When you schematize something, you take a messy set of ideas or facts and put them into a clear system — maybe a picture with boxes, or a list of steps, or a simple map of how the parts fit. Teachers, scientists, and planners do this when they want the shape of a thing, not every small detail.

When you schematize something當你schematize某樣東西, you take a messy set of ideas or facts你會把一堆亂七八糟的想法或事實, and put them into a clear system整理成一個清楚的系統——maybe a picture with boxes也許是一張有方框的圖, or a list of steps或是一份步驟清單, or a simple map of how the parts fit或是一張顯示各部分怎麼組合的簡單圖。Teachers, scientists, and planners老師、科學家和規劃者 do this會這樣做 when they want the shape of a thing當他們想要的是一個東西的輪廓, not every small detail而不是每個小細節。

It is a formal, school-and-office word.

It is它是 a formal, school-and-office word一個正式的、學校和辦公室用的詞。

In everyday talk people more often say “make a diagram” or “organize it.” Though actually, schematize is a bit stronger than “organize”: you are not only tidying up, you are pushing the thing into a pattern, and some of the real mess will not fit that pattern.

In everyday talk在日常對話裡 people more often say人們比較常說 "make a diagram"「畫張圖」 or "organize it."或是「把它整理好」。Though actually不過事實上, schematize is a bit stronger than "organize"schematize的語氣比organize更強: you are not only tidying up你不只是在整理, you are pushing the thing into a pattern你是在把東西硬套進一個模式裡, and some of the real mess而有些真正雜亂的地方 will not fit that pattern會套不進那個模式。

The pattern itself is called a schema.

The pattern itself這個模式本身 is called a schema就叫做schema。