orderor•der /'ɔːdəʳ/

n

1. U 顺序，次序

• in alphabetical (chronological) order 以字母(年月)顺序

• The secretary arranged the matters to be handled in order of importance. 秘书将待处理事物按重要性排列。

2. C 订购；订单；订购的货物

• I've placed an order for three boxes of chocolate pies. 我定了三盒巧克力派。

• I haven't filled in the order form. 我还没填写定单。

• They delivered my orders to my home within an hour. 他们在一小时内把我订购的东西送到了我家。

3. U 治安；秩序

• Everyone is responsible for public order. 每个人都对社会治安负有责任。

• It's difficult for some young teachers to keep their classes in order. 一些年轻老师很难维持课堂秩序。

4. C [常作～s] 命令；指示

• The boss gave the order that the project should be finished before the end of this year. 老板命令这个项目年底以前必须完成。

• The policemen had the order to search this area. 警察得到命令搜查这一地区。

5. U 有条理，整齐

• Let's have some order in your room. 我们来整理一下你的房间。

6. C 宗教团体，修道会

• an order of nuns 修女会

7. C (荣誉)勋位；勋章

• confer an order of merit on sb. 授予某人勋章

8. C 汇票，汇单

• a banker's order 银行汇票

9. C 【生】 (动、植物的)目

• The rose and the bean families belong to the same order. 蔷薇科与豆科属于同一个目。

10. [常作～s] (社会)阶级，等级

• the higher orders 上层社会

11. C 种类

• a level of the highest order 最高水平

12. C 【律】 (法院等的)决议

13. C (古希腊或罗马建筑的)柱型，柱式

• the Corinthian order 科林斯柱式

词组by order (of) 奉命

• No parking on this side of the street,by order of the police. 奉警察当局的命令，街道这一边禁止停车。

call (sb.) to order

1. 叫(某人)遵守秩序

• The chairman called us to order and the meeting began. 主席请大家安静下来，大会就开始了。

2. 正式宣布开(会)

in order

1. 整齐，井然有序

• To my surprise, the boy's room was in order. 让我惊奇的是，那个男孩的房间很整齐。

2. 适宜的，妥当的

• To say congratulations is in order now. 现在说祝贺的话是适宜的。

3. 按顺序

• Sign your names in order. 按顺序签名。

in order that 以便，为了

• He went to bed early in order that he could get up early the next day. 他早睡是为了第二天早起。

in order to 为了，以便

• We stayed up late in order to listen to the bell. 我们熬夜是为了听钟声。

of the order of sth.

1. 约有…之多(或之大的)

• The loss is of the order of thousands a month. 每月的损失达数千之多。

2. 属于…一类的

• I would like to have a handbag of the order of the one I saw in the display window. 我想要一个我在陈列橱窗中看到的那种手提包。

3. 和…同样重要的

out of order

1. (机器等)出故障的

• My computer was out of order again. 我的电脑又坏了。

2. 次序乱的

• Some paragraphs in his article are out of order. 他文章中的几个段落次序错了。

3. 不适的，有病的

• His stomach has been out of order recently. 近来他肠胃不适。

4. 不适宜的

• His remarks were quite out of order on such an occasion. 在那种场合下他说那种话是很不合适的。

under the orders of 受…的指挥

• under the orders of a doctor 遵医嘱