Here is a man raised by an overbearing woman who completely dominated every aspect of his formative years.

这是一个被专横霸道的女人养大，从性格形时期就各方面被彻底压制的男人。

This ordeal affects us all, but it comes at a particularly formative moment in your lives.

这场磨难影响到了所有人，但它却偏偏在你生命中特别重要的时刻来临。

During those formative years in Reston, I was blessed to have great coaches as well.

在莱斯顿长的那些年里，也很幸运地拥有伟大的教练。

But I have to confess, of all the formative experiences I had at Yale, perhaps, none was more significant than the day during my second year when I was cutting through what was then the student lounge with some friends.

同时也要承认、在所有和耶鲁有关的人生经历中，恐怕没有一件的重要性比得过当年和比尔·克林顿的相遇那天。二年级那年，与朋友穿过学生休息室的那天。

Perfectionism develops in our formative years, and so young people are more vulnerable.

完美主义是在性格形阶段形的，所以年轻人更容易受到伤害。

Sorry, ask that in a proper formative question.

不好意思，用适当的形式问句来问。

This makes it difficult to reconstruct the 4.5bn-year-old planet's formative years.

这使得很难重建这颗有45亿年历史的行星的形期。

No calculating machine can do that, for such machines can " only do what we know how to design them to do" , and these formative brain processes obey laws which are still unknown.

而那些具有建构能力的大脑活动过程遵循的，却是所未知的规律。

To our own surprise, our findings make us question how long we have held on to the conventional assumptions about the great value of work in our formative years.

令感到惊讶的是，的研究结果促使质疑，为何长久以来一直坚守着那种打工有利长的传统想法。

But it also makes sense considering those were my formative years, both as a kid and as an adult, and so it's only natural that the movies that came out during that time were the most impactful.

但这也很有道理，因为那些是长的年代，无论是作为孩子还是人，所以在那段时间上映的电影是最有影响力的。

Many of his Colombian friends welcomed the decision to exhibit the remains of the celebrated author of One Hundred Years of Solitude in the city where he spent many of his formative years and where his parents are buried.”

他的很多哥伦比亚朋友都欢迎将他的遗物陈列在该市的决定，这位创作了《百年孤独》的著名作家曾在该市度过性格形时期，他的父母也在这里埋葬。”

We may lack any knowledge of how to complain because, in our formative period, we sensed correctly that our survival depended upon meekness and good humour.

可能不知道怎么抱怨，因为在长的过程中，很明白，要想过得好，就得表现得温顺和幽默。

So I'm like, this part has been, she's formed my whole 20s. I don't know, it's just like this character is in such formative years of my life.

所以想，这个角色一直是，她塑造了整个 20 多岁的人生。不知道，就好像这个角色正处生命中的长时期。

He spent many of his formative musical years in Los Angeles, playing with top local bands and some great national figures as they came through town.

在洛杉矶度过的数年是他的音乐风格形期。他同当地顶尖的乐队和一些来小镇演出的杰出音乐人同台演出。

Instead of building the country and developing its potential, the men of Sofiane's generation, born free but growing up in the shadows of war, had spent their formative years knifing one another.

苏菲安这一代人生来自由，但却在战争的阴影下长，他在长的岁月里相互砍杀，而不是建设国家和开发潜力。

And it isn't until recent years that people have realized the significance of documenting the glory, the beauty and the culture of China at a very formative period.

直到近年来，人才意识到记录中国形阶段的光荣、美丽和文化的重要性。”

So Julian Baggini believes the way other people see us is formative in creating our sense of identity—or who we are.

所以朱利安·巴吉尼认为别人看待的方式，也是形自身认同感的组部分，即如何看自己。

The point is, I knew my formative years would be well-documented, which meant I needed to polish up some of my early academic credentials, especially East Texas Tech.

重点是，知道的长阶段会被后人探究，这就表示需要把早期的学术资历给提升一番，尤其是东德州理工这里。

No need to worry, you can get help with that, anyway, this presentation isn't graded, it's what we call a formative assessment.

不用担心，你可以得到帮助，不管怎样，这次展示不会评分，主要是评估你的内容。

The zoology program at my university attracts students for whom zoo visits were the crucial formative experience that led them to major in biological sciences.

所在大学的动物学课程吸引来的学生，正是因为参观动物园这一关键性的长经历，才选择修读生物科学专业。