classify
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IELTSTOEFLGRE高考四级六级考研B1
释义
v.
To arrange people or things into groups according to shared characteristics.
把……分类;归类。
v.
To designate (information) as officially secret.
把(信息)定为机密;列为保密。
词根拆分
词根派生classi(类别)+ -fy(来自 facere「做、造」)=「造成类别」,即把东西分门别类。两个义项共此源:科学家 classify 物种(归入某类),政府 classify 文件(划定密级——故有 classified information「机密信息」)。
词根 class 还连着 7 个词常用搭配
- 1.classify as归类为
- 2.classify into分门别类
- 3.classify information把信息定密
- 4.classify species对物种分类
例句
- 1.
Botanists classify plants according to their flowers and leaves.
植物学家根据花和叶给植物分类。
- 2.
The report was classified as top secret by the government.
这份报告被政府列为绝密。
- 3.
How would you classify this kind of music?
你会把这种音乐归为哪一类?