or·der1 /ˈɔːdə $ ˈɔːrdər/ ●●● S1 W1 noun 1 for a purpose 为了某一目的 a) in order to do something for the purpose of doing something 为了做某事 Samuel trained every day in order to improve his performance. 塞缪尔为了提高成绩天天训练。
In order to understand how the human body works, you need to have some knowledge of chemistry. 想了解人体是如何工作的,你需要掌握一些化学知识。
b) in order for/that formal so that something can happen or so that someone can do something 为了,以便 Sunlight is needed in order for the process of photosynthesis to take place in plants. 植物需要阳光来进行光合作用。
2 arrangement 安排 [countableC, uncountableU]ORDER/SEQUENCE the way that things or events are arranged in relation to each other, so that one thing is first, another thing is second etc 顺序,次序 SYN sequencein the right/correct order Make sure that you put the books back in the right order. 一定要把书按正确顺序放回去。
out of order/in the wrong order The files are all out of order. 文件的顺序都乱了。
in order (=one after another, according to a plan) 依次 Then they call out our names in order and we answer yes or no. 然后他们依次喊我们的名字,我们回答是或否。
in alphabetical order Their names are arranged in alphabetical order. 他们的名字是按字母顺序排列的。
in order of importance/difficulty etc The cities are listed in order of importance. 这些城市是按重要性的顺序排列的。
Students learn the verbs in order of difficulty. 学生按难易程度的顺序学习动词。
in ascending/descending order (=starting with the lowest or highest number) 按升序/降序 The prices are given in ascending order. 价格按升序排列。
in reverse order She read out the names in reverse order. 她按相反的顺序念出名字。
There seemed to be no logical order to the sections. 这几部分似乎没有逻辑顺序。
3 instruction 指示 [countableC usually plural]TELL/ORDER somebody TO DO something an instruction to do something that is given by someone in authority 命令;指示order to do something The captain had to give the order to abandon ship. 船长不得不发出弃船的命令。
under orders (from somebody) (to do something) She is under orders to have a complete rest. 她接到命令,要她充分休息。
on somebody’s orders He was thrown into the river on the emperor’s orders. 按照皇帝的命令,他被抛进河里。
by order of somebody The company cannot be identified by order of the court. 法院责令不得披露该公司的身份。
4 controlled situation 被控制的局势 [uncountableU]OBEY a situation in which rules are obeyed and authority is respected 秩序,治安 the breakdown of law and order 治安陷入瘫痪
The riots are a threat to public order. 暴乱对公共秩序构成了威胁。
keep order/keep somebody in order (=stop people from behaving badly) 维持秩序/迫使某人遵守秩序 The physics teacher couldn’t keep order in any class. 这名物理教师根本就维持不好课堂秩序。
She had trouble keeping her teenage sons in order. 她管不住她那几个十几岁的儿子。
The army was called in to restore order. 军队奉命来恢复秩序。
5 well-organized state 秩序良好的状态 [uncountableU]ORGANIZE a situation in which everything is controlled, well organized, and correctly arranged 有条理,整齐 Let’s have some order in here. 我们把这里整理一下吧。
You need to put your financial affairs in order. 你要安排好自己财务上的事。
She keeps her room in good order. 她把自己的房间保持得很整洁。
6 for food or drink 购买食物或饮料BBTASK FOR something/ASK somebody TO DO something [countableC] a) a request for food or drink in a restaurant or bar 〔在餐厅或酒吧〕点菜,点饮料 The waiter took our orders. 服务生给我们点餐。
last orders British EnglishBrE (=the last time you can order a drink before a bar closes) 〔酒吧关门前的〕最后一次点酒 Last orders now please! 现在请最后一次点酒啦!
