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ori·ent AW BrE /ˈɔːrient/NAmE /ˈɔːrient/ (also orien·tate) verbpresent simple - I / you / we / they orient BrE /ˈɔːrient/ NAmE /ˈɔːrient/present simple - he / she / it orients BrE /ˈɔːrients/ NAmE /ˈɔːrients/past simple oriented BrE /ˈɔːrientɪd/ NAmE /ˈɔːrientɪd/past participle oriented BrE /ˈɔːrientɪd/ NAmE /ˈɔːrientɪd/ -ing form orienting BrE /ˈɔːrientɪŋ/ NAmE /ˈɔːrientɪŋ/ [usually passive] ~ sb/sth (to/towards sb/sth) to direct sb/sth towards sth; to make or adapt sb/sth 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。◆profit-orientated organizations 以赢利为目的的机构◆Neither of them is politically oriented (= interested in politics). 他们两人都无意涉足政治。~ yourselfto find your position in relation to your surroundings 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。~ yourselfto 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。 ➡ compare disorientate |