order
柯林斯词典
- SUBORDINATING CONJUNCTION USES
1. PHRASE If you do something in order to achieve a particular thing or in order that something can happen, you do it because you want to achieve that thing. 为了
Most schools are extremely unwilling to cut down on staff in order to cut costs. 大多数学校都极不愿意为了减少开支而裁员。
2. PHRASE If someone must be in a particular situation in order to achieve something they want, they cannot achieve that thing if they are not in that situation. (唯有…) 才能
We need to get rid of the idea that we must be liked all the time in order to be worthwhile. 我们需要摆脱那种必须一直受人爱戴才有价值的观念。
3. PHRASE If something must happen in order for something else to happen, the second thing cannot happen if the first thing does not happen. 为了使
In order for their computers to trace a person's records, they need both the name and address of the individual. 为了使他们的计算机跟踪某个人的记录,他们需要这个人的名字和地址。
PHRASE
1. V-T If a person in authority orders someone to do something, they tell them to do it. 命令
Williams ordered him to leave. 威廉斯命令他离开。
2. V-T If someone in authority orders something, they give instructions that it should be done. 下达指示
The president has ordered a full investigation. 总统已下达指示进行彻底调查。
3. N-COUNT If someone in authority gives you an order, they tell you to do something. 命令
The activists were shot when they refused to obey an order to halt. 当那些激进分子拒绝听从要他们停下来的命令时,他们遭到了射击。
As darkness fell, Clinton gave orders for his men to rest. 夜幕降临时,克林顿下命令让自己的人休息。
4. N-COUNT A court order is a legal instruction stating that something must be done. (法院) 决议
She has decided not to appeal against a court order banning her from keeping animals. 她已决定不对禁止她养动物的判决上诉。
5. V-T/V-I When you order something that you are going to pay for, you ask for it to be brought to you, sent to you, or obtained for you. 订购; 点 (餐)
The couple ordered a new set of sterling silver rings from Tiffany for $200 each. 这对夫妇从蒂芙尼珠宝店订购了一套新的纯银戒指,每只$200。
The waitress appeared. "Are you ready to order?"
女服务员走了过来,“你们准备好点菜了吗?”
6. N-COUNT An order is a request for something to be brought, made, or obtained for you in return for money. 订购
The city is going to place an order for a hundred and eighty-eight buses. 这个城市将下单订购188辆公交车。
7. N-COUNT Someone's order is what they have asked to be brought, made, or obtained for them in return for money. 所订的货
The waiter returned with their order and Graham signed the bill. 服务员拿着他们点的东西回来,接着格雷厄姆签了单。
8. →see also mail order , postal order
9. PHRASE Something that is on order at a shop or factory has been asked for but has not yet been supplied. 订购中
The airlines still have 2,500 new planes on order. 航空公司还有已订购的2500架新飞机。
10. PHRASE If you do something to order, you do it whenever you are asked to do it. 按要求
She now makes wonderful dried flower arrangements to order. 她现在按订单要求制作精美的干花插花。
11. PHRASE If you are under orders to do something, you have been told to do it by someone in authority. 奉命
I am under orders not to discuss his mission or his location with anyone. 我奉命不得跟任何人谈论他的任务或去向。
12. a tall order→see tall
PHRASE
1. N-UNCOUNT If a set of things are arranged or done in a particular order, they are arranged or done so one thing follows another, often according to a particular factor such as importance. 顺序[also 'a' N]
Write down (in order of priority) the qualities you'd like to have. (按先后顺序)写下你所希望拥有的品质。
Music shops should arrange their recordings in simple alphabetical order, rather than by category. 音像店应按照简单的字母顺序摆放其唱片,而不是按类别。
2. N-UNCOUNT Order is the situation that exists when everything is in the correct or expected place, or happens at the correct or expected time. 秩序
The wish to impose order upon confusion is a kind of intellectual instinct. 对混乱进行有序管理的希望是一种高智力的本能。
3. N-UNCOUNT Order is the situation that exists when people obey the law and do not fight or riot. 治安
Troops were sent to the islands to restore order last November. 部队去年11月份被派到岛上去恢复治安。
4. N-SING When people talk about a particular order, they mean the way society is organized at a particular time. 社会秩序
The end of the Cold War has produced the prospect of a new world order based on international co-operation. 冷战的结束使得基于国际合作的世界新秩序成为可能。
5. V-T The way that something is ordered is the way that it is organized and structured. 安排
...a society which is ordered by hierarchy. …一个等级森严的社会。
We know the French order things differently. 我们知道法国人处理事情的方式是不同的。
6. N-COUNT A religious order is a group of monks or nuns who live according to a particular set of rules. 修道会
...the Benedictine order of monks. …本笃会。
7. →see also law and order
8. PHRASE If you put or keep something in order, you make sure that it is neat or well organized. 有条理
Now he has a chance to put his life back in order. 现在,他有机会使自己的生活重新走上正轨。
9. PHRASE If you think something is in order, you think it should happen or be provided. 应当发生的
Reforms are clearly in order. 改革显然是顺理成章的。
10. PHRASE You use in the order of or on the order of when mentioning an approximate figure. 大约
They borrowed something in the order of $10 million. 他们大约借了一千万美元。
11. PHRASE If something is in good order, it is in good condition. 处于良好状态
The vessel's safety equipment was not in good order. 这艘船的安全设备出了故障。
12. PHRASE A machine or device that is in working order is functioning properly and is not broken. 处于良好的工作状态
Only half of the spacecraft's six science instruments are still in working order. 宇宙飞船的6种科学仪器中,只有一半还能正常运转。
13. PHRASE A machine or device that is out of order is broken and does not work. 出现故障
Their phone's out of order. 他们的电话出故障了。
14. PHRASE If you say that someone or their behaviour is out of order, you mean that their behaviour is unacceptable. 不合常规[非正式]
Kent, you're out of order. 肯特,你太过分了。
15. to put your house in order→see house
16. order of magnitude→see magnitude
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order /ˈɔːdə/
COMMANDS AND REQUESTS
order /ˈɔːdə/ (ordering,ordered,orders)
ARRANGEMENTS, SITUATIONS, AND GROUPINGS
order /ˈɔːdə/ (ordering,ordered,orders)
剑桥词典
- I dictated my order over the phone .
