I am never at ease with strangers

   Synonym:    ease

2. a manner that does not take forms and ceremonies seriously