orienate
动词 v.
美 /ˈɔɹiɛnˌeɪt/
英文释义
动词 v.
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To orientate (oneself/something), be able not to get lost.
— He sat up amid the melting ephialtes, stared at the woman and tried to orienate himself.
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To change (or make something change) for or get accustomed (or make something get accustomed) to a new situation, adapt.
— We may also discern that Mary picks up something of a possible rebuke as, in her final turn, she orienate directly to this contrast between *then' and ' now' by identifying Jean and Mary as "you' - [...]
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To point (something) in a particular direction.
— For in every respect the author's approach and treatment are soundly calculated to develop a mentality, to orienate a spirituality, that will be nothing if not wholesome and traditional.
词源
Probably from an incorrectly relatinized form of orientate, from Latin oriēns (“orient”, oriēnt- in compounds) + -ate (verb-forming suffix), or, from a misspelling of the same (see Citations page). Compare oriency and orience as well as eventerate.
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