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1 the way in which people or things are arranged, either in relation to one another or according to a particular characteristic
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。
2 something that someone tells you you must do
The soldiers fired as soon as their commander gave the order. ��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!
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。
4 a situation in which everything is arranged in its correct place
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。
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。
5 the state of working correctly or of being suitable for use
6 a situation in which rules are obeyed and people do what they are expected to do
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?
7 a social or political system
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。
8 a group of people who join together for religious or similar reasons and live according to particular rules
monks of the Cistercian/Franciscan Order 西多会/方济各会的修道士
9 a group that people are made members of as a reward for services they have done for their country
He was made a knight of the Order of the Garter. 他被封为嘉德勋爵士。
11 (used in the classification of plants and animals) a group of related plants or animals
12 to ask for something to be made, supplied, or delivered, especially in a restaurant or shop
13 If a person in authority orders someone to do something, or orders something to be done, they tell someone to do it.
The management has ordered a cutback in spending. 管理层指示要减少开销。
[ + speech ] "Wait over there," she ordered. “在那儿等着,”她吩咐道。
[ + to infinitive ] They ordered him to leave the room. 他们命令他离开房间。
14 to arrange a group of people or things in a list from first to last
The documents have been ordered alphabetically. 文件已经按字母顺序排列好了。
I've ordered the application forms into three groups. 我将申请表整理成了3组。