We will have to attend the ball just as a matter of form.

只是为了礼节上的应酬,我们不得不参加这次舞会.

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We shook hands as a matter of form.

我们照例握握手.

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Partners of employees are invited as a matter of form.

按惯例,雇员的配偶受到了邀请.

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The police will just come as a matter of form.

警察会例行公事地过来一趟.

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