- They decided not to honour an existing order for aircraft .
- A waiter hovered at the table , ready to take our order.
- All our customer orders are handled by computer .
- There's no logic in the decision to reduce staff when orders are the highest for years .
- Give me the dates in chronological order.
- The names are published in alphabetical order.
- I shall list my objections to the plan in ascending order of importance .
- Keep your files in numerical order.
- She ranked the bottles in order of size along the shelf .
- I think it galls him to take orders from a younger and less experienced colleague .
- The soldiers listened in silence as their captain gave the orders.
- Don't blame me, I'm only carrying out my orders.
- The judge issued a gagging order to prevent the witnesses from speaking to the press .
- We were sinking fast , and the captain gave the order to abandon ship .
- They've introduced all sorts of new elements to that programme in order to broaden its appeal .
- In order to make the company viable , it will unfortunately be necessary to reduce staffing levels .
- The president took the unusual step of altering his prepared speech in order to condemn the terrorist attack .
- Children need to feel secure in order to do well at school .
- He assumed a false identity in order to escape from the police .
- Their house is always in apple-pie order.
- You should put your own house in order before you start telling me what to do!
- I need to put the kitchen in order before I can leave .
- Make sure you leave the changing rooms in order.
- We must impose some kind of order on the way this office is run .
- The cash machine is out of order.
- The inspectors checked that all the documentation was in order.
- I forgot to tell her that my phone is out of order.
- The sign on the elevator read "out of order".
- It has taken about five years to restore the aircraft to full working order.
- There has been a complete breakdown in law and order.
- The army has been brought in to maintain order in the region .
- Would you say the government's stance on law and order has softened ?
- The self-declared guardians of law and order held a press conference .
- Without realistic sanctions , some teachers have difficulty keeping order in the classroom .
order noun (REQUEST)
[ 可数名词:有复数形式的名词 ]a request to make, supply , or deliver food or goods
点菜;订制;订货
"Can I take your order now?" said the waiter . 侍者问:“现在可以点菜了吗?”
I would like to place (= make) an order for a large pine table . 我想订制一张大松木桌。
[ 可数名词:有复数形式的名词 ]
a product or a meal that has been asked for by a customer
所订之货;所点饭菜
I got an email saying that the order has been shipped . 我收到电子邮件说订的货已经发出了。
be on order
If something is on order, you have asked for it but have not yet received it.
在订购中,在订制中
The new drilling equipment has been on order for several weeks . 新的钻探设备已经订购有几星期了。
do/make sth to order
to do or make something especially for a person who has asked for it
订做,订制
We make wedding cakes to order. 我们提供订做婚礼蛋糕。
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order noun (ARRANGEMENT)
[ 不可数或单数名词:没有复数形式的名词 ]the way in which people or things are arranged , either in relation to one another or according to a particular characteristic
顺序,次序
The children lined up in order of age /height . 孩子们按照年龄/身高顺序排列成队。
I can't find the file I need because they're all out of order (= they are no longer arranged in the correct way). 我找不到我需要的文件,因为它们都给弄乱了。
Put the files in alphabetical /chronological order. 把文件按照字母/时间顺序放好。
mainly UK Here's the running order for the concert (= the order in which each item will happen ). 这是音乐会的节目单。
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order noun (INSTRUCTION)
[ 可数名词:有复数形式的名词 often plural ]something that someone tells you you must do
指示;指令;命令
The soldiers fired as soon as their commander gave the order. 指挥官一声令下,士兵们立即开火。
Soldiers must obey orders. 军人必须服从命令。
What are your orders? 你接到了什么指示?
