orient

　　vt. 使熟悉,使適應 adjust sb/sth to the surrounding or a situation

　　vt. 使朝向,使確定位置 place so that it faces any indicated direction; establish the position

　　同義詞

　　v. orientate，point

　　n. east，eastern hemisphere

　　反義詞

　　v. disorient，disorientate

　　參考例句

　　1. We must orient our work to the needs of the markets.

　　我們必須調整我們的工作，以適應市場的需要。

　　2. In these markets, I breathed the smell of the Orient.

　　在這些市場上，我感受到了東方國家的氣息。

　　3. By 1600 A. D. , coffee drinking had come to the Orient. It soon became very popular.

　　到公元1600年，飲用咖啡的行為開始傳到東方，不久就變得非常普及。

　　雙語釋義

　　1.V-T When you orient yourself to a new situation or course of action, you learn about it and prepare to deal with it. 適應

　　例：You will need the time to orient yourself to your new way of eating.

　　你需要時間適應新的吃法。

　　2. see also oriented

　　常見用法

　　用作名詞

　　They love paintings from the Orient.

　　他們喜歡來自東方的繪畫。

　　China is the biggest country in the orient.

　　中國是東方最大的國家。

　　The idea of cantilever construction is ancient in the Orient.

　　在亞洲古代就已實行過懸臂施工。

　　用作形容詞

　　The vase seems to have an orient origin.

　　這花瓶好像來自東方。

　　用作及物動詞

　　I need some time to orient my thinking.

　　我需要一些時間來使我的思想適應。

　　The freshman took a while to orient himself.

　　那位大學新生花了一段時間才熟悉了環境。

　　orient

　　vt. 使熟悉,使適應 adjust sb/sth to the surrounding or a situation

　　vt. 使朝向,使確定位置 place so that it faces any indicated direction; establish the position

　　同義詞

　　v. orientate，point

　　n. east，eastern hemisphere

　　反義詞

　　v. disorient，disorientate

　　參考例句

　　1. We must orient our work to the needs of the markets.

　　我們必須調整我們的工作，以適應市場的需要。

　　2. In these markets, I breathed the smell of the Orient.

　　在這些市場上，我感受到了東方國家的氣息。

　　3. By 1600 A. D. , coffee drinking had come to the Orient. It soon became very popular.

　　到公元1600年，飲用咖啡的行為開始傳到東方，不久就變得非常普及。

　　雙語釋義

　　1.V-T When you orient yourself to a new situation or course of action, you learn about it and prepare to deal with it. 適應

　　例：You will need the time to orient yourself to your new way of eating.

　　你需要時間適應新的吃法。

　　2. see also oriented

　　常見用法

　　用作名詞

　　They love paintings from the Orient.

　　他們喜歡來自東方的繪畫。

　　China is the biggest country in the orient.

　　中國是東方最大的國家。

　　The idea of cantilever construction is ancient in the Orient.

　　在亞洲古代就已實行過懸臂施工。

　　用作形容詞

　　The vase seems to have an orient origin.

　　這花瓶好像來自東方。

　　用作及物動詞

　　I need some time to orient my thinking.

　　我需要一些時間來使我的思想適應。

　　The freshman took a while to orient himself.

　　那位大學新生花了一段時間才熟悉了環境。