orient

verb

/ˈɔːrient/

(also orientate)

Verb Forms

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/

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[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。
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。
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。

Word Originlate Middle English: via Old French from Latin orient- ‘rising or east’, from oriri ‘to rise’.

Orient

noun

/ˈɔːriənt/

the Orient

[singular] (old-fashioned, literary)

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the eastern part of the world, especially China and Japan东方（尤指中国和日本） compare Occident