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近义词group categorize catalog separate divide arrange classify

n. 种类；方式；品质
vi. 分类；协调；交往
vt. 将…分类；将…排序；挑选出某物

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词态变化

复数: sorts;第三人称单数: sorts;过去式: sorted;过去分词: sorted;现在分词: sorting;

中文词源

sort 种类，类别，整理，分类

来自古法语 sorte,种类，类别，来自拉丁语 sors,类别，分类，命运，抽签，来自 PIE*ser,安排，排列，词源同 series,insert.

英英释意

1. a category of things distinguished by some common characteristic or quality;: "sculpture is a form of art"; "what kinds of desserts are there?"

2. an approximate definition or example;: "she wore a sort of magenta dress"; "she served a creamy sort of dessert thing"

3. a person of a particular character or nature;: "what sort of person is he?"; "he's a good sort"

4. an operation that segregates items into groups according to a specified criterion;: "the bottleneck in mail delivery it the process of sorting"

英文词源

sort: sort: [14] Latin sors originally denoted a ‘piece of wood used for drawing lots’ (it is the source of English sorcerer). It later developed metaphorically into ‘that which is allotted to one by fate’, and hence one’s ‘fortune’ or ‘condition’, and by the time it had turned into *sorta, in the post-Latin precursor of the Romance languages, its meaning had evolved further to ‘rank, class, order’. It was this sense that reached English, via Old French sorte. The notion of ‘arranging into classes’ underlies the verb sort, and also the derived assort [15]. From the same source comes consort [15].
=> assort, consort, sorcerer
sort (n.): late 14c., "group of people, animals, etc.; kind or variety of person or animal," from Old French sorte "class, kind," from Latin sortem (nominative sors) "lot; fate, destiny; share, portion; rank, category; sex, class, oracular response, prophecy," from PIE root *ser- (3) "to line up" (cognates: Latin serere "to arrange, attach, join;" see series). The sense evolution in Vulgar Latin is from "what is allotted to one by fate," to "fortune, condition," to "rank, class, order." Later (mid-15c.) "group, class, or category of items; kind or variety of thing; pattern, design." Out of sorts "not in usual good condition" is attested from 1620s, with literal sense of "out of stock."
sort (v.): mid-14c., "to arrange according to type or quality," from Old French sortir "allot, sort, assort," from Latin sortiri "draw lots, divide, choose," from sors (see sort (n.)). In some senses, the verb is a shortened form of assort.

同义词辨析

kind, sort, type, class, classification, category, species, variety

这些名词均有"种，类，类型"之意。

kind：指性质相同，而且特征很相似，足以归为一类的人或东西。

sort：普通用词，文体较kind随便，指对人或对事物进行的大概分类，有时含贬义。

type：指客观界限比较清楚，有相同本质特点的同类事物，或指大致相似的同类事物。

class：正式用词，指门类、种类或优劣等级；用于指动植物的分类时，表示"纲"。

classification：指根据已经确定的类型对某一实物作鉴别和归类。

category：书面用词，特指有确切定义的群体。

species：书面用词，单复数同形。指生物分类上的种。

variety：强调有各自的特点，形式不同，品质不同的种类。

organize, arrange, classify, sort

这些动词均含"使有条理，安排"之意。

organize：指按计划或需要把人或物安排组织成一个整体。

arrange：指按计划、秩序、需要和可能等进行安排。

classify：指按照事物类型、质量或是否相似进行分类。

sort：通常指根据类型或种类分类或整理选择。

考试真题

In a sense, forgetting is our brain's way of sorting memories, so the most relevant memories are ready for retrieval.

When your elderly relative needs to enter some sort of long-term care facility—a moment few parents or children approach without fear—what you would like is to have everything made clear.

It is an interaction between the person and the place, not the sort of place in itself, that leads to better or worse experiences.

I think what Aesop was suggesting is that when you offer a good turn to another human being, one can hope that that good deed will come back and sort of pay a profit to you, the doer of the good deed.

I do not think that we spend nearly enough time trying to concentrate on achieving a sort of calmness, a sort of contentment in a mental and spiritual way, which was identified by these people as the highest form of happiness and pleasure.

Two and a half centuries on, most countries impose some sort of tax on alcohol and tobacco.

If you have a sign in your yard declaring what setup you use, that'd point them in the right direction, though at that point, we're talking about a highly targeted, semi-sophisticated attack, and not the sort of forced-entry attack that makes up the majority of burglaries.

At the end of the day, these kinds of systems are primarily designed to protect against the sort of opportunistic smash-and-grab attack that makes up the majority of burglaries.

