| 单词 |
prioritize |
| 释义 |
prioritize, v. orig. U.S.|praɪˈɒrɪtaɪz|
[f. priority + -ize.]
a. trans. To designate as worthy of prior attention, to give priority to (in the sense of priority 2).
b. trans. To determine the order in which (items) are to be dealt with, to establish priorities for (a set of items). Also absol.
1973T. H. White Making of President 1972 xii. 325 The storefront operators in the counties that Malek had ‘prioritized’ had identified independents, wavering Democrats and ‘don't knows’. 1975R. Burns Alvarez Jrnl. 47 But in the meantime I've got to prioritize the operations, and the priority standard is the probability of conviction. 1977Time 14 Mar. 28/2 From then on toward midnight, he tries, in his own words, ‘to prioritize’. 1977Daily Colonist (Victoria, B.C.) 15 May 33/5 A special committee had been struck..to prioritize their recommendations and to report. 1981Times 3 Feb. 13/6 In the Nato headquarters..we are well used to prioritizing our targets.
Hence priˌoritiˈzation; priˈoritized ppl. a., priˈoritizing vbl. n.
1977Financial Times 24 Dec. 3/6 It has two meanings, depending on whether one is doing the prioritization, or having it thrust upon one. 1977Time 14 Mar. 28/2 Prioritizing takes him into the Oval Office to talk each day with the President and to drop in on..Vice President Mondale. 1978Verbatim Feb. 1/2 A teacher in Mill Valley has drawn up a ‘prioritized list of all components of the school program’. |
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