Word · Frequency #15349
categorizing
分类；归类
categorizing is the present participle of categorize.
place into or assign to a category
- 1.
To assign a category; to divide into classes.
将...分类；分成类别。
将...分类；分成类别。；分类；归类
In use
The librarian categorized the new books by genre before putting them on the shelves.
We need to categorize our monthly expenses into food, rent, and transport.
Researchers categorize the responses according to age and gender.
categorize sth
The system categorizes all incoming emails automatically.
该系统自动将所有收到的电子邮件分类。
categorize sth as sth
介词 as 后接具体的类别名称。
We can categorize this book as historical fiction.
我们可以把这本书归类为历史小说。
categorize sth into sth
into 后接整体划分成的多个类别。
The researcher categorized the responses into five types.
研究人员将回复分为五种类型。
be categorized by sth
by 后接分类所依据的标准。
The books are categorized by author.
这些书按作者分类。
Verb forms
base categorize · third person categorizes · -ing categorizing · past categorized · past participle categorized
规则及物动词，后接宾语；过去式和过去分词加 -ed，现在分词先去掉词尾 e 再加 -ing。
Common mistakes
We need to category these items.We need to categorize these items.
category 是名词，不能作动词；categorize 才是动词（分类）。受汉语‘分类’名动词形影响，易把名词当动词用。
The books categorize by author.The books are categorized by author.
categorize 是及物动词，须接宾语或用被动语态。‘按作者分类’应用被动结构，表示书被分类，而不是书自己分类。
The emails are categorized into sender.The emails are categorized by sender.
表示分类依据用 by，表示分成的类别用 into。这里‘按发件人’是依据，所以用 by。
Connections
Collocations
- categorize something as something
- 把某物归类为某物
- Researchers categorize this behavior as a form of instinct.研究人员将这种行为归类为一种本能。
- categorize something by something
- 按某标准对某物分类
- We can categorize the books by genre.我们可以按体裁对书籍分类。
- categorize something into groups/categories
- 把某物分成若干类
- The system categorizes the data into three main categories.该系统将数据分为三大类。
- categorize something according to something
- 根据某标准将某物分类
- The files were categorized according to date.这些文件按日期进行了分类。
- broadly categorize
- 大致分类；粗略归类
- The findings can be broadly categorized into two types.
Learner notes
Memory Tip
categorize开头像cat（猫），想象把猫按花色分类归档，记住“分类”的意思。
Context & Register
语域：mixed 常见场景：academic writing、data analysis、formal reports categorize 属于中性偏正式的用词，通常出现在学术写作、数据分析和正式报告中；日常口语中较少使用，更常说 sort 或 group。请根据场合选择。
Pronunciation & Spelling
None of these words rhymes exactly with categorize /ˈkætəɡəraɪz/ because their stressed vowel and following sounds differ. They all share the final spelling -ize and the end sound /aɪz/, which makes them useful spelling and sound comparisons. Beware lookalikes such as category /ˈkætəɡɔːri/, which begins with the same spelling but does not sound like categorize.
Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 1，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
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