Included in your self-image are the categories in which you place yourself, the roles you play and other similar descriptors you use to identify yourself.
出自-2013年6月听力原文
柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义
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种类;类别
If people or things are divided into categories, they are divided into groups in such a way that the members of each group are similar to each other in some way.
例句
This book clearly falls into the category of fictionalised autobiography...这本书很显然属于自传体小说。The tables were organised into six different categories...餐桌被编为6个不同的类别。