Typological is the adjective from 'typology'. It describes anything to do with sorting things into groups by the features they share.

TypologicalTypological is the adjective from 'typology'是「typology」（類型學）的形容詞。It它 describes anything to do with sorting things into groups描述的是把東西分門別類這件事 by the features they share依照它們共有的特徵

If a study is typological, it is asking 'what kinds are there, and what makes each kind different?' rather than 'how did this one come to be?' or 'how many are there?'. You meet it mostly in academic writing — in linguistics ('a typological study of word order' looks at how the world's languages arrange subject, verb, and object), in archaeology (sorting pots and tools by shape), in architecture, biology, and psychology.

If a study is typological如果一項研究是typological（類型學式）的 it is asking它問的是 'what kinds are there, and what makes each kind different?'「有哪些種類，每個種類又是什麼讓它不同？」 rather than而不是 'how did this one come to be?' or 'how many are there?'「這個東西是怎麼來的？」或「有多少個？」。You meet it mostly in academic writing你主要會在學術寫作裡遇到它 in linguistics在語言學裡 ('a typological study of word order' looks at how the world's languages arrange subject, verb, and object)（「a typological study of word order」研究的是世界各語言怎麼排列主詞、動詞、受詞） in archaeology (sorting pots and tools by shape)在考古學裡（依形狀分類陶器和工具） in architecture, biology, and psychology還有建築學、生物學和心理學裡

It is a formal word; nobody says it over dinner. A useful hint: in a research paper, 'typological' often quietly signals comparing many cases side by side to find patterns, as opposed to 'historical', which follows one thing through time.

It is它是 a formal word一個正式的詞 nobody says it over dinner沒有人會在吃飯的時候說它。A useful hint一個實用的小提示 in a research paper在一篇研究論文裡 'typological' often quietly signals「typological」常常悄悄暗示著 comparing many cases side by side to find patterns把很多案例並排比較、找出規律 as opposed to 'historical'相對於「historical」 which follows one thing through time後者是追著一件事情隨時間的變化

There is also an older religious use, where typological reading means treating a person or event in the Hebrew Bible as a foreshadowing of something in the New Testament — you will only meet that in theology.

There is also an older religious use還有一個較古老的宗教用法 where typological reading means在這裡，typological reading（預表式解讀）指的是 treating a person or event in the Hebrew Bible把希伯來聖經裡的一個人物或事件 as a foreshadowing of something in the New Testament當作新約裡某件事的預表 you will only meet that in theology你只會在神學裡遇到這個用法