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Collins English-Chinese Dictionary
- sort [sɔːt]
Comprehensive English-Chinese Dictionary
- sort [sɔrt] [sɔːt]
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1.
noun
种，类；类别
- They both like the same sort of food and drinks.
- 他们都喜欢相同类型的食物和饮料。
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2.
noun
品质，性质
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3.
noun
分类，选
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4.
noun
[archaic]
样子，举止；风格
- She seemed a lively sort to me.
- 在我眼里她是个很活泼的女孩。
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5.
noun
[printing]
[通常为复数形态]（某种型体的）一套铅字
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6.
vt.
把…分类；整理；拣选（常与out连用）
- 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。
- The files have to be sorted out at the end of this week.
- 这些文件在本周末前需要进行分门别类。
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7.
vi.
[archaic]
交往
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8.
vi.
[archaic]
（与…）协调；相符（with）
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1.
noun
种，类；类别
Collins English-English Dictionary
- sort [sɔːt]
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1.
n
a class, group, kind, etc, as distinguished by some common quality or characteristic
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2.
n
[informal]
type of character, nature, etc
- he's a good sort
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3.
n
a more or less definable or adequate example
- it's a sort of review
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4.
n
[often plural]
[printing]
any of the individual characters making up a fount of type
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5.
n
[archaic]
manner; way
- in this sort we struggled home
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6.
vt.
[tr]
to arrange according to class, type, etc
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7.
vt.
[tr]
to put (something) into working order
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8.
vt.
[tr]
to arrange (computer information) by machine in an order convenient to the computer user
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9.
vt.
[tr;
foll by with] [informal] to supply, esp with drugs -
10.
vi.
[intr;
foll by with, together,etc ] [archaic or dialect] to associate, as on friendly terms -
11.
vi.
[intr]
[archaic]
to agree; accord
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12.
vi.
[Etymology]
C14: from Old French, from Medieval Latin sors kind, from Latin: fate
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1.
n
a class, group, kind, etc, as distinguished by some common quality or characteristic
Examples
- Problems of some sort seem to occur in every family.
- 每个家庭似乎都会出这样那样的问题。 → occur
- 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。
- They both like the same sort of food and drinks.
- 他们都喜欢相同类型的食物和饮料。 → sort
- 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。 → sort
- She seemed a lively sort to me.
- 在我眼里她是个很活泼的女孩。 → sort
- What sort of music do you like the most?
- 你最喜欢什么类型的音乐？
- They sort of skirt the rules.
- 他们有点儿逃避规则。 → skirt
- He seemed like a nice sort of a fellow.
- 他看起来是个不错的小伙子。 → fellow
- Most nations of the globe have some sort of color prejudice.
- 世界上多数国家多少都有些种族偏见。
- We need to issue some sort of statement.
- 我们要发表某种声明。 → issue
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