If you say that an action or procedure is just a formality, you mean that it is done only because it is normally done, and that it will not have any real effect on the situation.
ex) Ingrid considered her marriage to Roberto not a mere formality but a sanctification of their relationship.
───────────────────────────── その他にも、次も押さえておきたい。[誌面の都合上省略] ★は重要表現 ────────────────────────────── off-color, いかがわしい、きわどい take amiss, …の真意を誤解する
"NHKラジオ ビジネス英会話 Time-Zone Warriors (6) 7/27-28 2007"
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