orient

verb

1. 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
2. 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。
3. 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。

1. VERB 使适应，使熟悉（新的环境或行为方式）
   When you orient yourself to a 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。
2. VERB 使确立方位；使辨清方向
   When you orient 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。
3. See also: oriented

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. 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。
3. 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。
4. You can orient yourself by remembering that the hill is due north.
   只要记住这座小山位于正北方，你就能确定你所在的方位了。
5. 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”。
6. We must orient our work to the needs of the people.
   我们必须使我们的工作面向人民的需要。
7. We must orient our ideas to new conditions.
   我们必须使我们的观念适应新环境。
8. 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。
9. The Orient is rich in its crude petroleum.
   远东地区盛产原油。
10. I was able to develop a new course on Intercultural Communications to orient our students.
    我得以开设了关于跨文化交际的一门新的课程来引导我们的学生。
11. 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！
12. 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。
13. 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。
14. Introduced into United States from the Orient; larvae feed on roots of sugarcane and other grasses.
    从东方传入美国；幼虫吃甘蔗和其它植物的根部。
15. China and Japan are important nations of the orient.
    中国和日本是东方重要的国家。
16. 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。
17. In these markets, I breathed the smell of the Orient.
    在这些市场上，我感受到了东方国家的气息。
18. They carried on trade in tea and spices with the orient.
    他们同东方国家做茶叶和香料的生意。
19. This time, I want to portray a cute Oriental girls, a unique beauty of the Orient.
    这一次，我想描绘一个东方的可爱女孩，一种独特的东方美感。
20. Once we land to board the Orient express, you are free to go.
    一旦我们登上了东方快车，你就自由了。
21. Orient has been unable to resist, just smiled and watched the shore to see the girls.
    东方已经无力反抗，只是微笑着看了看岸边的女孩。
22. Chinese creation is clangorous slogan from the orient.
    中国创造，那是来自东方响亮的口号。
23. The discussions helped me orient myself to the language.
    这些讨论帮助我熟悉了这种语言。
24. Hong Kong is the Pearl of the Orient?
    香港是东方之珠吗？
25. There are similar heated arguments between the rule of law and rule of virtue in the Orient and the Occident.
    关于法治和德治的争论在东方和西方产生了相似的激烈争论。
26. That is the corporate culture in orient.
    这是东方的企业文化。
27. I'm afraid I bring disturbing news from the orient.
    我恐怕从东方带回来一个令人困扰的消息。
28. I see by your resume that you worked as a Secretary for Orient company.
    你在简历中说，你曾在东方公司当过秘书。
29. We all killed her, in east and west, Orient and Occident, north and south.
    我们都杀了她，在东方和西方，北方和南方。
30. 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。

noun

1. the hemisphere that includes Eurasia and Africa and Australia

   Synonym:    eastern hemisphere

verb

1. adjust to a specific need or market
   1. a magazine oriented towards young people
   2. tailor your needs to your surroundings

   Synonym:    tailor

2. familiarize (someone) with new surroundings or circumstances
   1. The dean of students tries to orient the freshmen

3. determine one's position with reference to another point
   1. We had to orient ourselves in the forest

   Synonym:    orientate

4. cause to point
   1. Orient the house towards the West

5. be oriented
   1. The weather vane points North
   2. the dancers toes pointed outward

   Synonym:    point