The best comments are then sorted democratically by a voting system, meaning that your social learning experience is shared with the best and brightest thinkers.

According to O'Sullivan culture also shapes the sorts of feelings we expect to have, and actually do experience, when in love.

I think most of the administrators I've come across have degrees and all sorts of things.

He knows what sort of person Jane is.

What sort of hours do you work, Steve?

Everybody is making me out by a some sort of superhero, I'm just an ordinary person, and a father of two.

If you have a sign in your yard declaring what setup you use, that'd point them in the right direction, though at that point, we're talking about a highly targeted, semi-sophisticated attack, and not the sort of forced-entry attack that makes up the major

I've sort of done hotel work and I've also run a restaurant pub.

Thoughts turn first to some sort of global statistic, some indicator which would rate the wealth of nations in both economic and environmental terms and show a relationship between the two.

After sorting the deals by category, they determined that among the 512 brands associated with the athletes, most involve sporting goods, followed closely by food and beverage brands.

Nick Perks, project director for Climate Solidarity, believes this sort of activity is where the future of environmental action lies.

The result is a sort of high-quality, unusually rigorous coffee-table book, designed to be dipped into rather than read from beginning to end.

These sorts of innovations can help American universities avoid the perils of success.

Even so, the shift in the centre of gravity to older age groups is bound to have a profound effect on societies, not just economically and politically but in all sorts of other ways too.

And what sort of car did you have in mind?

What's sort of person can we infer Janet James is?

Self-image is the picture you have of yourself, the sort of person you believe you are.

The baby watches a sort of show on a small stage.

My sister just happened to have one and she can't go since she has got some sort of conflict in her schedule.

I think most of the administrators I've come across have degrees and all sorts of things.

It must because of the sort of the thing we'd all love to do once in a while and never quiet have the courage to.

It will also be necessary to understand what sort of yield farmers might expect and to establish the plant's safety.

nick Perks, project director for Climate Solidarity, believes this sort of activity is where the future of environmental action lies.

Now sort your list into two categories: positive emotions and negative emotions.

On the one side, you have the United States government's mighty legal and security apparatus fighting for data of the most sympathetic sort: the secrets buried in a dead mass murderer' phone.

The dot.com bust discredited most predictions of that sort and in the years that followed, conventional retailers’ confidence in the future increased as Census continued to report weak online sales.

Apple days are being held at all sorts of places with an interest in fruit, including stately gardens and commercial orchards.

Her parents had carefully sorted them out, although they had found mainly foreign addresses on most of the documents.

However, our fascination with the latest, and our under valuation of what has already become common, can, and has, led us in all sorts of wrong directions.

I thought, "why don't they just try rolling the things" a square could be turned into a rough sort of wheel by attaching wooden poles to its sides, he realized.

Mitch Prinstein, a professor of clinical psychology sorts the popular into two categories: the likable and the status seekers.

They should pay some sort of tax and be fined for not wearing them.

This opens the way for all sorts of clothes-based experiments.

TV doesn't take the place of reading for most children; it takes the place of similar sorts of recreation, such as listening to the radio and playing sports.

You need to learn how to sort through and find the relevant information for your particular project.

These groups mainly rely for instilling needed dispositions into the young upon the same sort of association which keeps the adults loyal to their group.

At Harvard, Mr.Menand notes, “the great books are read because they have been read”—they form a sort of social glue.

It is becoming less clear, however, that such a theory would be a simplification, given the dimensions and universes that it might entail, nonetheless, unification of sorts remains a major goal.

Orin Kerr, a law professor, compares the explosion and accessibility of digital information in the 21st century with the establishment of automobile use as a virtual necessity of life in the 20th: The justices had to specify novel rules for the new personal domain of the passenger car then; they must sort out how the Fourth Amendment applies to digital information now.

For a generation, the collective doctrine has been that the sorting mechanism of society should be profit.

A calm, rule-following child might respond better to a different sort of parenting than, for example, a younger sibling.

A different and not mutually exclusive prediction holds that the future will be a wasteland of a different sort, one characterized by purposelessness": without jobs to give their lives meaning, people will simply become lazy and depressed.

Fortunately, there's another sort of parent that's a bit easier to describe: a patient parent.

In the weeks and months that followed Mr Hirst's sale, spending of any sort became deeply unfashionable.

