Orientation



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解释

GRE 红宝书

• n. 定向
• ［英］ 定向 ( position with relation to the point of the compass)
• ［例］ The winding trail caused the hikers to lose their orientation.

Webster Collegiate

noun

• Date: 1839
• 1.
  • a. the act or process of orienting or of being oriented
  • b. the state of being oriented; broadly arrangement, alignment
• 2.
  • a. a usually general or lasting direction of thought, inclination, or interest
  • b. a person's self-identification as heterosexual, homosexual, or bisexual <sexual orientation>
• 3. change of position by organs, organelles, or organisms in response to external stimulus
• ? orientational adjective
• ? orientationally adverb

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