orient

慣れさせる、案内する

新しい場所や状況を自分が理解する、または人に理解させる。

やさしい英語で： To help someone, or yourself, understand a new place or situation.

• The tour helps orient new students.
• She needed time to orient herself to the role.
• A short meeting oriented the team to the new procedures.

使い方： orient oneself to something (It took me a week to orient myself to the new system.); orient someone to something (The manager oriented us to the company's procedures.)

類義語： familiarize, acquaint

よく使う表現： orient new staff, orient yourself, orient new students

向ける、方向を合わせる

物が特定の方向を向くように置く。

やさしい英語で： To place something so it faces a particular direction.

• Orient the map toward north.
• They oriented the house to face the sea.
• Can we orient the windows toward the garden?

使い方： orient something toward something (Orient the solar panels toward the sun.)

類義語： align, position

よく使う表現： orient a building, orient something north, orient a map

方角を確かめる、自分の位置を把握する

自分がどこにいて、どの方角を向いているか確かめる。

やさしい英語で： To work out where you are and which direction you are facing.

• I stopped to orient myself.
• She oriented herself using a compass.
• Can you orient yourself without a map?

使い方： orient oneself (I used the church tower to orient myself.)

類義語： get one's bearings

よく使う表現： orient yourself, orient yourself outdoors