clas·si·fy
verb OPAL W
/ˈklæsɪfaɪ/
/ˈklæsɪfaɪ/
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they classify | /ˈklæsɪfaɪ/ /ˈklæsɪfaɪ/ |
he / she / it classifies | /ˈklæsɪfaɪz/ /ˈklæsɪfaɪz/ |
past simple classified | /ˈklæsɪfaɪd/ /ˈklæsɪfaɪd/ |
past participle classified | /ˈklæsɪfaɪd/ /ˈklæsɪfaɪd/ |
-ing form classifying | /ˈklæsɪfaɪɪŋ/ /ˈklæsɪfaɪɪŋ/ |
分类;归类 - The books in the library are classified according to subject.
图书馆的书按学科分类。 - Patients are classified into three categories.
病人被归为三种类型。 - All rural settlements were classified according to their size.
所有农村聚居地都根据其规模进行分类。 - people classified by ethnic group
按族群分类的人 - These can be classified under five headings.
这些可以分为五个标题。
Extra ExamplesTopics Scientific researchb2- Antiques can be classified according to a number of criteria.
古董可以根据多种标准进行分类。 - The books are all classified by subject.
这些书都是按主题分类的。 - We can classify machines in terms of their function.
我们可以根据机器的功能对机器进行分类。 - Soils can be classified under two main headings.
土壤可以分为两大类。 - The study recorded and classified accidents over a period of a year.
这项研究对一年中的事故进行了记录和分类。
- The books in the library are classified according to subject.
划分;界定 - Only eleven of these accidents were classified as major.
这些事故中只有十一例被判定为重大事故。 - Would you classify it as a hard drug or a soft drug?
您会将其归类为硬性毒品还是软性毒品?
- Only eleven of these accidents were classified as major.
- [usually passive] classify something to state that information is officially secret
把…定为机密 - The government insists on keeping certain documents classified.
政府坚持将某些文件列为机密。
- The government insists on keeping certain documents classified.
Word Originlate 18th cent.: back-formation from classification, from French, from classe ‘class’, from Latin classis ‘division’.