[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.
[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。
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[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.
[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.
[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.
[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。
Oxford
orien·ta·tionAWL/ˌɔːriənˈteɪʃn; NAmEˌɔːriənˈteɪʃn/noun1[uncountable , countable ]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.该课程的定位是以理论为主。orientationto/towards sth ◆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[uncountable , countable ]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[uncountable ]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[countable ]( 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。orientationorientationsorien·ta·tion/ˌɔːriənˈteɪʃn; NAmEˌɔːriənˈteɪʃn/
1[countable, uncountable] the type of activity or subject that a person or organization seems most interested in and gives most attention toorientation towards/to The company needs to develop a stronger orientation towards marketing its products. How can we get students to adopt a serious orientation to learning?orientation of He was unhappy with the commercial orientation of the organization.2[countable, uncountable] the political opinions or religious beliefs that someone haspolitical/religious orientation The meeting is open to everyone, whatever their political or religious orientation. The party has a broadly socialist orientation.3sexual orientation the fact that someone is heterosexual or homosexual: Discrimination on the grounds of sexual orientation is still far too widespread.4[uncountable] a period of time during which people are trained and prepared for a new job or course of study: This is orientation week for all the new students.5[countable] the angle or position of an object, or the direction in which it is facing
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