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单词 disorientation
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Definition of disorientation in English:

disorientation

noundɪsɔːrɪɛnˈteɪʃ(ə)ndɪsˌɔriənˈteɪʃ(ə)n
mass noun
  • 1The condition of having lost one's sense of direction.

    as we walked on into the night, an air of total disorientation descended
    Example sentencesExamples
    • By 14,000 ft, the air would have started to become too thin to breathe, causing severe disorientation.
    • To avoid disorientation, a signage designer has inserted clues on all kinds of surfaces to keep patrons from getting lost.
    • When you walk through a labyrinth, you often have a feeling of disorientation or even fear, because you don't know where you're going.
    • Movement in any other direction than shoreward in circumstances of disorientation would take the animal away from food and mates, with maladaptive consequences.
    • He struggled to bring the aircraft under control while he dealt with spatial disorientation induced by the lack of visible horizon.
    • The board concluded that the accident's probable cause was disorientation caused by haze and a dark night.
    • There are no distinctions of light and darkness, and together with the combination of several perspectives, this contributes to a general impression of disorientation in space.
    • This was, though, nothing compared to the disorientation we suffered from navigating Milton Keynes.
    • There is concern that boats in the river could pose a danger to the whale, with the noise of their engines adding to its disorientation.
    • The pilot unsuspectingly placed the aircraft in an unusual attitude by not staying on instruments, allowing incapacitating disorientation to encroach on him.
    1. 1.1 A state of mental confusion.
      the hospital environment can bring anxiety and disorientation to patients
      Example sentencesExamples
      • However, presenting a slow first act and briskly paced second and third acts does create some disorientation.
      • He gradually weakens in his struggle and gets deeper into a state of paranoia and disorientation.
      • Today's intellectual pessimism and cultural disorientation distracts the human imagination from confronting challenges that lie ahead.
      • When she became terminally ill with a brain hemorrhage, she began showing signs of psychological disorientation.
      • Carbon monoxide also causes sleepiness, nausea, vomiting, confusion, and disorientation.
      • Here the man's main struggle is against himself and the disorientation played out by his own weakened and wandering mind.
      • Not surprisingly, his journal entries during this period indicate real emotional distress and disorientation about the direction of his life.
      • I am probably not alone in feeling disorientation at the kind of experience I had that afternoon.
      • Monaghan's essay describes her crushing sense of loss and disorientation at her husband's death.
      • The Stalinists opposed any struggle by the working class for its independent interests and created widespread political disorientation.
 
 

Definition of disorientation in US English:

disorientation

noundisˌôrēənˈtāSH(ə)ndɪsˌɔriənˈteɪʃ(ə)n
  • 1The condition of having lost one's sense of direction.

    as we walked on into the night, an air of total disorientation descended
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Movement in any other direction than shoreward in circumstances of disorientation would take the animal away from food and mates, with maladaptive consequences.
    • There is concern that boats in the river could pose a danger to the whale, with the noise of their engines adding to its disorientation.
    • The pilot unsuspectingly placed the aircraft in an unusual attitude by not staying on instruments, allowing incapacitating disorientation to encroach on him.
    • By 14,000 ft, the air would have started to become too thin to breathe, causing severe disorientation.
    • When you walk through a labyrinth, you often have a feeling of disorientation or even fear, because you don't know where you're going.
    • This was, though, nothing compared to the disorientation we suffered from navigating Milton Keynes.
    • To avoid disorientation, a signage designer has inserted clues on all kinds of surfaces to keep patrons from getting lost.
    • There are no distinctions of light and darkness, and together with the combination of several perspectives, this contributes to a general impression of disorientation in space.
    • He struggled to bring the aircraft under control while he dealt with spatial disorientation induced by the lack of visible horizon.
    • The board concluded that the accident's probable cause was disorientation caused by haze and a dark night.
    1. 1.1 A state of mental confusion.
      the hospital environment can bring anxiety and disorientation to patients
      Example sentencesExamples
      • The Stalinists opposed any struggle by the working class for its independent interests and created widespread political disorientation.
      • Carbon monoxide also causes sleepiness, nausea, vomiting, confusion, and disorientation.
      • He gradually weakens in his struggle and gets deeper into a state of paranoia and disorientation.
      • I am probably not alone in feeling disorientation at the kind of experience I had that afternoon.
      • Today's intellectual pessimism and cultural disorientation distracts the human imagination from confronting challenges that lie ahead.
      • However, presenting a slow first act and briskly paced second and third acts does create some disorientation.
      • Monaghan's essay describes her crushing sense of loss and disorientation at her husband's death.
      • Not surprisingly, his journal entries during this period indicate real emotional distress and disorientation about the direction of his life.
      • When she became terminally ill with a brain hemorrhage, she began showing signs of psychological disorientation.
      • Here the man's main struggle is against himself and the disorientation played out by his own weakened and wandering mind.
 
 
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