sorting

名词 sorting:

1. an operation that segregates items into groups according to a specified criterion
   同义词：sort
2. the basic cognitive process of arranging into classes or categories
   同义词：classification, categorization, categorisation
3. grouping by class or kind or size

动词 sort:

1. examine in order to test suitability
   同义词：screen, screen out, sieve, sort
2. arrange or order by classes or categories
   同义词：classify, class, sort, assort, sort out, separate

1. Many workers in the sorting office lost their jobs when an automatic sorter was introduced.
   拣信室安装了自动拣信机之後，许多拣信员都失业了。
2. A process for sorting injured people into groups based on their need for or likely benefit from immediate medical treatment. Triage is used on the battlefield, at disaster sites, and in hospital emergency rooms when limited medical resources must be allocated.
   伤员鉴别分类将受伤人员按轻重缓急或立即治疗的可能性进行分类的过程。伤员鉴别分类用于战场、灾难发生地和医院急救室，有限的医疗设施和人员不得不进行分配
3. She spent a whole afternoon sorting out her stamps.
   她花了整整一个下午整理邮票。
4. Before sorting stamps, any paper sticking to the backs must be removed.
   在把邮票分类之前，任何粘在后面的别的纸都得去掉。
5. He was sorting his foreign stamps (into piles).
   他正在整理外国邮票(, 都分成一摞一摞的).