type: may suggest strong and clearly marked similarity throughout the items included so that the distinctiveness of the group is obvious: one of three basic body ~s.     如racial/blood/contract/tank types人种/血型/合同/坦克类型，如the Type-003 aircraft carrier是003型航母，如she mixes with all types of people和各种类型的人打交道，可见type最通用       similarity, resemblance,和likeness这里都泛指相似，没有区别


kind: may be indefinite and involve any criterion of classification whatever: that ~ of ice-cream; or may suggest  natural and inherent criteria: a zoo with animals of every ~.  


sort: often close to kind, may suggest a note of disparagement: the ~ of newspaper dealing in sensational stories.    表示不好的、不喜欢的一类事物，应该用sort，如all sorts of troubles/problems各种麻烦/问题，如本例，那种煽情的报纸            to deal in买卖经营


nature: may imply inherent, essential resemblance rather than obvious, superficial likeness: two problems of a similar ~.     inherent内在的固有的essential本质的必不可少的   don't worry about things of that nature别担心那类事情, 本例: 两个问题本质上属于同一类


ilk: may suggest grouping on the basis of status, attitude, or temperament: synics of that ~.    temperament性情，是指天生的性格


description: implies a group marked by agreements in all details of a type as described or defined: not all individuals of that ~ are truly psychotic.   精神病患者，不要和psycho精神变态者混淆


character: stresses the distinguishing and individualizing criteria that mark the group: a society with little of the ~ of an advanced culture.


type类型: 十分通用，表示同类成员强烈相似，与其他显著不同,  kind种类: 分类标准较随意的(任何标准), 没有type严格明确，常表示对自然事物的分类,  sort种类: 同kind，但有事暗含贬义, nature(本质)类型: 指本质内在固有地相似的一类事物，而非表面相似， ilk(人的)类型: 指具有相似地位态度性格的一类人, description(描述的)类型: 指符合某一描述的类型， character品格: 指具有特有特征(distinguish, individualize区分辨别)的类型


记忆方法: 1）首字母TKSNIDC重组成Ti Cai和KINDS题材种类<==类型

         2）练习一下    

         3）类型的意思是具有共同属性的个体的集合mean a number of individuals thought of as a group because of a common quality or qualities.首字母TKSNIDC重组成Ti Cai和KINDS题材种类<==类型