跟我背CET4核心词汇:orient

　　orient

　　vt. 使熟悉,使适应 adjust sb/sth to the surrounding or a situation

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

　　同义词

　　v. orientate，point

　　n. east，eastern hemisphere

　　反义词

　　v. disorient，disorientate

　　参考例句

　　1. 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。

　　2. 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。

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

　　到公元1600年，饮用咖啡的行为开始传到东方，不久就变得非常普及。

　　双语释义

　　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. 适应

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

　　你需要时间适应新的吃法。

　　2. see also oriented

　　常见用法

　　用作名词

　　They love paintings from the Orient.

　　他们喜欢来自东方的绘画。

　　China is the biggest country in the orient.

　　中国是东方最大的国家。

　　The idea of cantilever construction is ancient in the Orient.

　　在亚洲古代就已实行过悬臂施工。

　　用作形容词

　　The vase seems to have an orient origin.

　　这花瓶好像来自东方。

　　用作及物动词

　　I need some time to orient my thinking.

　　我需要一些时间来使我的思想适应。

　　The freshman took a while to orient himself.

　　那位大学新生花了一段时间才熟悉了环境。