勉强称得上的，较差的
In the hospital emergency ward-(在医院急诊室)
A：How’s it feel?
感觉怎么样？
B：About the same.
和刚才差不多。
A：Someone will be out to take a look any minute now.
很快就有人给你看的。
B：Should we be here, Alice? I don’t think it’s that serious.
艾丽斯，我们要来这儿吗？ 我看没那么严重。
A：Of course! It’s the sort of thing a hospital emergency ward is for.
当然得来这儿啦！ 医院的急诊室就是干这个的。
C：Will he have to wait much longer?
要等很长时间吗？
A：I hope not. It isn’t that busy.
希望不会。这儿不是那么忙。
Getting Started-(成立公司)
A：Let's review our start-up plans. When do you think we will be able to move into our new office?
我们再看一遍我们的初步计划。你想什么时候我们可以搬进新的办公室？
B：Well, we can move in any time after July first, but moving in and actually getting started are two different things.
七月一号之后我们随时可以搬进去，不过搬进去和实际开始工作是两回事。
A：Good point. Anyway, I have our new marketing manager, Helen Parker, helping us get set up.
说得好。无论如何，我会要我们新任的市场经理，海伦.派克帮忙我们打点一切。
B：What is she doing?
她是做什么的？
A：She's overseeing the purchase of equipment and so forth.
她监督机器设备的采购等等。
B：Does she have a background in that sort of thing?
她有那方面的背景吗？
A：As a matter of fact, it turns out she practically ran her last company, from marketing to finance.
事实上，她上一个公司从行销到财务，实际上都是她在运作的。
B：I'm looking forward to meeting her.
我期待认识她。
A：Have you begun to investigate factories? I'm so glad we aren't going to try to run our own factory at first.
你开始调查工厂了吗？我很高兴我们没有先试图设立自己的工厂。
B：Yes, I've started. And I've found some good people for R and D, too. Then there are the art people designing our logos-
是的，开始了。我也替研发部门找了些好人才。然后有一些美术人员设计我们的商标——
A：Oh, no! Millions of details: logos, slogans, letterhead, name cards . . .
商标，标语，信头，名片……
B：You thought setting up a company was going to be easy?
你觉得创立一间公司会容易吗？
of a sort
1. 同一类的：of a piece 一致的 | of a sort 同一类的 | of account 重要
2. 同一种[类], 相当的, 勉强称得上的, 较差的, 所谓的：nothing of the sort 根本没有那样的事情 | of a sort 同一种[类], 相当的, 勉强称得上的, 较差的, 所谓的 | of all sorts 各种各样的
3. 差劲的,劣等的：4.点着,使爆炸,炸开 shoot off the fire crackers | of a sort 差劲的,劣等的 | They served coffee of a sort.他们供应的咖啡很差.
4. 属同一个种类的：sort out整理归类 | of a sort属同一个种类的 | lose one's sight 丧失视力
1. The ceasefire succeeded to restore a sort of calmness and Israel started to gradually lift the sanctions.
2. The officers told the newspaper they were powerless to stop the animals, as they were not driving a cart or any other sort of vehicle.
3. In a way, the latter are a sort of " untouchable " caste.
4. The Mosuo had a caste system that was sort of a slave society with a small noble class.
5. So that was a good sign in a bad sort of way.
6. Under the category " Rights and Duty " were the 10 entries, meant to be a sort of users'manual for the good mobster.
7. I have a sort of Alzheimer's for my own work, which I think is a very good thing.
8. A region of chromosome 11 where genes of any sort had never been described.
9. Rumors the 373 m volcanic lake harbors some sort of monster have been circulating for more than a century.
10. Would they think it was the name of a lover, a tribute to an idol or some sort of code?