sort

英 [sɔːt] 美 [sɔːrt]

• n. 种类；某一种人
• v. 整理；分类；处理；安排妥当

双解释义

v. (动词)

1. vt. & vi. 分类; 整理

   arrange in groups

n. (名词)

1. [C] 群,种类,类别

   a group of people, things, etc., all sharing certain qualities; type, kind

2. [S] 某种人

   a person of the stated type

详尽释义

n. 名词

1. <口>某一种人，某一类人
2. 性质，品质，性格，品性
3. <古>举止，样子，姿态，方式，派头
4. <古>（一）群，（一）伙
5. 【计】分类，排序
6. 种类，类别，品种，品级
7. 【印】（一套铅字里的）活字
8. <废>命运

v. 动词

1. 把...分类，整理
2. 挑出，拣选，区分
3. 把...列入某类，把...归于某等级
4. <苏>修整，修理
5. <古方>交往
6. <古>符合，成一致，协调

英英释义

Noun:

1. a category of things distinguished by some common characteristic or quality;

   "sculpture is a form of art"
   "what kinds of desserts are there?"
   

2. an approximate definition or example;

   "she wore a sort of magenta dress"
   "she served a creamy sort of dessert thing"
   

3. a person of a particular character or nature;

   "what sort of person is he?"
   "he's a good sort"
   

4. an operation that segregates items into groups according to a specified criterion;

   "the bottleneck in mail delivery is the process of sorting"
   

Verb:

1. examine in order to test suitability;

   "screen these samples"
   "screen the job applicants"
   

2. arrange or order by classes or categories;

   "How would you classify these pottery shards--are they prehistoric?"
   

例句

用作名词 (n.)

1. What sort of book do you want?
   你要哪一类的书？
2. This sort of wet weather plays hell with my chest.
   这种潮湿天气对我的肺有害。
3. He is a good sort (of a fellow).
   他是个好样儿的。
4. My brother would never cheat on his wife; he's not that sort.
   我哥哥永远不会背着妻子在外面拈花惹草；他不是那种人。

用作动词 (v.)

1. We must sort out the good apples from the bad ones.
   我们必须把好的苹果与坏的分开。
2. Sort these eggs by size.
   将这些蛋按大小分好。
3. The workers sort the mail from the mailbox.
   工作人员从邮箱中分拣邮件。
4. It's our problem. We'll get it sorted.
   这是我们的问题。我们来处理。
5. Let's leave the two of them to sort themselves out.
   咱们让他们俩自己把相互间的误解好好澄清一下吧。

常见句型

用作动词 (v.)

用作及物动词

S+～+ n./pron.

1. The salesman sorted his new consignment of stockings.
   推销员把新到的一批长袜清理分类。
2. We sort books by subjects.
   我们按主题对书进行分类。
3. They sorted the oranges into large ones and small ones.
   他们把橘子按大小分类。
4. Your job is to sort the letters according to their destinations.
   你的工作是按投递地址分拣信件。
5. Please sort these cards according to their colour.
   请按颜色将这些卡片分开。
6. You had better send somebody over to sort the situation.
   你最好还是派人去弄清情况。
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7. Letters are sorted at the post office.
   信件在邮局进行分拣。

用作名词 (n.)

1. She is not such a bad sort after all.
   她毕竟不是那种坏人。
2. That was nice of her, she's not such a bad sort after all.
   这是她的一番好心,她毕竟不是这么坏的人。
3. Plants of this sort don't grow on the island.
   这种作物不长在这个海岛上。
4. All of his relations were a sort of Royal Family.
   他的家族都是皇亲国戚。
5. They learned to deal with any sort of emergency .
   他们学会了处理任何紧急情况。
6. What sort of clothes do you want?
   你要哪种衣服?
7. That sort of thing is quite occasional and not regular.
   那种事十分偶然,没有规律。
8. He's not the sort of man you can slip something over on.
   他可不是你能骗得过的那种人。
9. He's the sort of person who never helps, just sits back and lets others work.
   他就是这样一种人,别人工作,他只是袖手旁观,从来不去帮忙。
10. He's not the sort of man to do a cruel thing like that.
    他不是那种无情的人。
11. I can't be bothered with all that sorts of things.
    我不能为这类事烦恼。
12. All sorts of sleeping bags have been developed and many have been given extensive trials under various conditions.
    各式的睡袋被试制出来,并且有许多曾在不同条件下广泛试用。
13. I've got an ordinary sort of car, nothing special.
    我的汽车是一辆普通牌子的车,没有什么特殊之处。
14. To say “no news is good news” is a negative sort of comfort.
    说“没消息就是好消息”是一种消极的安慰。
15. I have sort of heard of him but I don't know who he is.
    我似乎听说过他,但不知道他是谁。
16. It was sort of odd that he didn't come.
    他没有来,真有点奇怪。
17. The movie was sort of disappointing.
    这部电影有点令人失望。

经典引文

• I thought those sort of people knew every boat..by sight.

