sort
n. 種類; 排序
v. 安排妥當; 分類
If you talk about a particular sort of something, you are talking about a class of things that have particular features in common and that belong to a larger group of related things.
What sort of school did you go to?...
你上的是哪類學校?
There are so many different sorts of mushrooms available these days...
現在可以買到許許多多不同種類的蘑菇。
You describe someone as a particular sort when you are describing their character.
He seemed to be just the right sort for the job...
他似乎正是幹這個工作的合適人選。
She was a very vigorous sort of person...
她是那種精力非常充沛的人。
If you sort things, you separate them into different classes, groups, or places, for example so that you can do different things with them.
He sorted the materials into their folders...
他把材料分門別類放進了資料夾。
The students are sorted into three ability groups...
學生們被按照各自的能力分成了 3 個組。
If you get a problem or the details of something sorted, you do what is necessary to solve the problem or organize the details.
I'm trying to get my script sorted...
我正努力把手稿的內容理順。
These problems have now been sorted.
這些問題現在已經解決了。
All sorts of things or people means a large number of different things or people.
There are all sorts of animals, including bears, pigs, kangaroos, and penguins...
有各種各樣的動物,包括熊、豬、袋鼠和企鵝。
It was used by all sorts of people...
各種各樣的人都使用它。
If you describe something as a thing of sorts or as a thing of a sort, you are suggesting that the thing is of a rather poor quality or standard.
He made a living of sorts selling pancakes from a van...
他靠用貨車賣薄餅勉強度日。
She even managed a grimacing smile of sorts...
她甚至做了個怪笑。
You use sort of when you want to say that your description of something is not very accurate.
You could even order windows from a catalogue — a sort of mail order stained glass service...
你甚至可以根據目錄訂購窗戶——可以說是一種郵購彩色玻璃的業務。
In the end, she sort of pushed it...
最後,她幾乎是用了推的。
If you are out of sorts, you feel slightly unwell, upset, or annoyed.
1. a category of things distinguished by some common characteristic or quality;
2. an approximate definition or example;
3. a person of a particular character or nature;
4. an operation that segregates items into groups according to a specified criterion;
1. examine in order to test suitability;
2. arrange or order by classes or categories;
kind, sort, type, class, classification, category, species, variety
這些名詞均有"種,類,型別"之意。
organize, arrange, classify, sort
這些動詞均含"使有條理,安排"之意。
in some sort
在某種程度上
it takes all sorts to make a world
(諺)世上的人無奇不有(常用來表示說話人對某種奇怪行為的評價)
nothing of the sort
[用來斷然否定或反駁先前的話語或設想] 絕對不行,沒那回事兒
of a sort
(非正式)勉強稱得上的,有點不尋常的
sort of
(非正式)有點兒(表達不確切或模糊)
sort out the men from the boys
選出強者,選出能手
the —— sort
那種人
sort someone out
(非正式)懲處,教訓
sort something out
揀出,挑選
安排;準備
after a sort
有點兒:以一種隨意或者不完美的方式
of sorts 或 of a sort
平庸的,者低劣的
各種各樣的,非此即彼的
out of sorts
身體欠佳
心情不佳的;脾氣壞的
sort of【非正式用語】
有幾分;相當
We found him to be the right sort of timber.
我們發現他是真正的人才.
The car's got some sort of engine trouble again.
車子的引擎又出了什麼故障.
We must never permit anything of the sort.
我們絕不允許存在這樣的情況.
She's obviously had some sort of cosmetic surgery.
她顯然做過某種美容術.
I don't much care for that sort of man.
我不太喜歡那種人.