prioritize (v.)
"优先指定"，1967年在美国政府行话中出现，显然在1972年美国总统竞选期间流行起来，源自 priority + -ize 的词根。"目前在语言中感到不自然的一个词" [OED，1989年]。相关词汇： Prioritized; prioritizing。
Sen. Pete Dominick (R-Colo.) claims that it took him and his staff almost six years (Dominick is up for election next year) just to learn "governmentalese." He notes words such as "generalizationable" and "prioritize" and other words constructed with liberal use of hyphens: "quasi-pseudo-anti-regionalism" and "multi-duplex-co-establishment." [Don MacLean, "Washington Watch" newspaper column, February, 1967]
科罗拉多州共和党参议员皮特·多米尼克（Pete Dominick）声称，他和他的工作人员花了将近六年的时间（多米尼克明年将参加选举）才学会"政府用语"。他指出了诸如"generalizationable"和"prioritize"等词汇，以及使用连字符的其他词汇："quasi-pseudo-anti-regionalism"和"multi-duplex-co-establishment"。[唐·麦克莱恩（Don MacLean），"华盛顿观察"报纸专栏，1967年2月]
最早记录年份: 1967