| 单词 | reorient |
| 释义 | reorient (once / 36936 pages) v When you get lost, you can reorient yourself with a compass. Reorient can also be used figuratively. You got off track with your college plans, but now you have reoriented yourself, and you are applying for the fall semester. The verb reorient has orient as its base. Orient is from the Latin word orientem, which refers to the sun rising in the East. In fact the verb orient meant to face East, so reorient literally means to face East again. Today, reorient is to adjust to new circumstances or positions. The curriculum will reorient student learning goals, but it also means you have to learn the new, new, new math. WORD FAMILYreorient: reorientation, reoriented, reorienting+/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/oriented: unoriented USAGE EXAMPLESNor is the party’s ability to modernize and reorient its vast propaganda apparatus — perhaps the world’s largest — guaranteed. New York Times(Dec 31, 2016) But if campaign rhetoric is a reliable guide, reorienting trade policy may become one of the main goals of the new administration. New York Times(Dec 02, 2016) In the wake of the Russian ban, Moldovan wine producers scrambled to reorient to Europe. Slate(Nov 28, 2016) 1v orient once again, after a disorientation Syn|Hyper reorientate orient, orientate determine one's position with reference to another point 2v set or arrange in a new or different determinate position Hypo|Hyper adjust, align, aline, line up place in a line or arrange so as to be parallel or straight skewturn or place at an angle addressadjust and aim (a golf ball) at in preparation of hitting synchronise, synchronizecause to indicate the same time or rate realign, realinealign anew or better true, true upmake level, square, balanced, or concentric collimateadjust the line of sight of (an optical instrument) concenter, concentre, focalise, focalize, focusbring into focus or alignment; to converge or cause to converge; of ideas or emotions change undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature 3v cause to turn Hypo|Hyper tip cause to tilt banktip laterally turn cause to move around or rotate |
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