| 单词 | classify |
| 释义 | classify (once / 366 pages) 1v 2v Humans seem to have the need to classify things, arranging them into different classes by such unifying traits as size, color, or shape. It’s fine to do this to inanimate objects, but doing it to people can be very wrong. The word classify contains the base word class, which means "category" and comes from the Latin classis, which actually referred to an army or group called to arms. It eventually came to mean "a group," and thus classify means "to group." As a security measure, you can also classify information that is not to be shared. Writer Ambrose Bierce once said, “The small part of ignorance that we arrange and classify we give the name of knowledge.” WORD FAMILYclassify: classifiable, classification, classificatory, classified, classifier, classifies, classifying, declassify, reclassify+/class: classed, classes, classify, classing, classless, classy, subclass, superclass, underclass/classifiable: classifiably, unclassifiable/classification: classifications, reclassification/classified: classifieds, unclassified/classifier: classifiers/classy: classier, classiest, classily/declassify: declassification, declassified, declassifying/reclassification: reclassifications/reclassify: reclassified, reclassifying/subclass: subclasses/underclass: underclasses USAGE EXAMPLESThe EpiPen inquiry also revealed potential errors in how the government classifies drugs. Washington Times(Jan 02, 2017) On Sunday, every thoroughbred — as mandated by the rules of the sport — will be classified a year older. Los Angeles Times(Dec 31, 2016) The Post reported this week that about 150 times a year, the agency loses track of offenders it classifies as high risk. Washington Post(Dec 30, 2016) 1 1v arrange or order by classes or categories How would you classify these pottery shards--are they prehistoric? Syn|Hypo|Hyper assort, class, separate, sort, sort out unitise, unitize separate or classify into units catalog, cataloguemake an itemized list or catalog of; classify isolateseparate (experiences) from the emotions relating to them referthink of, regard, or classify under a subsuming principle or with a general group or in relation to another reclassifyclassify anew, change the previous classification sizesort according to size dichotomise, dichotomizedivide into two opposing groups or kinds pigeonhole, stamp, stereotypetreat or classify according to a mental stereotype grouparrange into a group or groups gradedetermine the grade of or assign a grade to count, numberput into a group regroupreorganize into new groups bracketclassify or group chunk, collocate, lumpgroup or chunk together in a certain order or place side by side batchbatch together; assemble or process as a batch categorise, categorize place into or assign to a category 2v assign to a class or kind 2How should algae be classified? Syn|Hyper relegate assign, attribute decide as to where something belongs in a scheme v declare unavailable, as for security reasons Classify these documents Ant|Hyper declassify lift the restriction on and make available again restrict place under restrictions; limit access to |
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