名詞 orientation:

1. the act of orienting
2. an integrated set of attitudes and beliefs
3. position or alignment relative to points of the compass or other specific directions
4. a predisposition in favor of something
   同義詞：predilection, preference
5. a person's awareness of self with regard to position and time and place and personal relationships
6. a course introducing a new situation or environment
   同義詞：orientation course

1. A Marxist orientation.
   馬克思主義傾向
2. A device consisting of a spinning mass, typically a disk or wheel, mounted on a base so that its axis can turn freely in one or more directions and thereby maintain its orientation regardless of any movement of the base.
   陀螺儀一個旋轉(zhuǎn)物體，通常是圓盤或輪子安裝在一個底基上，它的軸可以自由地朝一個或多個方向旋轉(zhuǎn)，使所指方向不隨底基的運動而改變
3. The orientation of a spacecraft relative to its direction of motion.
   飛行姿態(tài)宇宙飛船相對于其飛行方向所處的位置
4. The unconscious perception of movement and spatial orientation arising from stimuli within the body itself.
   本體感受由身體本身的內(nèi)部刺激引起的對于運動和空間定向的不自覺的感受

o.ri.en.ta.tion

n.（名詞）
The act of orienting or the state of being oriented.
向東：定向的行為或被定向的狀態(tài)
Location or position relative to the points of the compass.
定向：與羅盤所指相關的地點或位置
The construction of a church so that its longitudinal axis is from west to east and its main altar is at the eastern end.
圣壇位于東端：一種緯軸由西向東、主圣壇在最東端的教堂建筑結(jié)構
The direction followed in the course of a trend, movement, or development.
趨向：尾隨著一系列趨勢、運動或發(fā)展的方向

A tendency of thought; a general inclination:
傾向：思考問題的傾向；普遍的趨向：
例句：
a Marxist orientation.
馬克思主義傾向

Sexual orientation.
性別傾向

An adjustment or adaptation to a new environment, situation, custom, or set of ideas.
適應：對新的環(huán)境、狀況、習俗或一系列思想的適應或者接受
Introductory instruction concerning a new situation:
介紹：針對新形勢的介紹性指導：
例句：
orientation for incoming students.
向新同學進行介紹

Psychology Awareness of the objective world in relation to one`s self.
【心理學】 定位（力）：對與自身相關的物質(zhì)世界的關心