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compartmentalize

/kuhm-pahrt-men-tl-ahyz, kom-pahrt-/US // kəm pɑrtˈmɛn tlˌaɪz, ˌkɒm pɑrt- //UK // (ˌkɒmpɑːtˈmɛntəˌlaɪz) //

区分,区分对待,区隔,隔离

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Definitions

v.有主动词 verb
  1. 1

    com·part·men·tal·ized, com·part·men·tal·iz·ing.

    • : to divide into categories or compartments.

Synonyms & Antonyms

as inseparate

Examples

  • That we would compartmentalize our concerns — about labor exploitation and serious injury and toxic behavior — so we could hold on to those smiles.

  • Membrane-bounded organelles help to organize some of the contents, usefully compartmentalizing sets of materials and providing surfaces that enable important processes, such as the production of ATP, the biochemical fuel of cells.

  • In “Valhalla,” the story lines are compartmentalized, similar to what “Odyssey” did.

  • There’s also the curious way it compartmentalizes the expression of genes within itself but leaves the construction of proteins outside.

  • Her Nurse Ratched is able to take these terrible traumas that happened to her, compartmentalize them and keep moving forward.

  • I feel less—or at least differently—divided, almost forced not to compartmentalize.