compartmentalize

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++com·part·men·tal·ize (also compartmentalise British English) /ˌkɒmpɑːt-ˈmentl-aɪz $ kəmˌpɑːrt-/ verb [transitive] TYPEto divide something into separate areas or groups 划分，分类 Women are better than men at compartmentalizing their lives. 女性要比男性更善于安排生活。 —compartmentalized adjective —compartmentalization /ˌkɒmpɑːtˌmentl-aɪˈzeɪʃən $ kəmˌpɑːrtmentl-ə-/ noun [uncountable]→ See Verb table

Examples from the Corpus

compartmentalize• Rather, the internal market has been compartmentalized.• The message was clear: the brain must be compartmentalized.• Yet in the traditional workplace, information was tightly controlled and compartmentalized.• This task is actually easier outside the old hierarchical corporate structure, where information was compartmentalized and unrelated contexts kept strictly separate.• Religion is not compartmentalized, but a living part of contemporary society, reflecting where it is and what its potentials are.• I mean you know they were we can compartmentalize it.• The brain does not neatly compartmentalize the areas used for language.• But those who are best at the game learn not to compartmentalize their lives but to fit it all together.• In addition, large growth faults developed which compartmentalized these sands.

com·part·men·tal·ize verbChineseSyllable

separate something to into areas or divide Corpus

compartmentalize
com‧part‧men‧tal‧ize

(also compartmentalise British English) /ˌkɒmpɑːt-ˈmentl-aɪz $ kəmˌpɑːrt-/ verb [transitive]
to divide something into separate areas or groups:

Women are better than men at compartmentalizing their lives.
—compartmentalized adjective
—compartmentalization /ˌkɒmpɑːtˌmentl-aɪˈzeɪʃən $ kəmˌpɑːrtmentl-ə-/ noun [uncountable]

com·part·men·tal·ize

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com·part·men·tal·ise

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BrE

/ˌkɒmpɑːtˈmentəlaɪz/

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NAmE

/kəmˌpɑːrtˈmentəlaɪz/

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