compartmentalise
compartmentalise — 動詞
- 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
區隔；分隔
把生活或情緒各部分分開，避免互相影響
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.
Liam 學會把工作上的煩惱區隔開來，讓它們從不影響家庭晚餐。
compartmentalise + abstract noun (worries, feelings)
During the long operation, Dr. Okafor compartmentalised her fear and focused only on the patient.
在那場漫長的手術中，Dr. Okafor 把恐懼區隔開來，只專注在病人身上。
subject is usually a person managing emotion
Ignacio compartmentalised the busy newsroom into small teams, each chasing one separate story.
Ignacio 把忙碌的新聞編輯室分隔成幾個小組，各自追一條不同的新聞。
Yael finds it hard to compartmentalise her grief, so it spills into every part of her day.
Yael 很難把悲傷區隔開來，於是它滲進她一天中的每個角落。
Kwame compartmentalised his money troubles so they never spoiled his evenings with the children.
Kwame 把金錢上的煩惱區隔開來，讓它們從不破壞他和孩子們的夜晚。
- 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.