orientate
verb(also orient)
Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they orientate | |
| he / she / it orientates | |
| past simple orientated | |
| past participle orientated | |
| -ing form orientating |
- [usually passive] orientate 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 policies orientated to the needs of working parents 面向在职父母需求的政策
- orientate 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 orientate themselves in the fog. 登山者发现在雾中很难确定自己的方位。
- orientate yourself
to make yourself familiar with a new situation 熟悉；适应 It took him some time to orientate himself in his new school. 他花了一些时间才了解了新学校的情况。
compare disorientate
Word Originmid 19th cent.: probably a back-formation from orientation.