| 单词 | reorientation |
| 释义 | reorientation (once / 81513 pages) n Reorientation is the act of figuring out again where you are in relationship to your environment, or changing direction. If you're lost in the woods, a compass and map are good for reorientation. Reorientation is often related to location: figuring out where you are and pointing yourself in the right direction. A football player who gets spun around on the field may need a quick reorientation so he doesn't run the wrong way. But reorientation is also about rethinking, and maybe changing, the way you approach something, like an idea or a project. 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 EXAMPLESHis high-stakes reorientation of American foreign policy worries many experts, and the results might not be fully understood for years. Time(Dec 22, 2016) Mr Jammeh's Alliance for Patriotic Reorientation and Construction party announced, late on Saturday, that a petition will be filed to The Gambia's Supreme Court. BBC(Dec 11, 2016) Dr. Nimmo said Pluto’s reorientation occurred quickly, within a few thousand years. New York Times(Nov 16, 2016) 1n a fresh orientation; a changed set of attitudes and beliefs Hyper orientation an integrated set of attitudes and beliefs 2n the act of changing the direction in which something is oriented Syn|Hypo|Hyper change of direction turn the act of turning away or in the opposite direction reversal, reverse, reversion, turnabout, turnaroundturning in the opposite direction change of coursea change in the direction that you are moving about turn, about-faceact of pivoting 180 degrees, especially in a military formation u-turncomplete reversal of direction of travel turn, turningthe act of changing or reversing the direction of the course tack, tacking(nautical) the act of changing tack change the action of changing something |
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