1PHRASAL VERB 把…分类;整理 If you sort out a group of things, you separate them into different classes, groups, or places, for example so that you can do different things with them. 把…分类;整理 [Also VERB n PREPOSITION]
Sort out all your bills, receipts, invoices and expenses as quickly as possible and keep detailed accounts. [VERBPREP. noun]
尽快整理好你所有的账单、收据、发票和开支,并记好账目明细。
Davina was sorting out scraps of material. [VERBPREP. noun]
达维娜正在整理零碎的材料。
How do we sort out fact from fiction? [VP n + from]
我们如何将事实与虚构区分开呢?
2PHRASAL VERB 解决(问题);理清(细节) If you sort out a problem or the details of something, you do what is necessary to solve the problem or organize the details. 解决(问题);理清(细节)
India and Nepal have sorted out their trade and security dispute. [VERBPREP. noun]
印度和尼泊尔已经解决了贸易与安全方面的争端。
Have you sorted something out for tomorrow night? [VERB noun PREP.]
3PHRASAL VERB 教训;规劝;惩处 If you sort someone out, you make them realize that they have behaved wrongly, for example by talking to them or by punishing them. 教训;规劝;惩处 [mainly British]
It was the older women and young mothers who sorted all the troublemakers out. [VERB noun PREP.]
是那些年纪较长的女士和年轻的母亲们教训了所有那些捣蛋鬼。
The crucial skill you need to develop is sorting out the parents. [VERBPREP. noun]
4PHRASAL VERB 恢复正常;理清头绪;镇定下来 If you sort yourself out, you organize yourself or calm yourself so that you can act effectively and reasonably. 恢复正常;理清头绪;镇定下来
We're in a state of complete chaos here and I need a little time to sort myself out. [VERB pronoun-reflexive PREP.]
sort out phrasal verb ⇨arrange (sort out your things)⇨organize (sort out the details)⇨separate1 (sort out the lies from the truth)⇨solve1 (sort out a problem)⇨tidy (sort out the drawers)