orient
verbOPAL W
/ˈɔːrient/
/ˈɔːrient/
(also orientate)
动词形式
| present simple I / you / we / they orient | /ˈɔːrient/ /ˈɔːrient/ |
| he / she / it orients | /ˈɔːrients/ /ˈɔːrients/ |
| past simple oriented | /ˈɔːrientɪd/ /ˈɔːrientɪd/ |
| past participle oriented | /ˈɔːrientɪd/ /ˈɔːrientɪd/ |
| -ing form orienting | /ˈɔːrientɪŋ/ /ˈɔːrientɪŋ/ |
- [usually passive] orient somebody/something (to/towards somebody/something) to direct somebody/something towards something; to make or adapt somebody/something for a particular purpose
使朝向；使面对；确定方向；使适应 - Our students are oriented towards science subjects.
我们教的学生都是理科方向的。 - policies oriented to the needs of working mothers
针对在职母亲的需要而制定的政策 - We run a commercially oriented operation.
我们经营一个商业性的企业。 - Neither of them is politically oriented (= interested in politics).
他们两人都无意涉足政治。
- Our students are oriented towards science subjects.
- orient yourself to find your position in relation to everything that is around or near you
确定方位；认识方向 - The mountaineers found it hard to orient themselves in the fog.
登山者在大雾中很难辨认方向。
- The mountaineers found it hard to orient themselves in the fog.
- orient yourself to make yourself familiar with a new situation
熟悉；适应 - It took him some time to orient himself in his new school.
他经过了一段时间才熟悉新学校的环境。
compare disorientate - It took him some time to orient himself in his new school.
词源late Middle English: via Old French from Latin orient- ‘rising or east’, from oriri ‘to rise’.