order是什么意思

详细释义

• 0 a request to make, supply, or deliver food or goods -- 點菜；訂製；訂貨

  • "Can I take your order now?" said the waiter. 侍者問：「現在可以點菜了嗎？」

  • I would like to place (= make) an order for a large pine table. 我想訂製一張大松木桌。

  • I got an email saying that the order has been shipped. 我收到電子郵件說訂的貨已經發出了。

  • The new drilling equipment has been on order for several weeks. 新的鑽探設備已經訂購有幾星期了。

  • We make wedding cakes to order. 我們提供訂做婚禮蛋糕。

• 1 the way in which people or things are arranged, either in relation to one another or according to a particular characteristic -- 順序，次序

  • The children lined up in order of age/height. 孩子們按照年齡／身高順序排列成隊。

  • 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檔，因為它們都給弄亂了。

  • Put the files in alphabetical/chronological order. 把文檔按照字母／時間順序放好。

  • mainly UK Here's the running order for the concert (= the order in which each item will happen). 這是音樂會的節目表。

• 2 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. 指揮官一聲令下，士兵立即開火。

  • Soldiers must obey orders. 軍人必須服從命令。

  • What are your orders? 你接到了甚麼指示？

  • My orders are to search everyone's bag as they come in. 我接到的命令是搜查每個進來的人的袋子。

  • The road was closed all day by order of the police. 按照警方的命令，這條路全天封閉。

  • Clean up this room immediately - and that's an order! 立刻清理好這房間——這是命令！

  • We are under orders not to allow anyone into the building. 我們接到命令，不許任何人進入該大樓。

• 3 with the aim of achieving something -- 為了，以便

  • He came home early in order to see the kids before they went to bed. 他早回家是為了在孩子們睡覺前看到他們。

  • I agreed to her suggestion in order not to upset her. 為了不讓她傷心，我同意了她的建議。

• 4 a situation in which everything is arranged in its correct place -- 整齊有序

  • The house was such a mess that she spent the whole day trying to establish some kind of order. 房子裡很亂，她花了一整天的時間想把它收拾得整潔一些。

  • I try to leave my desk in order when I go home. 我回家前想整理了我的辦公桌。

  • 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。

• 5 the state of working correctly or of being suitable for use -- 正常工作狀況；良好使用狀況

  • TV for sale in (good) working order. 出售性能良好的電視機。

  • Are your immigration papers in order (= legally correct)? 你的移民證件是否合法？

  • The coffee machine is out of order (= not working). 咖啡機壞了。

• 6 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. 老師發現很難維持課堂秩序。

  • As the demonstration began to turn violent, the police were called in to restore order. 當示威遊行開始演變成暴力活動時，警察奉召到來恢復秩序。

  • After some heated discussion, the chairperson called the meeting to order (= told everyone to stop talking so that the meeting could continue). 經過一輪熱烈的討論後，主席請與會人員安靜下來。

  • UK Is it in order (= allowed) for me to park my car outside the building? 我可以把汽車停在大樓外面嗎？

• 7 a social or political system -- （社會或政治）制度，秩序

  • The collapse of Communism at the end of the 1980s encouraged hopes of a new world order. 20世紀80年代末，共產主義的瓦解點燃了建立世界新秩序的希望。

• 8 a group of people who join together for religious or similar reasons and live according to particular rules -- （按照一定規範生活的）修道會；會社

  • religious/holy orders 修道會／聖職

  • monks of the Cistercian/Franciscan Order 西多會／方濟各會的修道士

• 9 a group that people are made members of as a reward for services they have done for their country -- 被授勛的人；勛爵士團

  • He was made a knight of the Order of the Garter. 他被封為嘉德勛爵士。

• 10 the type or size of something -- 種類，類型；規模

  • These were problems of a completely different order from anything we had faced before. 這些問題跟我們以前所遇過的完全不同。

  • formal No successful business can be run without skills of the highest order (= great skills). 沒有超群的才能是無法成功經營企業的。

  • The cost will be something in the order of $500. 費用大約為500美元。

• 11 (used in the classification of plants and animals) a group of related plants or animals -- （用於動植物分類的）目

  • An order is below a class and above a family. 目低於綱，高於科。

• 12 to ask for something to be made, supplied, or delivered, especially in a restaurant or shop -- （尤指在飯店或商店）點（飯菜），訂購，訂製，訂貨

  • I ordered some pasta and a mixed salad. 我點了義大利麵條和一份什錦沙拉。

  • [ + two objects ] There are no shirts left in this size but we could order one for you/order you one. 這個尺寸的襯衫沒有了，不過我們可以爲您訂購一件。

• 13 If a person in authority orders someone to do something, or orders something to be done, they tell someone to do it. -- 吩咐；命令；指示

  • The management has ordered a cutback in spending. 管理層指示要減少開支。

  • [ + speech ] "Wait over there," she ordered. 「在那裡等著。」她吩咐道。

  • [ + to infinitive ] They ordered him to leave the room. 他們命令他離開房間。

• 14 to arrange a group of people or things in a list from first to last -- 整理；安排；給…排序

  • The documents have been ordered alphabetically. 文件已經按字母順序排列好了。

  • I've ordered the application forms into three groups. 我將申請表整理成三組。