kind/category/class/sort/type.导航词义：种类

1. kind:n. 种类.普通用词，指有某种共同点、可以归为一类的人或事物，可与 sort/type 换用。

Solar energy is a new kind/sort/type of source of energy.

太阳能是一种新型能源。

This kind/sort/type of tablet is soluble in water.

这种药片能溶于水。

Birds can be divided into many kinds/sorts/types.

鸟可以分成许多类。

There are different kinds/sorts/types of animals in Shanghai Wild Animal Park.

在上海野生动物园有许多种不同的动物。

2. category:n. 类别，种类.较正式用词，指人或事物的类别，强调在某一分类系统中有特别定义的群体。

String instruments are a category of musical instrument.

弦乐器是乐器的一种。

They placed the book in the wrong category.

他们把这本书错放到另一个类别中了。

These goods all fall within this category.

这些货物都属于这一类。

3. class:n. 种类，类别.普通用词，指按照某种共同属性或特点而划分的一群、一类、一套等。

Has he passed the test for this class of vehicle?

他通过这种车辆的考试了吗？

Music can be divided into several classes.

音乐可以分为若干类。

The orchid is a class of plant which I have never tried to grow.

兰花这类植物我从来没试着种过。

Animals can be divided into different classes.

动物可以分为不同种类。

4. sort:n. 种类，类别.没有 kind 正式，指对人或事物进行的大致分类，有时含轻蔑之意。

I like all sorts of food - I'm not fussy.

各种食物我都喜欢，我不挑剔。

We don't handle that sort of magazine.

我们不经销那一类杂志。

This sort of music is rubbish.

这种音乐毫无价值。

We'll do nothing of the sort.

这种事我们不干。

We talked on all sorts of subjects.

我们谈了各种话题。

5. type:n. 种类，类型.指明确地按客观条件细分的一类人或事物，具有相似的特性或性质，含有别于其他群体之意。

This is a new type of apple.

这种苹果是新品种。

I'm unfamiliar with this type of computer.

我不熟悉这种类型的计算机。

What type of music do you like?

你喜欢什么类型的音乐？

全部

1·What kind of house do you live in?

你住的房子是哪一种？《牛津词典》

2·Chapattis are a kind of flat Indian bread.

chapatti 是一种印度薄饼。《牛津词典》

3·This kind of humour is infantile and boring.

这种幽默既幼稚又无聊。《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》

4·She was a kind, motherly woman.

她是一位善良的充满母爱的女人。《牛津词典》

5·I can take care of your kind.

我能对付你这类人。《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》

6·He's in some kind of trouble.

他遇到了什么麻烦。《牛津词典》

7·I've caught some kind of lurgy.

我有点小病。《牛津词典》

8·Fate was kind to me that day.

那天我很幸运。《牛津词典》

9·What kind of music do you like?

你喜欢什么音乐？《牛津词典》

10·She isn't that kind of girl.

她不是那种类型的女孩。《牛津词典》

类

1·We take threats of this kind very seriously.

我们对这类威胁非常重视。《牛津词典》

2·This kind of question often appears in the exam.

这类问题在考试中经常出现。《牛津词典》

3·Reports of this kind are guaranteed to cause anxiety.

这类报告肯定会引起焦虑。《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》

4·This kind of evidence is philosophically unconvincing.

这类证据在哲学上是不足为信的。《牛津词典》

5·I hope this will reinforce Indonesian determination to deal with this kind of threat.

我希望这会加强印度尼西亚对付这类威胁的决心。《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》

种类

1·What kind of animal are crocodiles?

鳄鱼属于什么种类？

2·What kind of dessert would you like?

你喜欢什么种类的甜点？

3·What kind of dessert do you want to buy?

你想买什么种类的甜品？

4·Genre is simply a fancy word for type or kind, so what genre of piece is this by Beethoven?

流派只是是“类型”或“种类”的一个花哨的词，那这首贝多芬作品属于什么流派呢？

5·The anthropologist Mary Douglas has pointed out that, for the English, the kind of meal and the kind of food that is served relate to the kinds of social links between people who are eating together.

人类学家玛丽·道格拉斯指出，对于英国人来说，餐饮的种类和提供的食物关系到一起吃饭的人之间的社会关系。

亲切

1·When I see you, I feel so kind.

当我见到您，我感觉无比亲切。

2·His voice was gentle and kind.

他的声音是温和亲切的。

3·She is a kind animal.

她是一只亲切的动物。

4·What kind of name, however familiar, never mind a person is grateful for her mother.

多么熟悉多么亲切的称呼，一个人心里永远感激的是她的母亲。

5·The love and support of friends and strangers made a big difference; those who wrote to me or said a kind word in a crowd meant more than they will ever know.

来自朋友和陌生人的爱与支持确实给我帮了大忙。那些写信给我或是在人群中向我亲切问好的人们永远不知道，这些对我是何等重要。

仁慈

1·I am certainly lucky to have a kind wife who is loving by nature.

我的确幸运有一位仁慈的妻子，她天生富有爱心。《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》

2·The father is neither kind nor cruel to his son.

