recategorize
verb [ T ] (also re-categorize); (UK usually recategorise, re-categorise) uk/ˌriːˈkæt.ə.ɡər.aɪz/ us/ˌriːˈkæt̬.ə.ɡə.raɪz/
重新分类
to put people or things into new categories (= groups of things that have some features that are the same)
There have been some attempts to recategorise asylum-seekers as regular migrants. 有人试图将避难者重新归类为正常移民。
These methods have been used to recategorize earlier work.
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- Environmental groups have asked the United States federal government to recategorize the turtle from threatened to endangered.
- Facilities that are not performing well attempt to re-name, re-organize and re-categorize themselves as problems arise.
- I shall be putting forward a proposal that we should recategorise cannabis to class C rather than class B.
- We need to recategorize insects as good guys instead of bad guys, because there's a worldwide insect shortage.