  出自： D. L. Sayers

• I should condemn myself for doing that sort of thing.

  出自： E. F. Benson

• Major Best was the sort to die by violence.

  出自： J. Marquand

• This is a damned inhuman sort of war.

  出自： R. N. Currey

• She hadn't any qualifications of the secretarial sort.

  出自： R. Frame

• Upheavals of various sorts had ravaged their faces.

  出自： D. Leavitt

• More than 100 different sorts of..call by birds have..been identified.

  出自：Bird Watching

• Helping her sort the apples and range them in..rows.

  出自： E. Bowen

• They had been sorted into six groups (dependent on sex and marital status).

  出自： G. Gorer

• Postal Corps personnel sorting mail.

  出自：Stamps

常用短语

用作动词 (v.)

sort out (v.+adv.)

整顿,解决 put in good order; solve
sort sth ⇔ out
She spent an afternoon sorting out her coins and stamps.

她花了一个下午来整理她收藏的钱币和邮票。
We must sort out the good apples from the bad ones.

我们必须把好的苹果与坏的分开。 sort sb/oneself/sth ⇔ out
Let me get my hands on them!I'll sort them out.

让我来捉住他们,我要狠狠地收拾他们一顿。
Let's leave John and Ann to sort themselves out.

咱们让约翰和安自己去解决问题吧。
That school was sorted out in a matter of two months.

那所学校仅用了两个月的时间就整顿好了。 sort out wh-to-v
Have you sorted out how to get there yet?

你解决了怎么到那里的问题了吗?

sort through (v.+prep.)

分类,整理 separate things of one sort from thing of other sorts
sort through sth
I've been sorting through these old papers to see what can be thrown away.

我在整理这些旧文件,看看哪些可以扔掉。

sort with (v.+prep.)

与…相符合,一致或协调 suit or agree (badly or well) with (sth/sb)
sort with sb/sth
The present conditions sort well with the workers.

目前的条件很符合工人们的要求。
You mustn't sort with thieves.

你绝不能与盗贼为伍。
Such conduct hardly sorts with the position of a teacher.

这种行为与一个教师的身份极不相称。
His actions sort ill with his family's wishes.

他的行为不合他家人的心意。

用作名词 (n.)

out of sorts

身体不适,精神不好,心情不佳 feeling unwell or annoyed

of sorts〔of a sort〕

勉强称得上的,较差的 of a poor or doubtful kind

词汇搭配

用作动词 (v.)

～+副词

• sort alphabetically 按字母顺序排列
• sort out 分类,整理,解决

～+介词

• sort by 按…排列
• sort with 与…相称,与…一致

用作名词 (n.)

形容词+～

• all sorts 各种各样
• bad sort 坏人
• certain sort 某种
• curious sort 古怪的人
• every sort and kind 各种各样
• good sort 好人
• several sorts 好几种
• various sorts 各种各样

介词+～

• after a sort 到某种程度,有些,稍微
• be wise after a sort 有些聪明
• in a sort 有几分,稍微
• in any sort 以各种方法,无论如何,必须
• in some sort 稍微,多少
• of a sort 同一类的,勉强称得上的,较差的
• bike of a sort 蹩脚的自行车
• nothing of the sort 根本没有那回事
• out of sorts 精神不佳

～+介词

• sort of 有点儿,有几分,相当,几乎
• a sort of 一种,一种类似…的
• a sort of a life 一种生活
• a sort of hero 英雄一样的人物
• all sorts of 种种,各种各样的,形形色色的
• no sort of 毫不
• this sort of thing 这类事

词语用法

1. sort of与kind of都表示“有几分的”，“某种程度上的”，可用于动词前，常出现于口语中。

v. (动词)

1. sort的基本意思是指按照某人〔物〕的特征和属性进行分类、分级,使其更加整齐与完整。
2. sort可用作及物动词,也可用作不及物动词。用作及物动词时,接名词或代词作宾语; 用作不及物动词时,常与副词out连用表示“整理”“解决”,有筛选的意味。

n. (名词)

