orientation

1. N-VAR If you talk about the orientation of an organization or country, you are talking about the kinds of aims and interests it has. 方向; 目标

...a marketing orientation. …一个营销目标。

To a society which has lost its orientation he has much to offer. 对一个迷失了方向的社会，他有许多要做的。

2. N-VAR Someone's orientation is their basic beliefs or preferences. 基本信仰; 取向

...legislation that would have made discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation illegal. …原本可以使基于性取向的歧视不合法的立法。

3. N-UNCOUNT Orientation is basic information or training that is given to people starting a new job, school, or course. (任职、上学等之前的) 情况介绍; 训练

They give their new employees a day or two of orientation. 他们对新员工进行一两天的培训。

4. N-COUNT The orientation of a structure or object is the direction it faces. 朝向

Farnese had the orientation of the church changed so that the front would face a square. 法尔内塞把教堂的朝向改了，使其正面对着一个广场。