orientation /ˌɔːrɪɛnˈteɪʃən/ CET6 TEM8

• 1. 

  N-VAR If you talk about the orientation of an organization or country, you are talking about the kinds of aims and interests it has. 方向; 目标

  例：

  ...a marketing orientation.

  …一个营销目标。

  例：

  To a society which has lost its orientation he has much to offer.

  对一个迷失了方向的社会，他有许多要做的。

• 2. 

  N-VAR Someone's orientation is their basic beliefs or preferences. 基本信仰; 取向

  例：

  ...legislation that would have made discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation illegal.

  …原本可以使基于性取向的歧视不合法的立法。

• 3. 

  N-UNCOUNT Orientation is basic information or training that is given to people starting a new job, school, or course. (任职、上学等之前的) 情况介绍; 训练

  例：

  They give their new employees a day or two of orientation.

  他们对新员工进行一两天的培训。

• 4. 

  N-COUNT The orientation of a structure or object is the direction it faces. 朝向

  例：

  Farnese had the orientation of the church changed so that the front would face a square.

  法尔内塞把教堂的朝向改了，使其正面对着一个广场。