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单词 oriented
释义
oriented
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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 FAMILY
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USAGE EXAMPLES
Moreover, 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, destined
headed 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
headed
having a heading or course in a certain direction
homeward, homeward-bound
oriented toward home
minded
(used in combination) mentally oriented toward something specified
orientating, orienting
positioning 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, disoriented
socially disoriented
confused, disoriented, lost
having lost your bearings; confused as to time or place or personal identity
disorienting
causing loss of physical or intellectual bearings
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