英语词汇“order”的释义、区别辨析及用法例句-英语同义词词典

单词

order

例句

noun | verb

orderorder1 /ˈɔrdɚ/ noun 1 the way a number of things are arranged or happen► order

the way that you arrange things or put them on a list, or the way events follow each other:

We lined up in alphabetical order, so the people with names starting with “A” were at the front.

We had to put the paragraphs in order to make a story.

The program listed the order in which the singers would perform.

► arrangement

the way you put all the things in a group into a particular position:

The arrangement of desks in rows is not good for a class discussion.

► sequence AWL

the order in which a series of related things happens or exists:

Give the directions in a sequence so that they’re easy to follow.

► pattern

the order in which things happen, which stays the same even in different situations or times:

Women’s lives used to follow a pattern: first school, then marriage, and then motherhood.

➔ A pattern is also a regular arrangement of repeated shapes, lines, and colors: The pattern of diamonds on the curtains is like our curtains at home.

2 something that someone tells you to do► order

something that someone in authority tells you to do:

The captain gave the soldier the order to shoot.

She asked the judge for a court order to stop him from coming to her house.

➔ An order is also something you ask for from a business or restaurant: I gave the waitress my order and asked for some water. | Orders for new cars have gone down in the past three years.

► command

an official order from an important person, especially someone like a king, queen, or military leader:

When the sergeant gave the command, the soldiers ran up the hill.

➔ see request

noun | verb

orderorder2 /ˈɔrdɚ/ verb ► order

to say to someone that he or she must do something, using your official power or authority:

Police ordered the man to put down the gun.

“Stop right there,” he ordered.

► tell

to say to someone that he or she must do something:

My older sister is always telling me what to do.

Mom told me to wait for her by the fountain.

► give orders

to tell someone exactly what he or she must do, using your official power or authority:

The commander gave orders to burn the fort.

► command

if a king, queen, or military leader commands a less important person to do something, he or she officially tells that person to do something:

The general commanded the troops to retreat.

► give instructions

to tell someone exactly what he or she must do and how to do it:

Mrs. Gonzalez gave instructions about how to give the cat its medicine.

► instruct AWL (formal)

instruct means the same as give instructions:

She takes three pills a day, as her doctor instructed her to do.

► direct (formal)

to give someone an official or legal order to do something:

The judge directed the jury to think about all the evidence when making their decision.

➔ see ask, organize

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