核心畫面

Picture a pile of things and a row of labelled boxes: you pick each thing up, decide which box it belongs in, and put it there. The word is about the deciding and the putting — it can be done by a strict published system, or just in your own head when you size somebody up.

可以想成:面前一堆東西,旁邊一排貼好標籤的箱子——你把東西一件件拿起來,判斷它該進哪一箱,然後放進去。這個字講的就是更多收起可以想成:面前一堆東西,旁邊一排貼好標籤的箱子——你把東西一件件拿起來,判斷它該進哪一箱,然後放進去。這個字講的就是「判斷歸屬」這個動作;分法可以是一套白紙黑字的制度,也可以只是你心裡對一個人的歸類。

From the picture

心裡把它看成某一類

同樣是放進箱子,但這次沒有制度可依,是說話的人自己覺得它跟某一群東西像,所以把它算在那一邊。

classify as · verb · C1

to think of people or things as belonging to a group because they share similar qualities.

歸類;界定類型

Also in this word

categorize · verb · C1

to decide what group something belongs to, often by a clear system or rule.

分類;歸類

原始詞典資料3 筆記錄

以下是外部詞典記錄的用法,原文照列,我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的;有些用法可能上面已經講過了。

classifyverb/ˈklæs.ɪ.faɪ/

  • 1

    to identify by or divide into classes; to categorize

    • Should we classify "make up" as an idiom or as a phrasal verb?
  • 2

    to declare something a secret, especially a government secret

    • They decided to classify that information.
  • 3

    To make classy

資料來源:英文維基詞典 English WiktionaryCC BY-SA 4.0)。 原文照列,未經改寫。