1. cat- + egor- "declaim (in the assembly)" + -ize.
2. 其本意为：speak against, accuse, assert, predicate.
3. Original sense of "accuse" weakened to "assert, name" by the time Aristotle applied kategoria to his 10 classes of things that can be named.
4. 由此进而引申为如今的：种类、范畴、类别。
5. 该词的最初含义在categorical\categorically中还看得到、还保留着。

1. Categorize the plants into four groups.

把这些植物分成4类。

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2. Her work is difficult to categorize.

她的工作很难归类。

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3. This type of china is rather hard to categorize,it's very unusual.

这种瓷器非常特殊，很难归类

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4. Cognitively, man, the subject of cognition, must classify and categorize the objects.

从认知学角度来看, 作为认知主体的人对于认知对象必须进行分类和范畴化.

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5. Identify your fears. Categorize them as controllable or uncontrollable and confront them.

正视你自身的恐惧. 将之划分为“可控的”和“不可控的”,并解决它.

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