剑桥高阶英汉双解词典 - orientation collapse

orientation
[UK]/ˌɔ:.ri.en'teɪ.ʃən/ [US]/ˌɔ:r.i-/
noun [U]
PREFERENCES 取向性
* the particular preferences, tendencies, beliefs or opinions that a person has
一个人特别的喜好，价值取向；信仰观念等

1. We employ people without regard to their political or sexual orientation.
我们聘请员工时并不考虑其政治或性取向。

[UK]/ˌɔ:.ri.en'teɪ.ʃən/ [US]/ˌɔ:r.i-/
noun [U]
AIMS 瞄准
* the particular interests, activities or aims of an organization, business or project
兴趣；取向；目标

1. the company's new eco-friendly orientation
公司保护生态环境的新定位

[UK]/ˌɔ:.ri.en'teɪ.ʃən/ [US]/ˌɔ:r.i-/
noun [U]
TRAINING 训练
* training or preparation for a new job or activity
（对新工作、新活动的）培训或准备

1. The department has arranged an orientation session.
系里安排了一次迎新活动。

[UK]/ˌɔ:.ri.en'teɪ.ʃən/ [US]/ˌɔ:r.i-/
noun [U]
ARRANGEMENT 安排
formal
* arrangement or direction
安排；方向

1. The building has an east-west orientation (= It is built on a line between east and west).
这幢大楼是东西向的。

柯林斯COBUILD高阶英汉双解学习词典 - orientation collapse

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1.N-VAR 可变名词（组织、国家等的）方向，目标，定位 If you talk about the orientation of an organization or country, you are talking about the kinds of aims and interests it has.

【搭配模式】：with supp

  • ...a marketing orientation...

    营销定位

  • To a society which has lost its orientation he has much to offer...

    对于一个迷失了方向的社会，他能做的有很多。

  • The movement is liberal and social democratic in orientation.

    这一运动以自由和社会民主为目标。

2.N-VAR 可变名词（某人在信仰或偏好上基本的）态度，取向 Someone's orientation is their basic beliefs or preferences.

【搭配模式】：supp N

  • ...legislation that would have made discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation illegal.

    本来会将性取向歧视定为非法的法规

3.N-UNCOUNT 不可数名词（岗前、学前、课前等的）情况介绍，培训，训练 Orientation is basic information or training that is given to people starting a new job, school, or course.

【搭配模式】：oft N n

  • They give their new employees a day or two of perfunctory orientation.

    他们对新员工进行了一两天例行公事的培训。

  • ...a one-day orientation session.

    为期一天的迎新会

4.N-COUNT 可数名词（建筑物等的）朝向 The orientation of a structure or object is the direction it faces.

【搭配模式】：usu with poss

  • Farnese had the orientation of the church changed so that the front would face a square.

    法尔内塞改变了教堂的朝向，这样它的正面就可以对着广场。

牛津高阶英汉双解 第7版 - orientation collapse

orientation
orien·ta·tion / 7C:riEn5teiFn / noun1. [U, C] ~ (to / towards sth) the type of aims or interests that a person or an organization has; the act of directing your aims towards a particular thing
   方向；目标；定向:
   The course is essentially theoretical in orientation.
   该课程的目标基本上是理论性的。
   Companies have been forced into a greater orientation to the market.
   各公司不得不转变,更加面向市场。
2. [U, C] a person's basic beliefs or feelings about a particular subject
   (个人的)基本信仰,态度,观点:
    religious / political orientation
   宗教/政治取向
   a person's sexual orientation (= whether they are attracted to men, women or both)
   某人的性取向
3. [U] training or information that you are given before starting a new job, course, etc.
   (任职等前的)培训,训练；迎新会:
   an orientation course
   上岗培训课
4. [C] (technical 术语) the direction in which an object faces
   方向:
   The orientation of the planet's orbit is changing continuously.
   该行星轨道的方向不断变化。

牛津英语同义词学习词典 - orientation collapse

orientation noun
⇨ tendency

新牛津英语同义词词典 - orientation collapse

orientation

noun
1 the orientation of the radar station | a north-easterly orientation
POSITIONING , location, position, situation, lie, bearings, angle, placement, direction, alignment, emplacement, locating, situating.

2 his orientation to his new way of life
ADAPTATION , adjustment, accommodation, familiarization, acclimatization, settling in.

3 a movement that was broadly Marxist in orientation
ATTITUDE , inclination, direction, aim, intention.

4 only a small fraction of the workforce received more than the most rudimentary orientation
INDUCTION , training, guidance, introduction, initiation, briefing.

词源记忆 - orientation collapse

orientation 定位，方向，职前培训
来自orientate, 朝向，定位。引申词义定位，方向，职前培训等。