| 词汇 | order |
| 释义 | orderWord family noun order ≠ disorder ordering ordererorderlinessorder bookorder of magnitudeorder paperadjective ordered ≠ disordered orderly ≠ disorderly orderlessverb order Trade, Food, Sociology, Religion, Organizations, Computers 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 sequence in 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 → side order 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。 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 → mail order 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。 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。 b) British EnglishBrE informalWRONG/UNSUITABLE if someone’s behaviour is out of order, it is unacceptable 〔举止〕不当 SYN American English out of line 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。 Register In 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。 Examples from the Corpus 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？ d) LET/ALLOWif something that you do is in order, it is allowed by the rules in a committee, court, parliament etc 符合〔委员会、法庭、议会等的〕规程 Examples from the Corpus 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。 Examples from the Corpus be in (good) working/running order• The locomotive was in working order at the time and negotiations proceeded which resulted in transportation to Swanage as described above.• To this day the milling machinery is in working order.• Two isn't multiplicity and Castelfonte never was in running order, and now they were living in hotels.• Hall of Power - a range of engines and heavy machinery, most of which are in working order and operated daily. 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。 Examples from the Corpus be the order of the day• Downsizing was the order of the day, and thousands of jobs were lost.• Here, too, politics was the order of the day.• Repression, Government spies and agents provocateur were the order of the day.• Realism was the order of the day on all sides.• In terms of the international economy, free trade was the order of the day.• Spontaneity and whim are the order of the day.• Casual clothes will be the order of the day.• Passive acceptance would be the order of the day. 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。 Examples from the Corpus natural order of things• In terms of the dominant concepts of the age, feudalism appeared as the natural order of things.• The gender imbalance is seen by many as the natural order of things, indicating some form of biological superiority for women.• It seems, like the dandelions in spring, to be the natural order of things.• They just happened in the natural order of things.• But my ideas were based on ignorance of the natural order of things.• In the vast majority of cases hierarchical inequality is taken for granted as part of the natural order of things.• Most of his contemporaries would have shrugged their shoulders and let it remain as part of the natural order of things.• In this way a social contrivance appears to be founded on the natural order of things. 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 order of the order of Jesuits 耶稣会 18. take (holy) orders RRCto become a priest 担任圣职 Examples from the Corpus take (holy) orders• The black alderman took orders from Neistein.• They were no longer the oppressed, wretched teen menials who must take orders, toe the line.• We need to sort of shape ya so you know how to take or, take orders and sit into this machine.• Would they take orders from him?• Clearly modern businesses can not refuse to take orders by telephone.• He wanted to take holy orders, but his father prohibited such a step. 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 Examples from the Corpus 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 25. Order! Order! spoken used to ask people to stop talking in a meeting or parliament 〔会议或议会开会时要求人 们停止说话时说的〕安静！安静！ → 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 adjectives the right/correct order Of course, the notes must be played in the right order. the wrong order The pages had been put in the wrong order. the same order He always closed the windows in the same order. reverse order They announced the results in reverse order, starting with the last. alphabetical order List the names in alphabetical order. numerical order The 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 order phrasesPut the events of the story into a logical order. put/arrange something in order Decide what points you want to talk about, and put them in order. in order of importance/priority/preference etc The 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 verbs give/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) ADJECTIVES/NOUN + orderThe court made an adoption order. a 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. Examples from the Corpus order• The games were displayed on a long wall, in alphabetical order, from Acrobats to Wheel of Fortune.• In knowing that something is an order one knows all there is to know about its relation to its execution.• The court has issued an order blocking the sale of this drug.• I want the report ready by noon - and that's an order.• The Fraternal Order of Police• He said Eurydice stayed in her room most of the time, but now she gave orders and she had stopped crying.• He developed a filing system to try to impose order on the mass of information.• List three choices in order of preference.• My orders are to take you to the airport and put you on the first plane to Paris.• the National Order of Loyal Knights• Can we have a bit or order here? Someone straighten those desks out to start with!• Check that all the names are in the right order.• The commander's orders must be obeyed at all times.