orient

英 [ˈɔːrient]

美 [ˈɔːrient]

v. 朝向; 面对; 确定方向; 使适应; 确定方位; 认识方向; 熟悉; 适应

过去式：oriented　过去分词：oriented　现在分词：orienting　第三人称单数：orients　

Collins.1 / BNC.10266 / COCA.6514

牛津词典

verb

朝向；面对；确定方向；使适应
to direct sb/sth towards sth; to make or adapt sb/sth for a particular purpose
1. Our students are oriented towards science subjects.
  我们教的学生都是理科方向的。
2. We run a commercially oriented operation.
  我们经营一个商业性的企业。
3. profit-orientated organizations
  以赢利为目的的机构
4. Neither of them is politically oriented (= interested in politics) .
  他们两人都无意涉足政治。
5. policies oriented to the needs of working mothers
  针对职业母亲的需要而制订的政策
确定方位；认识方向
to find your position in relation to your surroundings
1. The mountaineers found it hard to orient themselves in the fog.
  登山者在大雾中很难辨认方向。
熟悉；适应
to make yourself familiar with a new situation
1. 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。

VERB 使适应，使熟悉（新的环境或行为方式）
When youorient yourself toa new situation or course of action, you learn about it and prepare to deal with it.
1. You will need the time to orient yourself to your new way of eating.
  你还需要一些时间才能适应新的饮食方式。
2. ...orienting students to new ways of thinking about their participation in classroom learning...
  使学生熟悉参与课堂教学的新思维方式
3. Anxiety comes from not being able to orient yourself in your own existence.
  不能适应生活便会产生焦虑。
VERB 使确立方位；使辨清方向
When youorient yourself, you find out exactly where you are and which direction you are facing in.
1. She lay still for a few seconds, trying to orient herself.
  她静静地躺了一会儿，试图弄清自己的方位。
See also:oriented

noun

the hemisphere that includes Eurasia and Africa and Australia
Synonym:eastern hemisphere

verb

adjust to a specific need or market
1. a magazine oriented towards young people
2. tailor your needs to your surroundings
Synonym:tailor
familiarize (someone) with new surroundings or circumstances
1. The dean of students tries to orient the freshmen
determine one's position with reference to another point
1. We had to orient ourselves in the forest
Synonym:orientate
cause to point
1. Orient the house towards the West
be oriented
1. The weather vane points North
2. the dancers toes pointed outward
Synonym:point

We must orient our ideas to new conditions.
我们必须使我们的观念适应新环境。
Her famous books include Murder on the Orient Express and Death on the Nile etc.
她最著名的作品有《东方快车谋杀案》和《尼罗河上的惨案》等。
Into the hall to ask the next screening, Orient Today is in another door.
进大厅问了下安检，东方今报在另外一个门。
The Orient is rich in its crude petroleum.
远东地区盛产原油。
There is a significant different between Marx's societies of Orient and West.
因此，古代东方社会与古代西方社会在马克思笔下明显不同。
That is the corporate culture in orient.
这是东方的企业文化。
With our concerted efforts, Hong Kong, this Pearl of the Orient, will shine even more brightly.
在我们共同努力下，香港这颗东方之珠必定能够光芒再现，更形璀璨！
The discussions helped me orient myself to the language.
这些讨论帮助我熟悉了这种语言。
San Francisco is generally known as the U.S. “ gateway to the Orient ”.
旧金山是美国“通向东方的大门”。
This is a key focal point in discussing the differences in personal relationships between the orient and occident.
讨论东、西方人跟人之间的关系，这是一个关键性的焦点。