categorisation

categorisation — 名詞

1. the work, or the result, of sorting people, ideas, or objects into named groups

1.名詞C1
釋義

分類

把人事物依特徵分入群組的過程

the work, or the result, of sorting people, ideas, or objects into named groups so that everything in the same group shares some clear feature — such as size, type, age, or risk.

例句

The categorisation of films by age suitability protects younger viewers from disturbing content.

依年齡適合度對電影進行分類，可以保護年幼觀眾免於接觸令人不安的內容。

categorisation of + noun + by + criterion

Christopher questioned the hospital's categorisation of his condition as low-priority.

Christopher 質疑醫院把他的病情分類為低優先順序。

categorisation + as + label

同義詞
  • classification

    very close in meaning; preferred in scientific, legal, and library contexts

  • grouping

    more everyday; emphasises the resulting groups rather than the process

  • sorting

    informal; often used for physical objects or simple data

  • taxonomy

    formal and technical; a complete, ordered system of categories, especially in biology

反義詞
  • lumping

    informal; treating everything as one undifferentiated group

  • individualisation

    formal; treating each case on its own rather than fitting it into a group

文法句型

categorisation of + noun

the categorisation by + criterion

system / scheme of categorisation

用法筆記

Frequently followed by 'of + the items being grouped' and 'by/according to + the criterion used' (categorisation of patients by age; categorisation of risks according to severity). Common in academic, legal, and bureaucratic writing; in everyday speech 'sorting' or 'grouping' usually replaces it. The American spelling is 'categorization' with a 'z' — the noun is identical in meaning, only the spelling differs.

常見錯誤

❌Linh did a quick categorisation of her old emails this morning.
✅Linh quickly sorted through her old emails this morning.
💡'categorisation' is formal and abstract; for everyday tidying-up, 'sort' or 'sort through' sounds far more natural.
❌The categorisation that the species is endangered surprised the team.
✅The classification of the species as endangered surprised the team.
💡when the focus is the official label assigned (especially in science or law), 'classification' is the standard term.