Stratify



GRE 蓝宝

解释

GRE 红宝书

• v. ( 使) 层化
• ［英］ v. ( 使) 层化 ( to divide or arrange into classes, castes, or social strata)
• ［类］ 反义词: homogenize ( 使一致)
• ［记］ strat ( 层次) ＋ify -> 层化
• ［例］ a rigidly stratified society

Webster Collegiate

verb (-fied; -fying)

• Etymology: New Latin stratificare, from stratum + Latin -ificare -ify
• Date: 1661
• transitive verb
  • 1. to form, deposit, or arrange in strata
  • 2.
    • a. to divide or arrange into classes, castes, or social strata
    • b. to divide into a series of graded statuses
• intransitive verb
  • to become arranged in strata

---