classify
verb- classify something (+ adv./prep.)
to arrange something in groups according to features that they have in common 分類;歸類 The books in the library are classified according to subject. 圖書館的書按學科分類。 Patients are classified into three categories. 病人被歸爲三種類型。 All rural settlements were classified according to their size. 所有的農村居民點都是按照面積來分類的。 people classified by ethnic group 按民族分類的人 These can be classified under five headings. 這些可以分爲五個標題。
Extra ExamplesTopics Scientific researchb2Antiques can be classified according to a number of criteria. 古董可以根據許多標準來分類。 The books are all classified by subject. 這些書都是按主題分類的。 We can classify machines in terms of their function. 我們可以根據機器的功能對它們進行分類。 Soils can be classified under two main headings. 土壤可以分爲兩大類。 The study recorded and classified accidents over a period of a year. 這項研究對一年中的事故進行了記錄和分類。
- classify somebody/something as something
to decide which type or group somebody/something belongs to 劃分;界定 Only eleven of these accidents were classified as major. 這些事故中只有十一例被判定爲重大事故。 Would you classify it as a hard drug or a soft drug? 你會把它分爲硬藥還是軟藥?
- [usually passive] classify something
to state that information is officially secret 分類: 聲明信息是官方機密The government insists on keeping certain documents classified. 政府堅持對某些文件保密。
Word Originlate 18th cent.: back-formation from classification, from French, from classe ‘class’, from Latin classis ‘division’.