| 释义 |
compartmentalize, v.|kɒmpɑːtˈmɛntəlaɪz|
[f. compartmental a. + -ize.]
trans. To separate into compartments; to divide absolutely. Chiefly fig. Hence compartˈmentalized ppl. a.
1925E. S. Jones Christ of Indian Rd. (1926) x. 209 India..will correct much of our compartmentalised and tentative religious thinking and acting. 1939New Statesman 23 Dec. 932 Their teaching has become so compartmentalised. 1945N.Y. Times 7 Aug. 4/6 The work has been completely compartmentalized so that while many thousands of people have been associated with the program in one way or another no one has been given more information concerning it than was absolutely necessary to his particular job. 1955Bull. Atomic Sci. Jan. 13/2 It is feasible to ‘compartmentalize’ the atomic knowledge in an intellectual vacuum and to evade the obligation of drawing practical conclusions. 1957K. A. Wittfogel Oriental Despotism 197 Innumerable mountain ranges compartmentalized the great Far Eastern islands. |