- [uncountable] the act or process of putting people or things into a group or class (= of classifying them)分类；归类；分级
- a style of music that defies classification (= is like no other)独特的音乐风格
Extra Examples- a style of dancing that defies classification一种难以归类的舞蹈风格
- the broad classification of music into classical and pop把音乐分成古典音乐和流行音乐的粗略分类
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjectiveverb + classificationclassification + nounprepositionphrases- a system of classification
See full entry - [countable] a group, class, division, etc. into which somebody or something is put类别；等级；门类
- a document with the security classification ‘confidential’安全级别为“机密”的文件
- The material was put into the highest security classification.那份资料被归入最高安全等级。
- Many fairly common human behaviours can fall under the general classification of ‘mental illness’.许多相当普通的人类行为可以归入“精神疾病”的一般分类。
- The classification ‘science’ covers a great many different subjects.“科学”这一分类涉及众多不同学科。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjectiveverb + classificationclassification + nounprepositionphrases- a system of classification
See full entry - [uncountable] (biology生物) the act of putting animals, plants, etc. into groups, classes or divisions according to their characteristics（动植物等的）分类
- The classification of bony fish is extremely complicated.骨鱼的分类极为复杂。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjectiveverb + classificationclassification + nounprepositionphrases- a system of classification
See full entry - [countable] (specialist) a system of arranging books, tapes, magazines, etc. in a library into groups according to their subject（图书馆的书、磁带、杂志等的）分类系统，编目
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjectiveverb + classificationclassification + nounprepositionphrases- a system of classification
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