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 intrinsic 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.      (distinguish, individualize区分辨别)


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，但有时暗含贬义，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) 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