[with obj.]create or devise methodically (a strategy or a proposal) 制订;规划(策略,提议) ■express (an idea) in a concise or systematic way (简练或系统地)阐述 the argument is sufficiently clear that it can be formulated mathematically. 论点清楚得可用数学公式表述。
派生 formulator noun 语源
mid 19th cent.: from formula + -ate, on the pattern of French formuler, from medieval Latin formulare