In some cases, it means following certain formal rules of reasoning, of thinking, of logic.

在某些情况下，它意味着遵循某些形式化的推理规则、思维规则和逻辑规则。

Err, shouldn't that be five minutes? - Oh, Rob, you are being pedantic-focussing too much on the small details or formal rules.

呃，不应该是五分钟吗？罗伯，你表现得像个老学究——太专注于小细节或教条。

A " code of conduct" would be rules for how you act, especially formal rules that some organization, perhaps, creates.

“行为准则” 将是关于您如何行动的规则，尤其是某些组织可能创建的正式规则。

You know, Democracy is not only formal rules of elections, democracy is an entire thick network of how political consensus is built; a lot of unwritten rules.

你知道，民主不仅是正式的选举规则，民主是一个关于如何建立政治共识的完整厚实的网络； 很多不成文的规定。

" Make yourself at home, open the cupboard, get yourself a glass of water if you want, feel free to sit down, don't worry about any kind of formal rules, make yourself at home."

“不要拘束，打开橱柜，如果你想的话，给自己倒杯水，随便坐下来，不要担心任何正式的规定，让自己像在家里一样。”

It would be more correct grammatically, or at least more acceptable according to formal grammar rules, to use a preposition after " talk" – " Let's talk about tech." " Let's talk about love."

在“talk”之后使用介词——“Let's talk about tech” “Let's talk about love” 在语法上更正确， 或者至少根据正式语法规则更容易被接受。

When she expanded the research to look at both male and female children, she found that boys tended to emphasize formal rules to define right and wrong – what she called a justice perspective.

当她将研究范围扩大到同时观察男童和女童时，她发现男孩倾向于强调正式规则来定义是非——她称之为正义视角。