b) the food or drink you have asked for in a restaurant or bar 〔餐厅里〕所点的菜肴饮料;〔酒吧里〕所点的酒 When our order finally arrived we were very hungry indeed. 我们点的东西终于端上来时,我们已经饿坏了。
→ side order 7 for goods 购买货物 [countableC]DFBBT a) a request by a customer for a company to supply goods 订货,订购;订单 Goods will be sent within 24 hours of receiving your order. 货物将于收到贵方订单后24小时内发出。
You can always cancel your order if you change your mind. 如改变主意,可随时取消订货。
The government has placed an order for (=asked a company to supply) new weapons. 政府订购了新武器。
Please complete the enclosed order form. 请填写所附订购单。
on order (=asked for, but not yet received) 订购中的,已订购但尚未交货的 My bicycle is on order. 我的自行车已经下单订购了。
make/supply something to order (=produce something especially for a particular customer) 按订货要求生产/供应客户订购的货物 They make hand-made shoes to order. 他们按订货要求生产手工制作的鞋子。
b) goods that you have ordered from a company 订购的货物 Your order has arrived – you can collect it from the store any time. 你订的货品已到,你可以随时到店提取。
→ mail order 8 be out of order a) BROKENif a machine or piece of equipment is out of order, it is not working 〔机器或设备〕发生故障,失灵 The phone is out of order again. 电话又坏了。
c) WRONG/INCORRECTto be breaking the rules in a committee, court, parliament etc 违反〔委员会、法庭、议会等的〕规程 The MP’s remarks were ruled out of order. 该议员的言论被裁定为违反规程。
RegisterIn everyday English, people usually say that a machine or piece of equipment is not working or is broken rather than out of order: 在日常英语中,表示机器或设备发生故障时,人们一般说not working或broken,而不说out of order
The phone’s not working. 电话坏了。
be out of order• Oh no, the copy machine's out of order.• Sit down Mr. Phillips! You're out of order.• Some of the pages were out of order.• At last he called the operator and asked whether the phone was out of order.• Father, something is out of order here.• A campaign speech is out of order.• The toilets are almost always out of order.• Every phone I tried was out of order.• The sobbing woman is out of order, embarrassing, unreasonable. 9 be in order a) if something is in order, it is correct or right 妥当,无误 Everything is in order. 一切正常。
b) CORRECTto be a suitable thing to do or say on a particular occasion 适宜,恰当 I hear congratulations are in order. 听说该向你道喜了。
c) PGCLEGALif an official document is in order, it is legal and correct 〔正式文件〕合法,无误 Is your passport in order? 你的护照有效吗?
be in order• Here, again, a definition is in order.• Everything else is in order, just as it is.• Sonya told her everything was in order.• Can centres learn from the experience of others and check that their modular house is in order?• I think a brief summary of the situation may be in order.• It began to look as if a wee riot might be in order.• If she says yes, then a different kind of next move is in order.• Given the performance of most bond funds the past three years, perhaps some benign neglect was in order.• But a cautionary word about divorce statistics is in order.• Your work visa seems to be in order. 10 be in (good) working/running order WORKING/NOT BROKENin good condition or working well 状况良好,运转良好 She keeps her bicycle in good working order. 她把自行车保养得很好。
11 social/economic situation 社会/经济形势 [singular]PSS the political, social, or economic situation at a particular time 秩序social/political order He called the rioters a threat to the social order. 他说那些暴乱分子是对社会秩序的一种威胁。
The people of South Africa wanted a new order. 南非人民需要新秩序。
He dared to challenge the established (=traditional) order. 他敢于挑战传统秩序。
12 be the order of the day a) SUITABLEto be suitable for a particular occasion or situation 〔在某场合或情况中〕适宜,恰当 Casual clothes are the order of the day. 休闲服装很合时宜。
b) COMMONto be very common at a particular time – used especially when you disapprove of something 〔在某一时期〕变得很寻常,非常普遍〔尤用于不赞同某事时〕 Sexual explicitness is the order of the day. 露骨地谈论性话题如今已是司空见惯。
13 the order of things BEthe way that life and the world are organized and intended to be 自然而然的事,理所当然的事 People accepted the class system as part of the natural order of things. 人们把社会等级制度看成天经地义的事。
14 of a high order/of the highest order (also of the first order)GOOD/EXCELLENTBEST of a very good kind or of the best kind 优秀的/一流的 an achievement of the highest order 最杰出的成就
15. withdraw/retreat in good order to move away from the enemy in war in an organized way 〔打仗时从战线上〕有序地撤退 16 in the order of something/of the order of something (also on the order of something American EnglishAmE)APPROXIMATELY a little more or a little less than a particular amount, especially a high amount 大约 SYN approximately a figure in the order of $7 million 大约700万美元的一个数字
17 religious group 宗教团体 [countableC]RR a society of monks or nuns (=people who live a holy life according to religious rules) 修道会,修士[修女]会 the Benedictine Order 本笃会
18. take (holy) orders RRCto become a priest 担任圣职 19. secret society 秘密社团 [countableC]SSO an organization or a society whose members meet for secret ceremonies 秘密组织[社团] 20 official honour 官方颁发的荣誉 [countableC]PGO a group of people who have received a special official reward from a king, president etc for their services or achievements 获得勋位的一批人,勋爵士团 the Order of the Garter 获得嘉德勋位的勋爵士团
21. money 钱 [countableC]BFBMONEY an official piece of paper that can be exchanged for money 汇票,汇单 → money order, postal order 22. the lower orders British EnglishBrE old-fashionedCLASS IN SOCIETY people who belong to the lowest social class 低下阶层,下层阶级the lower orders• Gin was, after all, commercially produced and consumed only by the lower orders.• Journalists believed that their message could reach even the lower orders.• When friendships finally became possible for him they were with children of the lower orders.• For example, the first rise in expectations of the lower orders would be for more and better food before manufactured goods.• The riots of 1736, too, had crystallized general resentments of the lower orders.• We must have the freedom to make our mills successful, so that we can offer the lower orders employment.• For the most part the lower orders depended on selling their labour.• He shows no urge to rub shoulders with the lower orders but, if anything, a tendency to keep his distance.
