order

noun

1. the act of putting things in a sequential arrangement

e.g. there were mistakes in the ordering of items on the list

Synonym: ordering

2. (architecture) one of original three styles of Greek architecture distinguished by the type of column and entablature used or a style developed from the original three by the Romans

3. a degree in a continuum of size or quantity

e.g. it was on the order of a mile
an explosion of a low order of magnitude

Synonym: order of magnitude

4. a commercial document used to request someone to supply something in return for payment and providing specifications and quantities

e.g. IBM received an order for a hundred computers

Synonym: purchase order

5. a legally binding command or decision entered on the court record (as if issued by a court or judge)

e.g. a friend in New Mexico said that the order caused no trouble out there

Synonym: decreeedictfiatrescript

6. a body of rules followed by an assembly

Synonym: rules of orderparliamentary lawparliamentary procedure

7. (often plural) a command given by a superior (e.g., a military or law enforcement officer) that must be obeyed

e.g. the British ships dropped anchor and waited for orders from London

8. a request for something to be made, supplied, or served

e.g. I gave the waiter my order
the company's products were in such demand that they got more orders than their call center could handle

9. (biology) taxonomic group containing one or more families

10. a group of person living under a religious rule

e.g. the order of Saint Benedict

Synonym: monastic order

11. a formal association of people with similar interests

e.g. he joined a golf club
they formed a small lunch society
men from the fraternal order will staff the soup kitchen today

Synonym: clubsocial clubsocietyguildgildlodge

12. logical or comprehensible arrangement of separate elements

e.g. we shall consider these questions in the inverse order of their presentation

Synonym: orderingordination

13. established customary state (especially of society)

e.g. order ruled in the streets
law and order

14. a condition of regular or proper arrangement

e.g. he put his desk in order
the machine is now in working order

Synonym: orderliness

verb

1. place in a certain order

e.g. order the photos chronologically

2. bring order to or into

e.g. Order these files

3. assign a rank or rating to

e.g. how would you rank these students?
The restaurant is rated highly in the food guide

Synonym: raterankrangegradeplace

4. arrange thoughts, ideas, temporal events

e.g. arrange my schedule
set up one's life
I put these memories with those of bygone times

Synonym: arrangeset upput

5. make a request for something

e.g. Order me some flowers
order a work stoppage

6. give instructions to or direct somebody to do something with authority

e.g. I said to him to go home
She ordered him to do the shopping
The mother told the child to get dressed

Synonym: tellenjoinsay

7. issue commands or orders for

Synonym: prescribedictate

8. appoint to a clerical posts

e.g. he was ordained in the Church

Synonym: ordainconsecrateordinate

9. bring into conformity with rules or principles or usage
impose regulations

e.g. We cannot regulate the way people dress
This town likes to regulate

Synonym: regulateregularizeregularisegovern

从属连词用法（SUBORDINATING CONJUNCTION USES）

1. 为了;以便;目的在于
If you do something in order to achieve a particular thing or in order that something can happen, you do it because you want to achieve that thing.

e.g. Most schools are extremely unwilling to cut down on staff in order to cut costs.
大部分学校都很不愿意为减少开支而裁员。
e.g. ...asking them to risk their lives in order that the rest of us can sleep better.
为了让我们其余这些人能够睡得更安稳而要他们冒生命危险

2. （某人）要想…（必须）…
If someone must be in a particular situation in order to achieve something they want, they cannot achieve that thing if they are not in that situation.

order

e.g. We need to get rid of the idea that we must be liked all the time in order to be worthwhile...
我们必须抛弃那种认为要想活得有价值就得始终取悦他人的想法。
e.g. They need hostages in order to bargain with the government.
他们要想同政府讨价还价就得有人质。

3. （某事必须发生）…才能…
If something must happen in order for something else to happen, the second thing cannot happen if the first thing does not happen.

e.g. In order for their computers to trace a person's records, they need both the name and address of the individual.
在他们的电脑上查询个人记录，需要提供被查询人的姓名和地址。

