sort
noun OPAL S
/sɔːt/
/sɔːrt/
Idioms - [countable] a group or type of people or things that are similar in a particular way
种类；类别；品种 - sort of somebody/something ‘What sort of music do you like?’ ‘Oh, all sorts.’
“你喜欢哪一类音乐？” “噢，哪一类都喜欢。” - This sort of problem is quite common./These sorts of problems are quite common.
这类问题相当普遍。／这几类问题相当普遍。 - He's the sort of person who only cares about money.
他这种人一心只想着钱。 - The sort/sorts of people who are having large families in the US and Ireland are very similar.
在美国和爱尔兰有大家庭的人非常相似。 - For dessert there's a fruit pie of some sort (= you are not sure what kind).
甜点是一种水果派。 - Most people went on training courses of one sort or another (= of various types) last year.
多数人去年都上过这样那样的培训班。 - (informal) There were snacks—peanuts, olives, that sort of thing.
有各种小吃，花生米、橄榄什么的。 - (informal) There are all sorts of activities (= many different ones) for kids at the campsite.
在营地有为孩子们组织的各种各样的活动。 - (informal) What sort of price did you want to pay? (= approximately how much)
你想出什么样的价？ - (informal) What sort of time do you call this? (= I'm very angry that you have come so late.)
你看看这都什么时候了？ - Statements like these are not the sort of stuff you'd expect from one of Australia's most powerful women.
像这样的声明不是你能从澳大利亚最有权势的女性之一那里得到的。 - (informal) Tracey has been causing her mother all sorts of problems (= many different ones).
特雷西给她母亲带来了各种各样的问题。
Grammar Point kind / sortkind / sort- Use the singular (kind/sort) or plural (kinds/sorts) depending on the word you use before them:
用单数（kind/sort）还是复数（kinds/sorts）取决于之前的用词： - each/one/every kind of animal
每一种／一种／每一种动物 - all/many/other sorts of animals.
所有／许多／其他种类的动物
- each/one/every kind of animal
- Kind/sort of is followed by a singular or uncountable noun:
kind/sort of 后接单数名词或不可数名词： - This kind of question often appears in the exam.
这类问题在考试中经常出现。 - That sort of behaviour is not acceptable.
那样的行为是不允许的。
- This kind of question often appears in the exam.
- Kinds/sorts of is followed by a plural or uncountable noun:
kinds/sorts of 后接复数名词或不可数名词： - These kinds of questions often appear in the exam.
这几类问题在考试中经常出现。 - These sorts of behaviour are not acceptable.
这种行为是不允许的。
- These kinds of questions often appear in the exam.
- Other variations are possible but less common:
亦可能有其他结构，只是较少见： - These kinds of question often appear in the exam.
此类问题在考试中经常出现。 - These sort of things don’t happen in real life.
这类事情在现实生活中不会发生。
- These kinds of question often appear in the exam.
- Note also that these examples are possible, especially in spoken English:
另注意下列例句，尤其在口语中可能出现： - The shelf was full of the sort of books I like to read.
书架上摆满了我喜欢读的那种书。 - He faced the same kind of problems as his predecessor.
他面临着与他的前任同样的问题。 - There are many different sorts of animal on the island.
岛上有许多不同种类的动物。 - What kind of camera is this?
这是哪种型号的照相机？ - What kind/kinds of cameras do you sell?
你们卖哪种 / 哪些型号的照相机？ - There were three kinds of cakes/cake on the plate.
盘子里有三种蛋糕。
- The shelf was full of the sort of books I like to read.
- He has been doing the same sort of thing for decades.
几十年来他一直在做同样的事情。 - (informal) You get to go to all sorts of places.
你可以去任何地方。 - It will be a different sort of challenge from last year.
这将是与去年不同的一种挑战。 - We will not tolerate this sort of behaviour.
我们不会容忍这种行为。 - He just keeps asking all sorts of questions.
他只是不停地问各种各样的问题。
Collocations Dictionaryadjective- best
- worst
- right
- …
- sort of
- sort of somebody/something ‘What sort of music do you like?’ ‘Oh, all sorts.’
- [countable, usually singular] (informal, especially British English) a particular type of person
某一种（或某一类）人 - My brother would never cheat on his wife; he's not that sort.
我哥哥永远不会背着妻子在外面拈花惹草，他不是那种人。
- My brother would never cheat on his wife; he's not that sort.
- [singular] (computing
计算机 排序；分类 - to do a sort
进行排序
- to do a sort
词源late Middle English: from Old French sorte, from an alteration of Latin sors, sort- ‘lot, condition’.
Idioms
it takes all sorts (to make a world)
- (saying) used to say that you think somebody’s behaviour is very strange or unusual but that everyone is different and likes different things
（认为某人行为怪诞或不寻常时说）世界之大无奇不有，林子大了什么鸟都有 - ‘They spent their honeymoon mountain climbing.’ ‘Oh well, it takes all sorts!’
他们的蜜月是爬山度过的。“哦，好吧，各种各样的都有，”。
- ‘They spent their honeymoon mountain climbing.’ ‘Oh well, it takes all sorts!’
nothing of the sort/kind
- used to emphasize that the situation is very different from what has been said
（强调情况与所说的大不相同）决不是那么回事，一点也不，才不哩；没有的事 - ‘I was terrible!’ ‘You were nothing of the sort.’
“我太可怕了，”。“你不是那种人，”。
- ‘I was terrible!’ ‘You were nothing of the sort.’
of sorts
- (informal) used when you are saying that something is not a good example of a particular type of thing
（表示某事物不够好）勉强算的，凑合的 - He offered us an apology of sorts.
他给我们勉强道了个歉。
- He offered us an apology of sorts.
out of sorts
- (especially British English) ill or upset
身体不适；心情烦恼 - She was tired and out of sorts by the time she arrived home.
她回到家里，又累又烦。 - Are you feeling all right? You look a bit out of sorts.
你感觉还好吗？你看起来有点不舒服。
- She was tired and out of sorts by the time she arrived home.
sort of
(also sorta)
(informal)- to some extent but in a way that you cannot easily describe
有几分；有那么一点 - She sort of pretends that she doesn't really care.
她摆出一副并不真正在乎的样子。 - ‘Do you understand?’ ‘Sort of.’
“你懂了吗？” “有点懂了。”
- She sort of pretends that she doesn't really care.
a/some sort of something
- (informal) used for describing something in a not very exact way
（表示不十分准确）近似于某物，有点像是某物 - I had a sort of feeling that he wouldn't come.
我隐约觉得他不会来。 - She was jumping around like some sort of kangaroo.
她像袋鼠一样跳来跳去。 - They're a sort of greenish-blue colour.
它们的颜色近乎带点绿的蓝色。 - I was glad about it afterwards, in a funny sort of way.
事后我很高兴，以一种有趣的方式。
- I had a sort of feeling that he wouldn't come.