23. animals/plants 动物/植物 [countableC] technicalHBAHBP a group of animals or plants that are considered together because they evolved from the same plant or animal 〔动植物分类中的〕目 → class1(5), species 24. TDcomputer 计算机 [countableC] American EnglishAmE a list of jobs that a computer has to do in a particular order 〔计算机的〕任务排序,等待队列 SYN British English queue → pecking order, point of order, standing order, → call somebody/something to order at call1(16), → set/put your own house in order at house1(7), → be given/get your marching orders at march1(5), → in short order at short1(22), → under starter’s orders at starter, → tall order at talln COLLOCATIONS – Meaning 2: the way that things or events are arranged in relation to each other, so that one thing is first, another thing is second etc 顺序,次序adjectivesthe right/correct orderOf course, the notes must be played in the right order.
the wrong orderThe pages had been put in the wrong order.
the same orderHe always closed the windows in the same order.
reverse orderThey announced the results in reverse order, starting with the last.
alphabetical orderList the names in alphabetical order.
numerical orderThe dogs are given numbers, and stand in numerical order while the judge looks at them.
chronological order (=the order that things happened in time)The paintings are arranged in chronological order.
ascending/descending order (=with the lowest or highest number first)The films are ranked in ascending order of profitability.
a logical orderPut the events of the story into a logical order.
phrasesput/arrange something in orderDecide what points you want to talk about, and put them in order.
in order of importance/priority/preference etcThe country’s main exports were, in order of importance, coffee, sugar, and soya beans.
COLLOCATIONS – Meaning 3: an instruction to do something that is given by someone in authority 命令;指示verbsgive/issue an order 发出/颁布命令Do not fire until I give the order. 没我的命令不要开火。
obey an order 服从命令He refused to obey this order. 他拒绝服从这一命令。
follow orders/carry out orders (=obey them) 服从命令/执行命令The men argued that they had only been following orders. 那些人争辩说他们只是在执行命令。
take orders from somebody (=be given orders by them and obey them) 受某人指挥I don’t take orders from you! 我不受你指挥!
disobey/ignore an order 不服从/无视命令Anyone who disobeys these orders will be severely punished. 违令者将受到严惩。
have orders to do something 按命令做某事The soldiers had orders to shoot anyone on the streets after 10 o'clock. 士兵奉命射杀任何10点以后上街的人。
receive an order 接到命令nThe general says he received no order to withdraw.
nmake an order (=used of a court)The court made an adoption order.
ADJECTIVES/NOUN + ordera direct order (=a clear order) 直接命令What happens to a soldier who disobeys a direct order? 士兵不服从直接命令会怎么样?
strict orders 严格的命令They had strict orders not to allow anyone through. 他们被严令禁止任何人通过。
a court order (=when a judge in a court says you must do something) 法院命令nNow they’re faced with a court order that could force them to leave.
an executive order (=an order from a president) 行政命令nPresident Grant issued an executive order establishing a reservation for the Nez Perce Indians.
doctor’s orders (=when the doctor says you must do something) 医嘱nShe was to rest as much as possible on doctor’s orders.