这位父亲对他的儿子既不仁慈也不残忍。

3·Not to grieve a kind master, I learned to be less touchy; and, for the space of half a year, the gunpowder lay as harmless as sand, because no fire came near to explode it.

我不要让一位仁慈的主人难过，我就得学着克制些。 而且，有半年时间，这火药像沙土一样地摆在那儿并没引爆，因为没有火凑近来使它爆炸。

4·Perhaps time will be kind to him.

或许时间会对他仁慈的。

5·That means he must be bold and courageous, strong, quick and decisive, yet gentle, kind and considerate.

意思是说，他必须大胆、勇敢、坚强、敏捷、果断，但同时也得和蔼、仁慈、体贴。

性质

1·She has to work late most days, but in her kind of job that goes with the territory.

她在大部分日子里都得工作到很晚，但根据她的工作性质，这是不可避免的。《牛津词典》

2·What kind of jobs are they?

什么性质的工作？

3·And you see if there is a chance for progress and if so, what kind.

你要看清是否有取得进展的机会，如果有，是什么性质的机会。

4·The same analogy applies to service, or retail, or teaching, or any other kind of work.

这个理论可以在服务、零售、教学等其它任何性质的工作上类推。

5·In the past, this kind of qualitatively different data was often not even stored in the same RDB and, if stored, the RDB could only provide low-level search capabilities.

在过去，这些在性质上各不相同的数据甚至常常不是存储在相同的RDB中，即使是存储在相同的RDB中，这种RDB也只是简单提供低级的搜索功能。

和蔼的

1·He's thin and short. He's very kind.

他长得又瘦又矮，他非常和蔼。

2·He is very kind.

他非常和蔼。

3·The kind policeman directed me to the hospital.

那个和蔼的警察领我去了医院。

4·The concept of the American Santa Claus originated with St. Nicholas, who was born in Asia Minor in 280 A.D. he was known as a kind, benevolent man; indeed made a saint because of his generosity.

美国人关于圣诞老人的概念源于圣-尼古拉斯，他生于公元280年的小亚细亚。众所周知，他是个和蔼、慈善的人；确实，由于他的慷慨宽大而成为一位圣徒。

5·And slowly the kind man comes closer loses his rage sits down at table.

那个和蔼的男人走近了，熄灭怒火在桌子旁坐下来。

善

1·When humans learn to be kind to animals, they will be able to become kind to each other.

当人类学会善待动物，他们才能够彼此为善。

2·The aesthetics discussed by Confucius must be in line with the ideas of humanity, kind and true, which is the standards for criticizing aesthetics.

孔子所谓的“美”，就是符合“仁”、“善”和“真”，这三项都是判断美的标准。

3·I can defend human culture and praise truth, kind and beauty through inspiration from life.

我很幸运，我能用生命感悟的灵性来捍卫人类文明，讴歌真、善、美。

4·Is a past Buddhist relics Fu, various kind man, woman, if the one who have letter should deliver a wish and living that national territory.

是故舍利弗，诸善男子、女人，若有信者，应当发愿，生彼国土。

5·The aesthetic standards of Confucius include the unity of content and form, elegant and kind and the way of neutralization, which affect the culture of China deeply.

孔子的审美标准包括“文”和“质”的统一、“美”和“善”的统一以及“中和之道”，这种审美标准深刻影响了中国文化。

慈祥的

1·I hoped he would be rich and kind and would come into our lives (and our not yet furnished apartment) and help us.

我希望他富有而慈祥，走进我们的生活及还没有配家具的公寓，帮助我们。

2·My grandma has a very kind smile.

我的奶奶有一幅很慈祥的笑容。

3·His kind eyes peered over the top of his half-glasses.

他慈祥的眼神在半框眼镜上边凝视过来.

4·Just like a kind mother, is how great ah!

就像一位慈祥的母亲，是多么伟大啊！

5·Time lost take you too much, but dad corners of smile is so kind, the mother complained that nagging voice is still contains the strong concern.

时光的失去夺取了你们太多太多，但爸爸嘴角上扬的微笑仍是那么慈祥，妈妈抱怨的唠叨声中仍是包含着浓浓关怀。

和气

1·He bid her add a spoonful of wine from a bottle on the table; and having swallowed a small portion, appeared more tranquil, and said she was very kind.

他吩咐她从桌子上一个瓶子里倒出一匙酒来加上；喝下一点后，他显得平静些了，说她很和气。

2·He is always kind to every one, not to mention his wife.

他对每个人一向都很和气，更不用说对自己的妻子了。

3·The teacher is kind to people, but if you make a mistake, the teacher would frown, face is stretched tightly, never lightly.

方老师虽然对人很和气，可是如果谁犯了错误，方老师立刻会紧皱眉头，脸也绷地紧紧的，决不会轻饶。

4·'That day Elizabeth was very kind to us,' Edward wrote later. 'But why couldn't my mother or my brother say those words to me?'

“那天，伊丽莎白对我们很和气，”爱德华后来写道，“但为什么我的母亲和弟弟就不能对我说这些话呢？”