• On Stalin's orders, the target for the 5 year plan was raised once again.• I find it quite improbable that such order came out of chaos.• I'm not taking orders from you!• General Bradley gave the order to advance.• I'm the one who gives the orders around here -- just remember that.• Movie scenes are not shot in the order in which they are shown.• Richmondshire District Council agreed to make the order announcing the pay and display scheme which will start on June 1.• The offer's open only while stocks last so hurry to post off the order form.• Anyone who disobeys this order will be punished.• Put it into a large mixing bowl and add, in this order, the milk, the honey, the melted butter, and the salt.• The human beings who survive the Flood come from the old corrupt, violent order.• The government also is tinkering with how it tallies Hispanic citizens and in what order questions are put to respondents.• It doesn't matter which order you answer the questions in.• I'm very sorry, but we seem to have lost your order. restore order• Isagoras the Archon cried that this was revolution; and he appealed to his friend Kleomenes to come back and restore order.• With the ceasefire in operation, government troops attempted to restore order in Kabul by disarming mujaheddin fighters roaming the city.• They had to call in the National Guard to restore order.• An emergency management team flew in from company headquarters to restore order.• These are relatively inexpensive and can help to restore order to superficial chaos.• Employers brought maximum pressure to bear on workers in order to restore order: recalcitrant strikers faced lock-outs.• The only hope lay in trying to restore order.• He had a hammer and banged it against the walls to restore order but nobody took any notice of him. in good order• Check that your writing materials, etc., are in good order.• The hope was to get the economy in good order in time for national elections in October 1998.• They check that the employees in that department know who is in charge and have kept it in good order.• The mill pond is still maintained in good order although it is smaller, formerly extending right up to the back wall.• We therefore laid our plans and moved out in good order over a long period of time.• Unfortunately, on our first evening, things weren't in good order.• Everything was in good order, a Rolls-Royce dromedary. last orders• The customers had been mainly blokes, but just before last orders two young women had turned up.• Holy orders makes a change from last orders.• At sunset the last orders had been issued, every commander knew his duty, and unusual quiet prevailed in the fleet. make/supply something to order• Got supplies I got to order.• A greater problem arises at the stage where you have made the article to order and it's not quite right. established ... order• Once the component parts have been established, their order in terms of time-scale can be decided.• This was a special classification, established in order to fit the Volunteers into the university framework.• Afterwards, the surviving knights established the Order of the Blazing Sun with Myrmidia as its patron and protector.• Historical incidents were no more than superficial disturbances of the established order or recurring events of unchanging significance.• Most of those words are cynical, humorous and often subversive to the established order.• Every once in a great while, the established order is overthrown.• In this conception of the social and political world, the established order is not permanently fixed.• The character who can maintain such an idea is a formidable opponent to established order. order of• She returned with my order of fries• the Order of St. Agnes Trade order2 ●●● S2 W2 verb 1 ask for food/drink 点食物/饮料 [intransitiveI, transitiveT] to ask for food or a drink in a restaurant, bar etc 〔在餐厅、酒吧等〕点，要〔食物或饮料〕 Anne ordered another glass of wine. 安妮又点了杯葡萄酒。 Are you ready to order? 你准备好点菜了吗？ He sat down and ordered a meal. ► see thesaurus at ask 他坐下来点了餐。 2 ask for goods 订购货物 [intransitiveI, transitiveT]BBTASK FOR something/ASK somebody TO DO something to ask for goods or services to be supplied 订购，订货 I’ve ordered a new computer from the supplier. 我向供应商订购了一台新的电脑。 order somebody something I’ll order you a taxi. 我来给你预订一辆出租车。 3 tell SB to do STH 叫某人做某事 [transitiveT]TELL/ORDER somebody TO DO something to tell someone that they must do something, especially using your official power or authority 命令，要求 The court ordered his release from prison. 法院下令放他出狱。 ‘Stay right there, ’ she ordered. “待在那儿。”她命令道。 order somebody to do something Tom was ordered to pay £300 as compensation. 汤姆被勒令支付300英镑作为赔偿。 Her doctor had ordered her to rest for a week. 她的医生嘱咐她休息一个星期。 be ordered back to something The soldiers were ordered back to their units. 士兵接到命令要返回各自编队。 order that He ordered that the house be sold. 他吩咐把房子卖了。 4 arrange 排列 [transitiveT]ARRANGE A GROUP OF THINGS OR PEOPLE to arrange something in an order 排列，整理 The list is ordered alphabetically. 这张清单是按字母顺序排列的。 5 order somebody around (also order somebody about British English) phrasal verbphr v TELL/ORDER somebody TO DO somethingto give someone orders in an annoying or threatening way 不断地支使〔某人〕，〔专横地〕将〔某人〕差来遣去 How dare he order her about like that? 他怎么敢那样使唤她？ Examples from the Corpus order around• I wish you'd stop ordering me about -- I'm not your servant you know.• I like it when naked women order me around.• Sometimes the gradation is clear, and sometimes less so, but order nested within order is all around.• The child next door is shy and lets my wee girl order him around.• The way she tries to order him around.• The male person who ordered the others around had a mouth full of small grey teeth.