命令；要求（COMMANDS AND REQUESTS）

1. 命令，要求，指示（某人做…）
If a person in authority orders someone to do something, they tell them to do it.

e.g. Williams ordered him to leave...
威廉斯命令他离开。
e.g. He ordered the women out of the car...
他命令这些女人下车。

2. 就…下令
If someone in authority orders something, they give instructions that it should be done.

order什么意思

e.g. The President has ordered a full investigation...
总统已经下令进行全面调查。
e.g. The radio said that the prime minister had ordered price controls to be introduced...
据电台报道，首相已下令实行价格管制。

3. 命令；要求；指示
If someone in authority gives you an order, they tell you to do something.

order

e.g. The activists were shot when they refused to obey an order to halt...
这些激进分子因拒不服从停止前进的命令而被击毙。
e.g. As darkness fell, Clinton gave orders for his men to rest...
夜幕降临，克林顿命令手下休息。

4. （法院的）决议，指令
A court order is a legal instruction stating that something must be done.

order

e.g. She has decided not to appeal against a court order banning her from keeping animals...
对于法院禁止她饲养动物的指令，她决定不再上诉。
e.g. He was placed under a two-year supervision order.
他被处以两年的监管。

5. 点，叫（饭菜等）；订购
When you order something that you are going to pay for, you ask for it to be brought to you, sent to you, or obtained for you.

e.g. Atanas ordered a shrimp cocktail and a salad...
阿塔纳斯点了一份鸡尾冷虾和一份色拉。
e.g. Iris finally ordered coffees for herself and Tania...
艾丽斯最后为自己和塔妮娅点了咖啡。

6. 点餐；点单；订购；订单
An order is a request for something to be brought, made, or obtained for you in return for money.

e.g. British Rail are going to place an order for a hundred and eighty-eight trains.
英国铁路公司将订购188列火车。

7. 点的餐；订购的货物
Someone's order is what they have asked to be brought, made, or obtained for them in return for money.

e.g. The waiter returned with their order and Graham signed the bill...
侍者把他们点的餐端了过来，格雷厄姆签了单。
e.g. They can't supply our order.
我们订的货他们无法供应。

8. see also: holy orders;mail order;postal order;standing order

9. 订购中；订制中
Something that is on order at a shop or factory has been asked for but has not yet been supplied.

e.g. The airlines still have 2,500 new aeroplanes on order.
这家航空公司尚有2,500架新飞机在订购中。

10. 按照吩咐（或要求）
If you do something to order, you do it whenever you are asked to do it.

order的解释

e.g. She now makes wonderful dried flower arrangements to order...
现在她为顾客定做漂亮的干花插花。
e.g. Cars are stolen to order for clients.
偷什么样的车买主说了算。

11. 遵照命令，按照指示（做）
If you are under orders to do something, you have been told to do it by someone in authority.

e.g. I am under orders not to discuss his mission or his location with anyone.
遵照命令，我不能与任何人谈论他执行的任务和他所在的地点。

12. your marching orders -> see march
a tall order -> see tall

相关词组：order around

安排；情形；归类（ARRANGEMENTS, SITUATIONS, AND GROUPINGS）

1. 顺序；次序
If a set of things are arranged or done in a particular order, they are arranged or done so one thing follows another, often according to a particular factor such as importance.

e.g. Write down (in order of priority) the qualities you'd like to have...
（按照优先次序）写下你想具有的品质。
e.g. Music shops should arrange their recordings in simple alphabetical order, rather than by category...
音像店应当按照简单的字母顺序而不是依类别来摆放唱片。

2. 整齐；有条理
Order is the situation that exists when everything is in the correct or expected place, or happens at the correct or expected time.

e.g. The wish to impose order upon confusion is a kind of intellectual instinct...
想在混乱中理出头绪是一种知性本能。
e.g. Making lists can create order and control.
列表能使一切井然有序、便于管理。

3. 秩序；治安
Order is the situation that exists when people obey the law and do not fight or riot.

