orient

['ɔ:riənt]

n.东方, 亚洲
adj.东方的
vt.使适应, 使朝东,定 ... 的方位
n.珍珠的光泽,优质珍珠
adj.闪闪发光的

词形变化

动词过去式: oriented | 动词过去分词: oriented | 动词现在分词: orienting | 动词第三人称单数: orients |

词义辨析

同义:

n.东方, 亚洲

the East  Levant  Asia  east of Suez  East Indies  Far East  mysterious east  Eastern hemisphere

a.珍贵的, 有光泽的, 闪光的

lustrous  opalescent  pearly  nacred  iridescent  glossy  glowing  

英英释义

名词 orient:

the countries of Asia

同义词：East

the hemisphere that includes Eurasia and Africa and Australia

同义词：eastern hemisphere

动词 orient:

be oriented

同义词：point

determine one's position with reference to another point

同义词：orientate

cause to point

形容词 orient:

(poetic) eastern

补充

orientorient英:[ˈɔ:riənt] 美:[ˈɔriənt, -ˌɛnt, ˈor-]vt.1.使熟悉, 使适应He oriented himself on coming to a new city.他初到一个新城市, 就使自己适应新的环境。2.使朝向; 使确定位置The climbers stopped to orient themselves before descending the mountain.登山者先停下来确定所在的位置, 然后再下山。n.1.东方, 亚洲The people in the Orient are mainly yellow or brown.东方国家的人种主要是黄色的或棕色的。

例句

1. orienting students to new ways of thinking about their participation in classroom learning使学生适应参与课堂学习的新思维方式 2. She lay still for a few seconds, trying to orient herself.她静静地躺了几秒钟, 试图弄清自己身在何处。 3. Anxiety comes from not being able to orient yourself in your own existence.焦虑的来源是不能适应自己的生活。 4. The discussions helped me orient myself to the language.这些讨论帮助我适应了这种语言。 5. You will need the time to orient yourself to your new way of eating.你还需要一些时间来适应新的饮食方式。 6. We must orient our work to the needs of the markets.我们必须调整我们的工作，以适应市场的需要。 7. to orient oneself to new surroundings使自己适应新环境 8. You can easily orient yourself in the city by the famous buildings.利用城内的著名建筑物，你可以很容易地确定自己的方位。 9. The stadium is oriented south and north.那个体育场是南北走向。 10. to orient the commodities towards one's custom.使商品面向那些常客 11. the orient moon of Islam.伊斯兰世界初升的月亮。 12. the fires are oriented in direct line with the midsummer sunset.这些火堆与夏至时的日落点成一条直线。 13. magazines oriented to the business community.迎合商业界需要的杂志。 14. [as adj., in combination -oriented]market-oriented economic reforms.以市场为目标的经济改革。 15. there are no street names which would enable her to orient herself.没有任何街名能使她确定自己身在何处。 16. They are planning to orient the movie toward teenagers. [=to make the movie interesting to teenagers]他们正计划着让这部电影符合青少年的口味。 17. The authors oriented the text to/toward high-school students. = The text is oriented toward high-school students.作者使用的是适于高中学生水平的文本。 18. The program is intended to orient students toward a career in medicine.这门课程旨在引导学生从事医学事业。 19. orient the map so that north is at the top.把地图中的北方放在上方。 20. The house is oriented so that it faces west.房子定位成坐东朝西。 21. The guide is intended to orient travelers (to their surroundings).导游想让游客熟悉周边环境。 22. The hikers stopped to orient themselves [=to find out where they were] by looking at their map.徒步旅行者们停下来查看地图，看看身处什么地方。 23. She needs time to orient herself to her new job. [=to become familiar with her new job]她需要时间来适应新工作。