classify
verb OPAL W
/ˈklæsɪfaɪ/
/ˈklæsɪfaɪ/
动词形式
| present simple I / you / we / they classify | /ˈklæsɪfaɪ/ /ˈklæsɪfaɪ/ |
| he / she / it classifies | /ˈklæsɪfaɪz/ /ˈklæsɪfaɪz/ |
| past simple classified | /ˈklæsɪfaɪd/ /ˈklæsɪfaɪd/ |
| past participle classified | /ˈklæsɪfaɪd/ /ˈklæsɪfaɪd/ |
| -ing form classifying | /ˈklæsɪfaɪɪŋ/ /ˈklæsɪfaɪɪŋ/ |
- classify something (+ adv./prep.) to arrange something in groups according to features that they have in common
分类；归类 - The books in the library are classified according to subject.
图书馆的书按学科分类。 - Patients are classified into three categories.
病人被归为三种类型。 - All rural settlements were classified according to their size.
所有的农村居民点都是按照面积来分类的。 - people classified by ethnic group
按民族分类的人 - These can be classified under five headings.
这些可以分为五个标题。
Topics Scientific researchb2- Antiques can be classified according to a number of criteria.
古董可以根据许多标准来分类。 - The books are all classified by subject.
这些书都是按主题分类的。 - We can classify machines in terms of their function.
我们可以根据机器的功能对它们进行分类。 - Soils can be classified under two main headings.
土壤可以分为两大类。 - The study recorded and classified accidents over a period of a year.
这项研究对一年中的事故进行了记录和分类。
- The books in the library are classified according to subject.
- classify somebody/something as something to decide which type or group somebody/something belongs to
划分；界定 - Only eleven of these accidents were classified as major.
这些事故中只有十一例被判定为重大事故。 - Would you classify it as a hard drug or a soft drug?
你会把它分为硬药还是软药？
- Only eleven of these accidents were classified as major.
- [usually passive] classify something to state that information is officially secret
分类： 声明信息是官方机密- The government insists on keeping certain documents classified.
政府坚持对某些文件保密。
- The government insists on keeping certain documents classified.
词源late 18th cent.: back-formation from classification, from French, from classe ‘class’, from Latin classis ‘division’.