e.g. Troops were sent to the islands to restore order last November...
去年11月，军队被派往这些岛屿以恢复秩序。
e.g. He has the power to use force to maintain public order.
他掌握着动用武力维持公共治安的权力。

4. （社会的）制度，结构
When people talk about a particular order, they mean the way society is organized at a particular time.

order的解释

e.g. The end of the Cold War has produced the prospect of a new world order based on international co-operation...
冷战的结束带来了建立一个以国际合作为基础的世界新秩序的希望。
e.g. Some feminists sought reforms within the existing social order.
一些女权主义者寻求在现存的社会制度内进行改革。

5. 组织；安排；整理
The way that something is ordered is the way that it is organized and structured.

order

e.g. ...a society which is ordered by hierarchy...
按等级划分的社会
e.g. We know the French order things differently.
我们知道法国人安排事情的方式与众不同。

6. 种类；类别
If you refer to something of a particular order, you mean something of a particular kind.

e.g. Another unexpected event, though of quite a different order, occurred one evening in 1973...
1973年的一个夜晚，又发生了一件始料未及的事情，不过这两件事完全不同。
e.g. Our commitment will be of the highest order.
我们一诺千金。

7. 修道会
A religious order is a group of monks or nuns who live according to a particular set of rules.

e.g. ...the Benedictine order of monks.
本笃会

8. 勋位
People who belong to a particular order have been given a particular honour or rank by the head of their country as a reward for their services or achievements.

e.g. The highest Order of Knighthood is the Order of the Garter.
最高骑士勋位是嘉德勋位。

9. （提醒开会者）安静，肃静
The person in charge of a meeting can say 'Order!' to tell people to stop making a noise.

10. see also: ordered;law and order;pecking order;point of order

11. 整齐；井然有序
If you put or keep something in order, you make sure that it is tidy or properly organized.

e.g. Now he has a chance to put his life back in order...
现在他有了一个让自己的生活重新步入正轨的机会。
e.g. It was her job to keep the room in order...
保持房间整洁是她的工作。

12. 应当发生（或提供）的；自然的；合宜的
If you think something is in order, you think it should happen or be provided.

e.g. Reforms are clearly in order...
改革势在必行。
e.g. It's great to have you back. Congratulations are surely in order!
你回来真是太好了，就等着向你道贺呢！

13. （用于数字前）大约，大概
You use in the order of or of the order of when mentioning an approximate figure.

e.g. They borrowed something in the order of £10 million...
他们借了大约1,000万英镑。
e.g. At other times the discrepancy was of the order of 20%.
往常的出入约为20%。

14. 处于良好状态
If something is in good order, it is in good condition.

order

e.g. The vessel's safety equipment was not in good order.
这艘船的安全设备破损失修。

15. （机器、设备等）处于正常工作状态
A machine or device that is in working order is functioning properly and is not broken.

e.g. Only half of the spacecraft's six science instruments are still in working order.
这艘宇宙飞船的6件科学仪器中只有一半还在正常运转。

16. 时下常见的；普遍的；流行的
If a particular way of behaving or doing something is the order of the day, it is very common.

e.g. These are strange times in which we live, and strange arrangements appear to be the order of the day.
我们生活在这个光怪陆离的时代，各种奇怪的生活安排如今都司空见惯。

17. （机器、设备等）出故障，有毛病
A machine or device that is out of order is broken and does not work.

e.g. Their phone's out of order.
他们的电话坏了。

18. 令人无法接受的；不得体的；不公平的
If you say that someone or their behaviour is out of order, you mean that their behaviour is unacceptable or unfair.

e.g. You don't think the paper's a bit out of order in publishing it?
你不觉得这份报纸发表这篇文章有点不妥吗？

19. to put your house in order -> see house
order of magnitude -> see magnitude

1. 订单：(五)订单 订单(Order)是指进口商或实际买家拟制的货物订购单. 在我国外贸实践中,有的客户往往发出订单,要求我方签回. 这种经洽商成交后发出的订单,实际上是国外客户的购买合同或购买确认书.