The restaurant was dimly lit,with plain Formica tables and cushioned booths(Chicago Tribune)

饭店灯光暗淡，有清晰丽光板的桌子和铺有坐垫的火车座(芝加哥论坛报)

A Study on the Nest Structure and digging-sand-weight Determination of Formica sinae in the Artificial sand-fixation Forest Region of Ningxia

宁夏人工固沙林地红林蚁蚁巢结构及掘沙量的测定

They loved their cheap, easy-to-clean formica countertops, but envied-and longed for-the authentic touch and timelessness of marble and wood

他们喜欢厨房里便宜的易擦洗的福米卡塑料工作台面，但羡慕----甚至渴望得到----大理石和木头的真实触感和永恒感。

On a Formica-topped table, backlighted by frilly curtained window, lay the tiny body, rapped in a clear white sheet.

在一张有福米加塑料贴面的桌子上放着那具小小的尸体，尸体用一条洁净的白床单裹着。

||1:But Mr Huang is right that Americans have long expected Chinese food to be cheap and filling.||2:One step up from the urban takeaway, with its fluorescent lighting and chipped formica counter, is the stripmall bistro with its imposing red doors and fake lions standing guard—sufficiently exotic to be special, but still affordable enough for a family to visit once a week when nobody feels like cooking.

||1:但是黄先生是对的，美国人长期以来一直期望中国的食物便宜又可口。||2:在配备荧光灯和有缺口的富美家柜台的城市外卖餐馆的楼上，是一家小型酒馆，它有气派的红色大门和守卫的假狮子——有足够的异国情调，很特别，但仍然足够经济实惠，没有人想做饭的时候，一个家庭每周去一次。

"It was important to get our ship in order in challenging market conditions" , says Mr Formica .

“在严峻的市场形势下，把我们自己的队伍组织好非常重要，”福米加表示。

Mr Formica presided over his first set of annual results in February.

福米加2月份主持发布了他任内的第一份年报。

In November and December New Star saw significant outflows and redemptions, says Mr Formica .

福米加表示，去年11月份和12月份，NewStar遭遇了大规模资金外流和赎回。

Mr Formica is sanguine about Mr Steer’s loss. "We have lost Tim but we will have lots of other possibilities, " he says.

福米加对斯蒂尔的离开持乐观态度。“虽然我们失去了蒂姆，但将来会有许多其它机会。”

Mr Formica had been in charge of Henderson for only a few months when he bid for a troubled asset manager that was on the block.

福米加在执掌亨德森仅数月后，就向一家因陷入困境而待出售的资产管理公司发出竞购。

The wood ant, for example, is a social creature, and acts as a slave for the blood-red ant Formica sanguinea.

例如，木蚁是一种社会性动物，充当血红林蚁的奴隶。

If you’re still scrubbing Formica , install a faux granite counter for a fraction of the price of the real thing.

如果你仍然每天需要费力擦洗胶木台面，不如安装一块仿花岗岩台面，价格可比真花岗岩要便宜得多。

At 6 p. m. sharp, my family gathered around the yellow Formica table that took up most of our small kitchen.

下午6点整，一家人围坐在占据了狭小的厨房的大部分空间的胶木桌边。

It took post-war prosperity, suburban living and Formica to finish off the kitchen’s coming of age.

战后繁荣、郊区生活和富美家产品（Formica）毁掉了厨房巅峰期的到来。

Integrating two companies is not an easy task but Mr Formica rebuts claims of cultural differences between New Star and Henderson.

整合两家公司并非易事，但福米加驳斥了有关NewStar与亨德森之间存在文化差异的说法。

engraved formica front plate

雕刻塑料面板