单词 | reorientation |
释义 | reorientationn. The action or process of reorienting; a fresh orientation. ΘΚΠ the world > time > change > [noun] > of position or attitude turning1340 metabasis1550 shift1831 reorientation1888 conversion1893 relance1960 1888 Science 30 Mar. 152/2 We should scarcely expect pressure pure and simple to cause a re-orientation of the axes of the two crystal fragments. 1920 Contemp. Rev. July 6 There will be needed a great collaboration of wisely directed effort at home, combined with an entire reorientation of attitude and policy on the part of the Allies. 1942 L. B. Namier Conflicts 16 Far-seeing statesmen discerned the need of such a reorientation. 1951 R. Firth Elements Social Organization iii. 110 This is represented..by a re-orientation of resources in goods or labour power. 1967 G. Steiner Lang. & Silence 83 Many reorientations, many ways of ordering and choosing are available to scholarship and the imagination. 1991 Times Educ. Suppl. 11 Jan. (First Appointments) ix./3 My ‘reorientation’ course at Bath College of Higher Education for secondary staff who want to convert to primary teaching. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1888 |
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