as a matter of form造句

• Although she is not entitled to attend the dinner, i think she should be invited as a matter of form .
  尽管她没有资格参加这次晚宴，我认为出于礼节还是应该邀请她。
• The majority of dairymen have a cross manner at milking-time, but it happened that mr crick was glad to get a new hand-for the days were busy ones now-and he received her warmly; inquiring for her mother and the rest of the family-though this as a matter of form merely, for in reality he had not been aware of mrs durbeyfield s existence till apprised of the fact by a brief business letter about tess
  大多数男工挤奶的时候都脾气烦躁，但是碰巧克里克先生正想雇佣一个新手因为这些日子正是缺少人手的时候于是他就热情地接待了她他问候她的母亲和家中其他的人其实这不过是客套而已，因为他在接到介绍苔丝的一封短信之前，根本就不知道德北菲尔德太太的存在。