organize
verb(British English also organise)
- [transitive] organize something
to make all the arrangements for something to happen or be provided 组织；筹备 He helped to organize various events. 他帮助组织了各种活动。 to organize a conference/meeting 组织一次会议 to organize a protest/demonstration/rally 组织抗议/示威/集会 to organize a workshop/seminar 组织研讨会 I'll invite people if you can organize food and drinks. 如果你能备办饮食，我就负责邀请人。 She's on the organizing committee for the tournament. 她是这次比赛的组织委员会成员。
Extra ExamplesThey organized the festival jointly with the French cultural service. 他们和法国文化部门联合组织了这次汇演。 She entered a competition organized by the BNA (Royal Dutch Institute of Architects). 她参加了BNA(荷兰皇家建筑师学会)组织的竞赛。 They organized a large-scale publicity campaign to promote the series. 他们组织了一场大规模的宣传活动来推广这个系列。 The aim of these clubs was to organize parties where their members could dance. 这些俱乐部的目的是组织聚会，让会员们可以跳舞。 We also organize guided tours and informal talks by curators and critics. 我们还组织策展人和评论家的导游和非正式会谈。 We're organizing the evening around a Japanese theme. 我们要围绕日本这个主题组织晚会。 I've organized a lot of school trips. 我组织了多次学校旅行。 The exhibition was jointly organized by the Met in New York and the National Gallery in London. 该展览由纽约大都会博物馆和伦敦国家美术馆联合举办。 It was difficult to organize a meeting at a time that suited everyone. 很难在适合每个人的时间组织一次会议。 The president's aides quickly organized a press conference. 总统的助手很快组织了一次记者招待会。 The series of lectures was organized by a group of city economists. 系列讲座是由一群城市经济学家组织的。 The students are organizing a protest march. 学生们正在组织抗议游行。 They were accused of organizing and financing terrorist activities. 他们被指控组织和资助恐怖活动。 The mayor organized and led the relief efforts. 市长组织并领导了救灾工作。 The premises are available for use by groups wishing to organise fundraising activities. 希望组织募捐活动的团体可以使用这些场所。 Farmers attended an open day organised by the Institute for Grassland and Environmental Research. 农民们参加了由草原和环境研究所组织的开放日。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- effectively
- efficiently
- properly
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- seek to
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- [transitive] organize something
to arrange something or the parts of something into a particular order or structure 安排；处理；分配 Modern computers can organize large amounts of data very quickly. 现代计算机能迅速处理大量的信息资料。 You should try and organize your time better. 你应该尽量更有效地分配你的时间。 We do not fully understand how the brain is organized. 我们不完全了解大脑是怎样构成的。 - organize something + adv./prep.
The complex is organized around a central courtyard. 该建筑群围绕着一个中央庭院。 We need to organize the work according to the availability and skills of each volunteer. 我们需要根据每个志愿者的时间和技能来安排工作。 The overall organizing principle of the book is chronological order. 这本书的总体组织原则是按时间顺序。
Extra ExamplesHe has lots of good ideas, but he needs help organizing them. 他有很多好主意，但他需要帮助来组织它们。 Take a minute to organize your thoughts. 花一分钟整理一下思路。 We need to organize our day. 我们需要组织我们的一天。 The book is organized into five parts. 这本书分为五个部分。 We have 24 divisions organized into six regional groups. 我们有24个分部，分为六个区域组。 Chapters are organized according to a theme. 章节是根据主题组织的。 The exhibition is organized along a timeline. 展览是按照时间线组织的。 We create weekly delivery schedules organized by postcode. 我们创建按邮政编码组织的每周送货时间表。 A firm needs to organize its activities in such a way that it makes a profit. 公司需要以盈利的方式组织其活动。 The database is organized hierarchically. 数据库是分层组织的。 The footage has to be organized in a compelling way. 镜头必须以引人注目的方式组织。 Educators can use technology to organize content in meaningful ways. 教育者可以使用技术以有意义的方式组织内容。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- effectively
- efficiently
- properly
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- seek to
- try to
- help (to)
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- according to
- around
- into
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- [transitive] organize yourself/somebody
to plan your/somebody’s work and activities in an efficient way 规划；管理；照料 - [transitive, intransitive] organize (somebody/yourself) (into something)
to form a group of people with a shared aim, especially a union or political party （使）成立，组建，建立（联盟、党派等） the right of workers to organize themselves into unions 工人自行组织工会的权利 Campaigns brought women together to organize. 运动把妇女聚集在一起组织起来。
see also disorganized
Word Originlate Middle English: from medieval Latin organizare, from Latin organum ‘instrument, tool’, from Greek organon ‘tool, instrument, sense organ’.