formulates , formulating , formulated
If you formulate something such as a plan or proposal, you invent it, thinking about the details carefully.
Little by little, he formulated his plan for escape.
他一点一点地构想出了他的逃跑方案。
Detectives tend to formulate one hypothesis and then try to confirm it.
侦探们倾向于构想出一种假设,然后再努力对之予以确认。
Formulate a strategy for long-term business development.
构想一项有关长期业务发展的战略。
If you formulate a thought, opinion, or idea, you express it or describe it using particular words.
I was impressed by the way he could formulate his ideas.
他表述观点的独特方式令我印象深刻。