- [countable]
a group or type of people or things that are similar in a particular way 种类；类别；品种 - sort of somebody/something
‘What sort of music do you like?’ ‘Oh, all sorts.’ “你喜欢哪一类音乐？” “噢，哪一类都喜欢。” This sort of problem is quite common./These sorts of problems are quite common. 这类问题相当普遍。／这几类问题相当普遍。 He's the sort of person who only cares about money. 他这种人一心只想着钱。 The sort/sorts of people who are having large families in the US and Ireland are very similar. 在美国和爱尔兰有大家庭的人非常相似。 For dessert there's a fruit pie of some sort (= you are not sure what kind). 甜点是一种水果派。 Most people went on training courses of one sort or another (= of various types) last year. 多数人去年都上过这样那样的培训班。 - (informal)
There were snacks—peanuts, olives, that sort of thing. 有各种小吃，花生米、橄榄什么的。 - (informal)
There are all sorts of activities (= many different ones) for kids at the campsite. 在营地有为孩子们组织的各种各样的活动。 - (informal)
What sort of price did you want to pay? (= approximately how much) 你想出什么样的价？ - (informal)
What sort of time do you call this? (= I'm very angry that you have come so late.) 你看看这都什么时候了？ Statements like these are not the sort of stuff you'd expect from one of Australia's most powerful women. 像这样的声明不是你能从澳大利亚最有权势的女性之一那里得到的。 - (informal)
Tracey has been causing her mother all sorts of problems (= many different ones). 特雷西给她母亲带来了各种各样的问题。
Grammar Point kind / sortkind / sort - Use the singular (kind/sort) or plural (kinds/sorts) depending on the word you use before them:
用单数（kind/sort）还是复数（kinds/sorts）取决于之前的用词： each/one/every kind of animal 每一种／一种／每一种动物 all/many/other sorts of animals. 所有／许多／其他种类的动物
- Kind/sort of is followed by a singular or uncountable noun:
kind/sort of 后接单数名词或不可数名词： This kind of question often appears in the exam. 这类问题在考试中经常出现。 That sort of behaviour is not acceptable. 那样的行为是不允许的。
- Kinds/sorts of is followed by a plural or uncountable noun:
kinds/sorts of 后接复数名词或不可数名词： These kinds of questions often appear in the exam. 这几类问题在考试中经常出现。 These sorts of behaviour are not acceptable. 这种行为是不允许的。
- Other variations are possible but less common:
亦可能有其他结构，只是较少见： These kinds of question often appear in the exam. 此类问题在考试中经常出现。 These sort of things don’t happen in real life. 这类事情在现实生活中不会发生。
- Note also that these examples are possible, especially in spoken English:
另注意下列例句，尤其在口语中可能出现： The shelf was full of the sort of books I like to read. 书架上摆满了我喜欢读的那种书。 He faced the same kind of problems as his predecessor. 他面临着与他的前任同样的问题。 There are many different sorts of animal on the island. 岛上有许多不同种类的动物。 What kind of camera is this? 这是哪种型号的照相机？ What kind/kinds of cameras do you sell? 你们卖哪种 / 哪些型号的照相机？ There were three kinds of cakes/cake on the plate. 盘子里有三种蛋糕。
Extra ExamplesHe has been doing the same sort of thing for decades. 几十年来他一直在做同样的事情。 - (informal)
You get to go to all sorts of places. 你可以去任何地方。 It will be a different sort of challenge from last year. 这将是与去年不同的一种挑战。 We will not tolerate this sort of behaviour. 我们不会容忍这种行为。 He just keeps asking all sorts of questions. 他只是不停地问各种各样的问题。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- best
- worst
- right
- …
- sort of
- sort of somebody/something
- [countable, usually singular] (informal, especially British English)
a particular type of person 某一种（或某一类）人 - [singular] (
computing 计算机 ) the process of putting data in a particular order 排序；分类 to do a sort 进行排序
Word Originlate Middle English: from Old French sorte, from an alteration of Latin sors, sort- ‘lot, condition’.
Idioms
it takes all sorts (to make a world)
- (saying)
used to say that you think somebody’s behaviour is very strange or unusual but that everyone is different and likes different things （认为某人行为怪诞或不寻常时说）世界之大无奇不有，林子大了什么鸟都有 ‘They spent their honeymoon mountain climbing.’ ‘Oh well, it takes all sorts!’ 他们的蜜月是爬山度过的。“哦，好吧，各种各样的都有，”。
nothing of the sort/kind
used to emphasize that the situation is very different from what has been said （强调情况与所说的大不相同）决不是那么回事，一点也不，才不哩；没有的事 ‘I was terrible!’ ‘You were nothing of the sort.’ “我太可怕了，”。“你不是那种人，”。
of sorts
out of sorts
sort of
(also sorta)
(informal)a/some sort of something
- (informal)
used for describing something in a not very exact way （表示不十分准确）近似于某物，有点像是某物