My orders are to search everyone's bag as they come in. 我接到的命令是搜查每个进来的人的包。
The road was closed all day by order of the police . 按照警方的命令,这条路全天封闭。
Clean up this room immediately - and that's an order! 立刻清理好这间屋子——这是命令!
比较
request noun
be under orders
to have been told that you must do something by someone in authority
命令就是命令,命令必须执行
We are under orders not to allow anyone into the building . 我们接到命令不许任何人进入该大楼。
[ 可数名词:有复数形式的名词 ]
an official instruction telling someone what they can or cannot do, or a written instruction to a bank to pay money to a particular person
(官方的)指令;(银行)汇票
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order noun (PURPOSE)
in order (for sb/sth) to do sth (also in order that sth)with the aim of achieving something
为了,以便
He came home early in order to see the kids before they went to bed . 他早回家是为了在孩子们睡觉前看到他们。
I agreed to her suggestion in order not to upset her. 为了不让她伤心,我同意了她的建议。
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order noun (TIDY)
[ 不可数或单数名词:没有复数形式的名词 ]a situation in which everything is arranged in its correct place
整齐有序
The house was such a mess that she spent the whole day trying to establish some kind of order. 房子里很乱,她花了一整天的时间想把它收拾得整洁一些。
leave/put sth in order
to organize something well
使有条理;把…整理得井井有条
I try to leave my desk in order when I go home . 我回家前整理了我的办公桌。
He put his affairs in order (= made arrangements for his personal and business matters ) before he went into the hospital . 他住院之前把自己的事情都安排好了。
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order noun (STATE)
[ 不可数或单数名词:没有复数形式的名词 ]the state of working correctly or of being suitable for use
正常工作状况;良好使用状况
TV for sale in (good) working order. 出售性能良好的电视机。
Are your immigration papers in order (= legally correct )? 你的移民证件是否合法?
The coffee machine is out of order (= not working ). 咖啡机坏了。
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order noun (CORRECT BEHAVIOUR)
[ 不可数或单数名词:没有复数形式的名词 ]a situation in which rules are obeyed and people do what they are expected to do
秩序
The teacher found it hard to keep her class in order. 老师发现很难维持课堂秩序。
As the demonstration began to turn violent , the police were called in to restore order. 当示威游行开始演变成暴力活动时,警察被召来恢复秩序。
After some heated discussion , the chairperson called the meeting to order (= told everyone to stop talking so that the meeting could continue ). 经过一番热烈的讨论后,主席请与会人员安静下来。
UK Is it in order (= allowed ) for me to park my car outside the building ? 我可以把汽车停在大楼外面吗?
order! formal
an expression used in a parliament or a formal meeting to get people's attention and make them stop talking , so that the meeting or discussion can start or continue
安静!安静!(用于议会或正式会议中)
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order noun (SYSTEM)
[ 可数名词:有复数形式的名词 ]a social or political system
(社会或政治)制度,秩序
The collapse of Communism at the end of the 1980s encouraged hopes of a new world order. 20世纪80年代末,共产主义的瓦解点燃了建立世界新秩序的希望。
order noun (RELIGION)
[ 可数名词:有复数形式的名词, 指称集体行动的一群人的名词作为单数使用时,在英式英语中,该名词后面可以使用动词的单数或者复数在美式英语中,使用动词的单数更好 ]a group of people who join together for religious or similar reasons and live according to particular rules
(按照一定规范生活的)修道会;会社
religious /holy orders 修道会/圣职
monks of the Cistercian /Franciscan Order 西多会/方济各会的修道士
order noun (HONOUR)
[ 单数名词, 指称集体行动的一群人的名词作为单数使用时,在英式英语中,该名词后面可以使用动词的单数或者复数在美式英语中,使用动词的单数更好 ]a group that people are made members of as a reward for services they have done for their country
被授勋的人;勋爵士团
He was made a knight of the Order of the Garter. 他被封为嘉德勋爵士。
order noun (TYPE)
[ 不可数或单数名词:没有复数形式的名词 ]the type or size of something
种类,类型;规模
These were problems of a completely different order from anything we had faced before. 这些问题同我们以前所遇到过的完全不同。
formal No successful business can be run without skills of the highest order (= great skills ). 没有超群的才能是无法成功经营企业的。
of the order of (UK also in the order of)
approximately
大约,大概
The cost will be something in the order of $500. 费用大约为500美元。
order noun (BIOLOGY)
[ 可数名词:有复数形式的名词 ] biology specialized(used in the classification of plants and animals ) a group of related plants or animals
(用于动植物分类的)目
An order is below a class and above a family . 目低于纲,高于科。
习语
orders are ordersout of order
the lower orders
the order of the day 返回 order