The Electoral College serves as a formality and usually receives little attention.

美国的选举人团投票基本上是走过场，通常没有多少人会关注。

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Token review - Doing the review as a formality just because the management intends to get it done.

令箭式复查——将复查活动形式化，只因为是管理层打算这样做。

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A way to acknowledge that faith can be taken seriously as a response to deep human yearnings without needing to subscribe to the formality of organised belief.

一种方式去认同一种道理，即信仰在被人们严肃对待的时候，这种行为则可以做为一种对人类心里深处向往的反应，而无需我们去对某种既定信念履行正规仪式。

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The system's use in any competition has to be approved by Fifa, but this is seen as a formality.

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And while counterpart Harry Redknapp will not regard the second leg at Turf Moor as a formality, it will take a miraculous effort from Burnley to reach Wembley.

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But while some might see the interview as a mere formality, for others this face-to-face encounter proves to be a major stumbling block in what is already a competitive application process.

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