释义 |
reclassify, v.|riːˈklæsɪfaɪ| [re- 5 a.] trans. To classify again; to alter the classification of.
1920in Webster. 1928Daily Tel. 27 Nov. 8/2 They will have an opportunity of reclassifying their institutions. 1946Nature 28 Sept. 439/1 Existing roads should be reclassified and the design of new roads should not be attempted before their purpose was clearly determined. 1953Times 8 June 7/4 Whether the Government will consider the advisability of reclassifying crash helmets as motor-cycle accessories. 1972W. McGivern Caprifoil iii. 47 ‘Those files aren't available.’ ‘They've been reclassified?’ 1977Evening Post (Nottingham) 27 Jan. 2/8 Re-classify their status—they are part retired, but certainly not wholly unemployed. Hence reclassifiˈcation.
1885Manch. Exam. 17 Jan. 5/5 Bills deposited by the principal railway companies for the re-classification of their rates. |