一個人或團體傾向哪一邊
把「面向哪裡」搬進人和組織裡：他們的注意力朝哪個方向去、立場站在哪一邊、感情被誰吸引。方向感沒變，只是從空間換成了人。
focus, emphasis · noun · B2
the kind of work or subject a person or group cares about most and gives most attention to.
取向；側重
核心畫面
Picture a compass needle settling: the thing is not moving anywhere, it is simply facing a direction. That is the plainest version — which way something points. Everything else is the same idea moved inside a person or a group: what they lean towards, what they believe, who they are drawn to. And a session that gets newcomers pointing the right way is called by the same name.
可以想成：指南針的針停下來——東西沒有移動，只是「朝著某個方向」。這是這個字最單純的樣子：面向哪裡。其餘幾個意思都是…更多收起
可以想成：指南針的針停下來——東西沒有移動，只是「朝著某個方向」。這是這個字最單純的樣子：面向哪裡。其餘幾個意思都是把同一件事搬進人或團體裡：他們偏重什麼、相信什麼、被誰吸引。而幫新人「把方向對好」的那場說明會，用的也是這個字。From the picture
幫新人抓方向的說明會
新人剛到，還不知道東西南北；這場活動的作用就是把他們的方向對好——認識環境、規矩和人。
orientation, new-job intro · noun · B1
A short time at the start of a new job or course when people are shown around and taught what they need to know before the real work begins.
迎新；職前介紹
Also in this word
direction, facing · noun · B2
The direction something faces, or the way it is placed.
方位；朝向
原始詞典資料12 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
orientationnoun/ˌɔː.ɹi.ənˈteɪ.ʃən/
- 1
The determination of the relative position of something or someone.
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The relative physical position or direction of something.
- 3
The construction of a Christian church to have its aisle in an east-west direction with the altar at the east end.
- 4
An inclination, tendency or direction.
- 5
The ability to orient, or the process of so doing.
- The homing instinct in pigeons is an example of orientation.
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An adjustment to a new environment.
- 7
An introduction to a (new) environment.
- 8
educationAn introduction to a (new) environment.
另外 3 個記錄的用法
- 9
mediapublishingtypographyThe direction of print across the page; landscape or portrait.
- 10
mathematical-analysismathematicssciencesThe choice of which ordered bases are "positively" oriented and which are "negatively" oriented on a real vector space.
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geometrymathematicssciencesThe designation of a parametrised curve as "positively" or "negatively" oriented; the analogous description of a surface or hypersurface.
這個拼法也被記錄為下列字的變化形：
資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。