of sorts

名不符实的(勉强称利的；劣等的)

Mr Seymour too is an engineer of sorts.(西摩先生也算是一位工程师。)

Even so, fund management is undergoing arevolution of sorts.(尽管如此，基金管理正在经历各种各样的变革。)

JOHN CASSIDY's new book is a sequel of sorts.(约翰·凯希迪的新书可以说是从前著作的续集。)

It was a community center of sorts.(它更像是一个社交中心。)

Still, that is progress of sorts.(那仍然是某种形式的进展。)

Ms Jiau's industry is also undergoing its own trial, of sorts.(焦婉莹的行业也在进行自我检讨。)

Even pterodactyls had filaments of sorts.(甚至连翼手龙(pterodactyls)也长有结构简单的纤维。)

A time warp, of sorts, and a digital space warp too.(这勉强可以叫做时间弯曲，也是一种数字化的空间弯曲。)

Drivers use a joystick of sorts to steer and throttle the vehicle, which can spin in place and accelerates rather quickly.(司机可以利用操纵杆之类的来控制方向和速度，这样车辆可以原地旋转并加速得相当快。)

That is a compliment of sorts to the euro.(这是其实是一种对欧元的肯定。)

1. 不怎样的;各种各样的：all sorts of各种各样的 | of sorts不怎样的;各种各样的 | absent from缺席;不在

2. 差不多：27 will do 好的 | 28 Of sorts 差不多 | 29 I think as you can tell 我想你也能明白.

3. 各种各样的：of right 按照法律 | of sorts 各种各样的 | of the day 当时的

4. 算是吧：Are you a doctor?|你是医生吗? | Of sorts.|算是吧 | I'm just, um... Iooking around.|我只是...周围看看

Psychological Counseling-(心理咨询)

A：One of my students told me she was very depressed today.
我的一个学生告诉我她今天心情很坏。

of sorts

B：Why?
怎么了？

A：Her father is dying.
她的爸爸快死了。

B：Oh, that’s very sad.
哦，真令人难过。

A：Yeah, she’s broken up about it, poor kid.
是呀，她无法承受这件事，真可怜。

B：What did you do?
你怎么做的？

A：I talked to her for a while, but she’s really depressed. So, I made an appointment with the school counselor for her.
我跟她谈了一会儿，但是她还很沮丧。所以，我便为她约了学校的咨询顾问。

B：That’s a good idea. The counselor is a psychologist. He’s better trained to handle these sorts of things.
这个办法不错。顾问是心理学家。对于处理这些事情他受过良好的培训。

A：Yeah, that’s what I told her. I’m glad she’s reaching out for help, instead of trying to deal with this on her own.
是，我也是这样和她说的。我很高兴她可以求援而不是自己一个人承担了。

B：Yeah, me too.
是的，我也有同感。