compartmentalise
compartmentalise — verb
- compartmentalisepresent simple I / you / we / they
- compartmentalises3rd person singular
- compartmentalising-ing form
- compartmentalisedpast simple
1. to keep different areas of your life, work, or thoughts apart so that one does n
to keep different areas of your life, work, or thoughts apart so that one does not affect or mix with another
Liam learned to compartmentalise his job worries so they never reached his family dinners.
compartmentalise + abstract noun (worries, feelings)
During the long operation, Dr. Okafor compartmentalised her fear and focused only on the patient.
subject is usually a person managing emotion
Ignacio compartmentalised the busy newsroom into small teams, each chasing one separate story.
Yael finds it hard to compartmentalise her grief, so it spills into every part of her day.
Kwame compartmentalised his money troubles so they never spoiled his evenings with the children.
- separate
plainer and more general; lacks the sense of deliberately walling things off
- isolate
stresses cutting one part off completely, not just keeping parts apart
- categorise
about sorting into groups, without the idea of stopping them from mixing
文法句型
compartmentalise + noun
compartmentalise + noun + into + noun
用法筆記
Object is usually something abstract — feelings, worries, or parts of one's life — that the subject deliberately keeps apart. Often carries a slight sense of emotional self-control.