单词 | oriented |
释义 | oriented (once / 9441 pages) adj To be oriented is to be positioned in a direction relative to something or someplace else, and it's often used with the prepositions "toward" or "away from." In order to find our way home, we should be oriented toward the north. You can be oriented towards or away from all sorts of things, not only geographic ones. For example, if you like sports, you might be called sports-oriented. If politics is your thing, then you're politically oriented. For millennia, people have used the North Star to orient themselves, because it's always in the same place in the sky. WORD FAMILYoriented: unoriented+/disorient: disorientation, disoriented, disorienting, disorients/disorientation: disorientations/disorienting: disorientingly/orient: disorient, oriental, orientated, orientation, oriented, orienting, orients, reorient/oriental: orientalise, orientalism, orientalist, orientalize, orientally/orientalise: orientalised, orientalising/orientalism: orientalisms/orientalist: orientalists/orientalize: orientalized, orientalizing/orientation: orientations/reorient: reorientation, reoriented, reorienting USAGE EXAMPLESMoreover, from the founding to the present, American society is oriented toward protecting and nurturing white privilege. Salon(Dec 20, 2016) The researchers created structures with 72% of the axons oriented radially, compared with only 11% of those cultured in 2D on a plate. Nature(Dec 06, 2016) “Our goal is to keep it more family oriented,” Keys said. Washington Times(Dec 07, 2016) adj adjusted or located in relation to surroundings or circumstances; sometimes used in combination the house had its large windows oriented toward the ocean view helping freshmen become oriented to college life the book is value- oriented throughout Syn|Ant orientated adjusted, familiarised, familiarized having achieved a comfortable relation with your environment bound, destinedheaded or intending to head in a certain direction; often used as a combining form as in `college-bound students' directed(often used in combination) having a specified direction headedhaving a heading or course in a certain direction homeward, homeward-boundoriented toward home minded(used in combination) mentally oriented toward something specified orientating, orientingpositioning with respect to a reference system or determining your bearings physically or intellectually unoriented not having position or goal definitely set or ascertained alienated, anomic, disorientedsocially disoriented confused, disoriented, losthaving lost your bearings; confused as to time or place or personal identity disorientingcausing loss of physical or intellectual bearings |
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