Orin Kerr, a law professor, compares the explosion and accessibility of digital information in the 21st century with the establishment of automobile use as a virtual necessity of life in the 20th: The justices had to specify novel rules for the new person

词组搭配

in some sort

to a certain extent

在某种程度上

I am in some sort indebted to you.
我在某种程度上要感谢你。

it takes all sorts to make a world

(proverb)people vary greatly in character, tastes, and abilities (often used as a comment on what the speaker feels to be strange behaviour)

(谚)世上的人无奇不有（常用来表示说话人对某种奇怪行为的评价）

he was wearing make-up—well, it takes all sorts.
他居然化了妆——天啊，世上的人真是无奇不有。

nothing of the sort

used as an emphatic way of denying permission or refuting an earlier statement or assumption

［用来断然否定或反驳先前的话语或设想］绝对不行，没那回事儿

‘I'll pay.’ ‘You'll do nothing of the sort.’.
“我来付钱。”“那绝对不行。”。

of a sort

(或 of sorts)(informal)of a somewhat unusual and typically inferior kind

(非正式)勉强称得上的，有点不寻常的

the training camp actually became a tourist attraction of sorts.
这个训练营实际上近乎成了旅游观光的地方。

sort of

(informal)to some extent; in some way or other (used to convey inexactness or vagueness)

(非正式)有点儿（表达不确切或模糊）

‘Do you see what I mean?’ ‘Sort of,’ answered Jean cautiously.
“你明白我说的意思了吗？”“有点明白了，”琼小心翼翼地回答。

sort out the men from the boys

show or prove who is the best at a particular activity

选出强者，选出能手

the —— sort

the kind of person likely to do or be involved with the thing specified

那种人

she'd never imagined Steve to be the marrying sort.
她从来都没有想过史蒂夫会是想结婚的那一种人。

sort someone out

(informal)deal with someone who is causing trouble, typically by restraining, reprimanding, or punishing them

(非正式)惩处，教训

if he can't pay you, I'll sort him out.
要是他付不出钱给你，我会教训他的。

sort something out

separate something from a mixed group

拣出，挑选

she started &B{sorting out} the lettuce &B{from} the spinach.
她开始把生菜从菠菜中拣出来。

arrange; prepare

安排；准备

they are anxious to sort out travelling arrangements.
他们急着要做旅行安排。

after a sort

In a haphazard or imperfect way

有点儿：以一种随意或者不完美的方式

managed to paint the chair after a sort.
随意地把椅子画下来

of sorts 或 of a sort

Of a mediocre or inferior kind

平庸的，者低劣的

a constitutional government of a sort.
符合宪法的平庸的政府

Of one kind or another

各种各样的，非此即彼的

knew many folktales of sorts.
知道许多各种各样的民间故事

out of sorts

Slightly ill.

身体欠佳

Irritable; cross

心情不佳的；脾气坏的

The teacher is out of sorts this morning.
今天上午老师心情不好

sort of【非正式用语】

Somewhat; rather

有几分；相当

“Gambling and prostitution . . . have been prohibited, but only sort of”(&b{George F. Will})
“赌博与妓院…已经被查禁了，但只是有点儿不彻底”(&b{乔治F.威尔})

实用场景例句

‘ 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。

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？

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。

to do a sort: 进行分类

He offered us an apology of sorts.: 他给我们勉强道了个歉。

She was tired and out of sorts by the time she arrived home.: 她回到家里，又累又烦。

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。”

We're sort of doing it the wrong way.: 我们的方法好像有点不对头。

What sort of school did you go to?...: 你上的是哪类学校？

There are so many different sorts of mushrooms available these days...: 现在可以买到许许多多不同种类的蘑菇。

He seemed to be just the right sort for the job...: 他似乎正是干这个工作的合适人选。

She was a very vigorous sort of person...: 她是那种精力非常充沛的人。

He sorted the materials into their folders...: 他把材料分门别类放进了文件夹。

The students are sorted into three ability groups...: 学生们被按照各自的能力分成了 3 个组。

I'm trying to get my script sorted...: 我正努力把手稿的内容理顺。

These problems have now been sorted.: 这些问题现在已经解决了。

There are all sorts of animals, including bears, pigs, kangaroos, and penguins...: 有各种各样的动物，包括熊、猪、袋鼠和企鹅。

It was used by all sorts of people...: 各种各样的人都使用它。

He made a living of sorts selling pancakes from a van...: 他靠用货车卖薄饼勉强度日。

She even managed a grimacing smile of sorts...: 她甚至做了个怪笑。

You could even order windows from a catalogue — a sort of mail order stained glass service...: 你甚至可以根据目录订购窗户——可以说是一种邮购彩色玻璃的业务。

In the end, she sort of pushed it...: 最后，她几乎是用了推的。