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Collins English-Chinese Dictionary

sort [sɔːt]
  1. 1. noun [c] sort (of) 种类
    What sort of school did you go to?
    你去了哪种学校
    What sort do you want?
    你要哪一种?
  2. 2. noun [of coffee] [ car etc] (make,brand) 品牌
  3. 3. noun [s] (person) 人
    He seemed to be just the right sort for the job.
    看起来是做这份工作的合适人选
  4. 4. vt. [+papers] [ mail] [ belongings] (arrange) 把…分类
    Minnie was alone in the post office, sorting mail.
    明妮独自邮局,将邮件分类
  5. 5. vt. (separate) 分开
    The students are sorted into three ability groups.
    学生能力分成3个组。
  6. 6. vt. [inf] [+problem] (solve) 解决
    These problems have now been sorted.
    这些问题已经解决了。
  7. 7. vt. [Computer Science] 整理
    sort of
    [inf] 有点儿
    It's a sort of yellowish colour.
    有点儿发黄的颜色
    all sorts of
    各种不同
    a career/an education of sorts
    不怎么样职业/教育

Comprehensive English-Chinese Dictionary

sort [sɔːrt]
  1. 1. n.[c] 种类类别
  2. 2. n.[c] 几分类似相当
    She served a creamy sort of dessert thing.
    她端上来一种奶油甜点
    She wore a sort of magenta dress.
    穿着一件洋红色外套
  3. 3. n.[c] 某一种人,某一类人
    He's a good sort.
    他是一个好人
    What sort of person is he?
    他是什么类型的人?
  4. 4. n.[c] 分类,(分类筛选
  5. 5. vt. 审查甄选
  6. 6. vt. 分类整理排序

Collins English-English Dictionary

sort [sɔːt]
  1. 1. n a class, group, kind, etc, as distinguished by some common quality or characteristic
  2. 2. n [Spoken] type of character, nature, etc
    he's a good sort
  3. 3. n a more or less definable or adequate example
    it's a sort of review
  4. 4. n [often plural] [printing] any of the individual characters making up a fount of type
  5. 5. n [Archaic] manner; way
    in this sort we struggled home
  6. 6. vt. [tr] to arrange according to class, type, etc
  7. 7. vt. [tr] to put (something) into working order
  8. 8. vt. [tr] to arrange (computer information) by machine in an order convenient to the computer user
  9. 9. vt. [tr; foll by with] [Spoken] to supply, esp with drugs
  10. 10. vi. [intr; foll by with, together, etc] [archaic or dialect] to associate, as on friendly terms
  11. 11. vi. [intr] [Archaic] to agree; accord
  12. 12. vi. [Etymology] C14: from Old French, from Medieval Latin sors kind, from Latin: fate

Examples

If you don't want to be involved in any sort of serious accident, look both ways before crossing busy roads.
如果你不想发生任何严重的交通意外,那么在通过车流量大的马路时一定要左右看看。
We need to sort organic from non-organic waste.
我们需要把有机的和无机的废料分开。
What sort of music do you like the most?
你最喜欢什么类型的音乐?
He seemed like a nice sort of a fellow.
他看起来是个不错的小伙子。
We need to issue some sort of statement.
我们要发表某种声明。

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