formalize

1. V-T If you formalize a plan, idea, arrangement, or system, you make it formal and official. 使正式化; 使官方化

A recent treaty signed by Russia, Canada and Japan formalized an agreement to work together to stop the pirates. 最近由俄罗斯、加拿大和日本签署的一项条约使共同阻止盗版者的协议正式生效。