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单词 compartmentalize
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Definition of compartmentalize in English:

compartmentalize

(British compartmentalise)
verb kɒmpɑːtˈmɛnt(ə)lʌɪzkəmˌpɑrtˈmɛn(t)lˌaɪz
[with object]
  • Divide into discrete sections or categories.

    he had the ability to compartmentalize his life
    Example sentencesExamples
    • He compartmentalizes the disparate aspects of his life and shifts gears between them on the spot, rarely looking back.
    • They keep these worlds separate and tend to compartmentalize any dissonance they might feel.
    • So if these are important spies, you need separate teams of spymasters and supporting crews that are compartmentalized.
    • So adept was I at burying my real feelings and compartmentalizing myself that I eventually had myself convinced I enjoyed it.
    • We seem to have the mental ability to compartmentalise issues and problems when it suits us.
    • In addition, this method of inquiry asks community members to separate or compartmentalize specific components of their environment.
    • Maybe it speaks to my ability to hide my feelings/thoughts/past, or maybe it speaks to my ability to compartmentalize my thoughts/feelings/past, or maybe it's just a part of moving on and moving apart.
    • Sustainable farming practices allow the natural integration of farming, wildlife, conservation and society whereas currently conventional thinking attempts to compartmentalise these as separate concerns.
    • And so is she, although obviously, being a woman she is able to compartmentalize this sort of thing better.
    • This will allow you to fully compartmentalize your chest into upper and lower sections and to focus more intensely on each area.
    • I further suggest that the human capacity to compartmentalize categories of thinking is sufficiently great as to permit simultaneous belief in assertions that are contradictory.
    • I've heard plenty of folks talk about compartmentalizing their lives - that work has a place, and home has a place, and love has a place, and that in order to function, they need to keep all of these things separate.
    • I am compartmentalizing them into sections, and setting them up for reuse.
    • As such, strategies that tend to compartmentalize individuals into arbitrary categories are not likely to be effective.
    • Admittedly this compartmentalizes him too much.
    • Washington had no talent for compartmentalizing the separate parts of his life.
    • He had long before developed an ability to compartmentalise his life.
    • That's not about knowledge of cold, hard facts - that's about a modest analytical ability to compartmentalise unassociated information.
    • You can deter it, you can limit the effectiveness of it by compartmentalizing information, but if you overdo that, then you can't really run your organization very effectively.
    • All of that would have been compartmentalized and forgotten had he won, of course.
    Synonyms
    categorize, pigeonhole, sectionalize, bracket, separate, distinguish, group
    classify, characterize, stereotype, label, brand, tag, designate, grade, codify, sort, rank, rate

Derivatives

  • compartmentalism

  • noun
    • There is no scope for compartmentalism and turf battles if we are to be successful.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • This is an example of the compartmentalism you will often encounter while traveling to other countries.
      • He rightly refuses to be bound by the limits of what he describes as the compartmentalism of study and draws knowledge and influence from all areas of human knowledge.
      • It is very much debatable whether such compartmentalism would be welcomed by those involved in creative arts, or if the idea is workable.
      • Not exactly inappropriate for a festival which fires off broadsides against the smug compartmentalism of contemporary music.
  • compartmentalization

  • noun kɒmpɑːtmɛnt(ə)lʌɪˈzeɪʃ(ə)nkəmˌpɑrtˌmɛn(t)ələˈzeɪʃ(ə)n
    mass noun
    • The division of something into sections or categories.

      fear of leaks led top officials to order the extreme compartmentalization of information
      Example sentencesExamples
      • it is a lot for him to think about but he is a master of compartmentalization
      • The castle relied heavily on compartmentalization.
      • It is one of a kind, from an era before the compartmentalization of popular music into discrete and generally predictable categories robbed it of most of its surprise and much of its interest.
      • He raised an appropriate question when he asked if the compartmentalization of our effort in multiple schemes in a ministry or ministries is actually working.
 
 

Definition of compartmentalize in US English:

compartmentalize

(British compartmentalise)
verbkəmˌpɑrtˈmɛn(t)lˌaɪzkəmˌpärtˈmen(t)lˌīz
[with object]
  • Divide into sections or categories.

    he had the ability to compartmentalize his life
    Example sentencesExamples
    • He compartmentalizes the disparate aspects of his life and shifts gears between them on the spot, rarely looking back.
    • As such, strategies that tend to compartmentalize individuals into arbitrary categories are not likely to be effective.
    • I further suggest that the human capacity to compartmentalize categories of thinking is sufficiently great as to permit simultaneous belief in assertions that are contradictory.
    • We seem to have the mental ability to compartmentalise issues and problems when it suits us.
    • So if these are important spies, you need separate teams of spymasters and supporting crews that are compartmentalized.
    • Washington had no talent for compartmentalizing the separate parts of his life.
    • Admittedly this compartmentalizes him too much.
    • Maybe it speaks to my ability to hide my feelings/thoughts/past, or maybe it speaks to my ability to compartmentalize my thoughts/feelings/past, or maybe it's just a part of moving on and moving apart.
    • They keep these worlds separate and tend to compartmentalize any dissonance they might feel.
    • You can deter it, you can limit the effectiveness of it by compartmentalizing information, but if you overdo that, then you can't really run your organization very effectively.
    • So adept was I at burying my real feelings and compartmentalizing myself that I eventually had myself convinced I enjoyed it.
    • I am compartmentalizing them into sections, and setting them up for reuse.
    • That's not about knowledge of cold, hard facts - that's about a modest analytical ability to compartmentalise unassociated information.
    • I've heard plenty of folks talk about compartmentalizing their lives - that work has a place, and home has a place, and love has a place, and that in order to function, they need to keep all of these things separate.
    • This will allow you to fully compartmentalize your chest into upper and lower sections and to focus more intensely on each area.
    • Sustainable farming practices allow the natural integration of farming, wildlife, conservation and society whereas currently conventional thinking attempts to compartmentalise these as separate concerns.
    • All of that would have been compartmentalized and forgotten had he won, of course.
    • In addition, this method of inquiry asks community members to separate or compartmentalize specific components of their environment.
    • And so is she, although obviously, being a woman she is able to compartmentalize this sort of thing better.
    • He had long before developed an ability to compartmentalise his life.
    Synonyms
    categorize, pigeonhole, sectionalize, bracket, separate, distinguish, group
 
 
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