orient
TOEFL方向づける・適応させる
意味
- 東洋(the East)
- (新しい環境などに)〈人〉を適応させる,慣れさせる《+名+to+名》
- …の位置を確定する
- (ある方向に)…を向ける
- 東方の
- (太陽・月が地平線から)昇る,現れる
例文
He was interested in the mysteries of the Orient.
彼は東洋の神秘に興味を持っていた。
I think that I'm not academically oriented.
僕は学問には向いていないと思うんだ。
The map helped me to orient myself.
地図は自分の位置を確かめるのに役立った。
語源
英語の原文（Wiktionary）
The noun is derived from Middle English orient, oriente, oryent, oryente, oryentte (“the east direction; eastern horizon or sky; eastern regions of the world, Asia, Orient; eastern edge of the world”), borrowed from Anglo-Norman orient, oriente, and Old French orient (“east direction; Asia, Orient”) (modern French orient), or directly from its etymon Latin oriēns (“the east; daybreak, dawn; sunrise; (participle) rising; appearing; originating”), present active participle of orior (“to get up, rise; to appear, become visible; to be born, come to exist, originate”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₃er- (“to move, stir; to rise, spring”).