classify
verb- classify something (+ adv./prep.)
to arrange something in groups according to features that they have in common 分类；归类 The books in the library are classified according to subject. 图书馆的书按学科分类。 Patients are classified into three categories. 病人被归为三种类型。 All rural settlements were classified according to their size. 所有的农村居民点都是按照面积来分类的。 people classified by ethnic group 按民族分类的人 These can be classified under five headings. 这些可以分为五个标题。
Extra ExamplesTopics Scientific researchb2Antiques can be classified according to a number of criteria. 古董可以根据许多标准来分类。 The books are all classified by subject. 这些书都是按主题分类的。 We can classify machines in terms of their function. 我们可以根据机器的功能对它们进行分类。 Soils can be classified under two main headings. 土壤可以分为两大类。 The study recorded and classified accidents over a period of a year. 这项研究对一年中的事故进行了记录和分类。
- classify somebody/something as something
to decide which type or group somebody/something belongs to 划分；界定 Only eleven of these accidents were classified as major. 这些事故中只有十一例被判定为重大事故。 Would you classify it as a hard drug or a soft drug? 你会把它分为硬药还是软药？
- [usually passive] classify something
to state that information is officially secret 分类： 声明信息是官方机密The government insists on keeping certain documents classified. 政府坚持对某些文件保密。
Word Originlate 18th cent.: back-formation from classification, from French, from classe ‘class’, from Latin classis ‘division’.