1. sort用作名词时可作“种类,类别”解,指有相似性质或特征的事物所形成的种类,常接介词 of。sort of后的可数名词多为单数形式,有时也可为复数形式,当sort of sb/sth 用作主语时,谓语动词的数随sb/sth 而变化。
2. sort也可作“某一类人”解,一般用作单数。
3. 在谈话中人们常可在名词前使用sort of表示某物具有某类特殊东西的一些特征。sort of也可置于形容词、动词或其他词类前,使听起来不太肯定,意思是“有几分,近似,有那么点儿”。

词义辨析

n. (名词)

sort of, of sorts〔of a sort〕

• 这两个短语的区别是:sort of的意思是“有几分”“多少有点”,常用于修饰动词、形容词等; of a sort〔of sorts〕的意思是“勉强称得上的”,常用作后置定语。例如:
• I sort of expected this would happen.我事先多少预料到这件事会发生的。
• That group was a paper tiger of sorts.那一群人算得上是纸老虎。

sort, description, kind, nature, type

• 这组词的共同意思是“种类”。kind在多数情况下可以和sort或type互换,但当指生物学的类属或者种类时,只能用kind; type所表示的“种类”有典型性,多指那些界限非常明确,且有明显类似之处的一类。例如:
• There are four basic types of blood.有四种基本血型。
• sort表示“大体上属于同类的”,有时含有轻蔑之意。例如:
• How did you get this sort of ideas into your head?你的脑袋里怎么会有这种想法?
• description与nature也有kind的意思,但description指叙述或描述的一类。例如:
• He is a person of that description.他就是那种人。
• nature指实质和特性上相似的一类。例如:
• I never met things of this nature.我从未遇见过这种事情。

下面两句意思不同:

• What sort of worker was he?
• 他干的是什么活?(问工种)
• What sort of a worker was he?
• 他工作干的怎样?(问技能)

下面两个短语的意思不同:

• a hero
• 一位英雄
• a sort of hero
• 英雄般的人物,类似英雄的人物

kind，sort，type，class，classification，category，species，variety

• 这些名词均有“种、类、类型”之意。
• kind指性质相同，而且特征很相似，足以归为一类的人或东西。
• sort普通用词，文体较kind随便，指对人或对事物进行的大概分类，有时含贬义。
• type指客观界限比较清楚，有相同本质特点的同类事物，或指大致相似的同类事物。
• class正式用词，指门类、种类或优劣等级；用于指动植物的分类时，表示“纲”。
• classification指根据已经确定的类型对某一事物作鉴别和归类。
• category书面用词，特指有确切定义的群体。
• species书面用词，单复数同形。指生物分类上的种。
• variety强调有各自的特点，形式不同，品质不同的种类。

organize，arrange，classify，sort

• 这些动词均含“使有条理、安排”之意。
• organize指按计划或需要把人或物安排组织成一个整体。
• arrange指按计划、秩序、需要和可能等进行安排。
• classify指按照事物类型、质量或是否相似进行分类。
• sort通常指根据类型或种类分类或整理选择。

常见错误

v. (动词)

1. 他言行不一。

   误 His actions sort ill to his professions.

   正 His actions sort ill with his professions.

   析 sort表示“与…相符合〔一致,协调〕时”,要与介词with连用,不可与介词to连用。

n. (名词)

1. 你喜欢哪一种音乐?

   误 Which sort of music do you like?

   正 What sort of music do you like?

   析 当表示“某一种”时,疑问词用what。

2. 这种苹果是酸的。

   误 Apples of this sort is sour.

   正 Apples of this sort are sour.

   析 “复数名词+of this sort”作主语时,动词用复数形式。

3. 我讨厌那种人。

   误 I dislike that sort of a person.

   正 I dislike that sort of person.

   析 sort of之后不论是单数还是复数一律不加冠词。

4. 有各种各样的理由说明这是真的。

   误 There are all sorts of reason why this is true.

   正 There are all sorts of reasons why this is true.

   析 sorts of后面接复数名词或单数名词都可以, all sorts of后面的可数名词为复数形式。

5. 这类政党是很危险的。

   误 These sort of parties are dangerous.

   正 This sort of parties are dangerous.

   析 these〔those〕 sort of只是非正式用法,测试题常判为误。

词源解说

• ☆ 1380年左右进入英语，直接源自古法语的sorte，意为等级，种类；最初源自古典拉丁语的sortem，意为许多，命运。

近反义词

【近义词】

• arrange
• assort
• classify
• order
• separate
• systematize
• kind
• type
• variety
• category