category

category
(pl. -ies)
  1. a class or division of people or things regarded as having particular shared characteristics
    种类,类别
    the various categories of research.
    研究的各种不同类别。
  2. (Philosophy)one of a possibly exhaustive set of classes among which all things might be distributed
    (哲)范畴
    ■one of the a priori conceptions applied by the mind to sense impressions
    先天概念之义
    ■a relatively fundamental philosophical concept
    比较基本的哲学概念
派生
categorial
adjective
语源
  1. late Middle English (in sense 2): from French catégorie or late Latin categoria, from Greek katēgoria 'statement, accusation', from katēgoros 'accuser'
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