To systematize something is to take a pile of facts, numbers, ideas, or ways of doing things and put them into one clear, regular order — so that everything has a place and you can find it, use it, and repeat it. The key idea is not just tidying up; it is building a *system*: one set of rules that covers every case, instead of handling each case however you feel that day.

to systematize something把某樣東西 systematize is就是 to take a pile of facts, numbers, ideas, or ways of doing things把一堆事實、數字、想法、或做事方法 and put them into one clear, regular order放進一個清楚、規律的秩序裡 — so that everything has a place這樣每樣東西都有位置 and you can find it, use it, and repeat it你就能找到它、用它、重複它. the key idea關鍵想法 is not just tidying up不只是整理而已; it它 is building a *system*是在建立一個「系統」: one set of rules一套規則 that covers every case涵蓋每一種情況, instead of handling each case however you feel that day而不是每天憑感覺處理各種情況.

A librarian systematizes books; a company systematizes how it answers customers; a scientist systematizes the plants he has collected.

a librarian一個圖書館員 systematizes books把書 systematize（系統化）; a company一間公司 systematizes how it answers customers把回應顧客的方式系統化; a scientist一個科學家 systematizes the plants he has collected把他收集的植物系統化.

This is a fairly formal, work-and-study word. You will meet it in reports, in business writing, and in academic writing far more often than in talk between friends — in speech people say 'organize', 'sort out', or 'set up a system for'. British writers often spell it 'systematise'.

this這 is a fairly formal, work-and-study word是個相當正式、用在工作和學術上的字. you你 will meet it會遇到這個字 in reports, in business writing, and in academic writing在報告、商業寫作、和學術寫作裡, far more often than in talk between friends比在朋友聊天中常見得多 — in speech在口語裡, people人們 say ‘organize’, ‘sort out’, or ‘set up a system for’會說 ‘organize’、‘sort out’、或 ‘set up a system for’. British writers英國作者 often常常 spell it拼成 ‘systematise’.

One more thing, though: the word carries a small feeling that things were messy *before*, and often a feeling that the person doing it is being very thorough — sometimes a bit too thorough. So 'He has systematized his sock drawer' is a small joke.

one more thing, though不過還有一點: the word這個字 carries a small feeling帶著一點感覺, that things were messy *before*就是「之前一團亂」, and often a feeling而且常常還帶一點感覺 that the person doing it is being very thorough就是做這件事的人非常徹底 — sometimes a bit too thorough有時候甚至有點過頭. so所以 ‘He has systematized his sock drawer’「他把襪子抽屜系統化了」 is a small joke是個小玩笑.

Careful writers also use it about people who take scattered ideas and build them into a theory: 'Later thinkers systematized what he had only sketched.' In that use, nothing physical is moved at all.

careful writers講究的作者 also也 use it用這個字 about people who take scattered ideas and build them into a theory來形容把零散想法建構成理論的人: ‘Later thinkers systematized what he had only sketched.’「後來的思想家把他只勾勒出的東西系統化了」. in that use在這種用法裡, nothing physical is moved at all完全沒有任何實體的東西被搬動.