• He ordered those around him to build a great pyre on Mount Oeta and carry him to it.• Came in for a haircut, ordered me around like a slave.• You won't get the best out of your staff by ordering them around like that. 6 order somebody ↔ out phrasal verbphr v PMSCPto order soldiers or police to go somewhere to stop violent behaviour by a crowd 下令出动〔军队或警察制止暴乱等〕 The governor decided to order out the National Guard. 州长决定出动国民警卫队。 Examples from the Corpus order out• A few chairs are available, but most people order take- out.• On 14 February 1968, we were given orders to pull out.• Rosie had her order pad out.• Within thirty seconds they were all sitting, if not working, with some semblance of order.• Lachlan ordered it served out at once.• Normally, any government trying this sort of trick would soon be being ordered to pay out in the courts.• I find it quite improbable that such order came out of chaos.• When we followed her into the bedroom she ordered us out, saying it was no place for kids. THESAURUS – Meaning 3: to tell someone that they must do something, especially using your official power or authority 命令，要求 to tell someone they must do something 告诉某人必须做某事 order to tell someone that they must do something, using your official power or authority 命令，要求 A policeman ordered him to stop. 一名警察命令他停下。 He ordered his men to put down their weapons. 他命令手下放下武器。 n‘Don’t move, ’ he ordered. tell to say to someone that they must do something 命令，指示 Stop telling me what to do! 别再命令我了！ The headmaster told me to wait outside his office. 校长叫我在他办公室外面等着。 give orders/instructions to tell someone exactly what they must do 发出命令/指示 The police chief gave orders to shoot. 警长命令开枪。 The doctor gave instructions that she should rest as much as possible. 医生嘱咐她尽量多休息。 command used about a high-ranking person such as a general, captain, or king ordering someone to do something 命令〔用于将军、船长、国王等高级别人物〕 The general commanded the troops to fall back. 将军命令部队撤退。 n They believe that the Lord has commanded them to do this. instruct formal to tell someone to do something, especially when you tell them exactly how it should be done 指示，命令 The architect was instructed to keep the plans simple. 建筑设计师被指示图样要简明。 She took three tablets every day, as instructed by her doctor. 她遵照医嘱每天服三片药。 direct to give someone an official or legal order to do something 指示，命令 The judge directed the jury to find her not guilty. 法官指示陪审团裁定她无罪。 subpoena /səˈpiːnə, səb-/ to officially order someone to appear in a court of law in order to answer questions 传唤出庭 Another three of the president’s advisors were subpoenaed. 又有三名总统顾问受传唤出庭。 Examples from the Corpus order• "Don't move", he ordered.• "Put your hands up!" the officer ordered.• Let the arcs of the net be ordered.• Haverford ordered a coffee and a cognac italiano per favore.• So, too, Equity might order a document executed under a mistake to be rectified.• Would you like to order a drink before dinner?• After the accident the government ordered a full public enquiry.• We had ordered a pale blue armchair but the one that was delivered was dark green.• The psychology books are ordered according to title, not according to author.• In tribute, Clinton Thursday ordered all Arleigh Burke class destroyers to steam at noon for five minutes at 31 knots.• But Joe does not argue or order another; the bartender has put him in a good mood.• Only the king has the power to order her release from prison.• Therefore, you are ordered herewith to shut up about the Marlins' payroll.• She pointed her gun at him, ordering him out of the room.• The colonel ordered his men to advance.• The desks were neatly ordered in rows.• I'm afraid we don't have that book in stock, but we can order it for you.• He also ordered that all public meetings or conferences had to be cleared with the Mayor's office three days in advance.• The court ordered that Gilmore should be executed.• Herrera ordered that this inhuman practice must cease and proposed to put recruiting on a voluntary basis.• A man with a gun ordered the woman to give him all her money.• He was ordered to pay £4000 towards the court costs of £10,000.• He was ordered to pay a total of £65 compensation.• It wasn't until 1973 that Nixon finally ordered US troops out of Vietnam. order somebody something• Maybe we should order John a drink too. order that• Worse, Joe heard that Johnson had ordered that all transactions between Defense and State be channeled through him.• Put them in the order that Anna sees them.• It is precisely the integration of cybernetic mechanisms in a hierarchical order that enables animals to develop the more complex cognitive functions.• Joseph of Medaille, an order that has only a few convents in the United States, one of them in Crookston.• The court has the power to order that illegal copies of the movie be destroyed.• They should be numbered on all drafts in order that revisions will be easily referred to in the writing process.• He then ordered that the house be destroyed.• Their dead they buried at the summit in order that their souls find the path to heaven more easily.• A federal court has ordered that this must be done by June 1st; voters have already turned down one plan. From Longman Business Dictionary orderor·der1 /ˈɔːdəˈɔːrdər/ noun 1[countableC] a request by a customer for goods or services To place your order by telephone, call this number between 8 am and 6 pm. order for The company has received an order for 1,500 machines. It has three firm orders (=definite ones) for its latest twin-jet aircraft. 2[countableC]COMMERCE goods that someone has ordered from a company Your order has arrived - you can collect it from the store any time. 3advance orders [plural]COMMERCE the number of requests by customers to buy a new product, book, or record before it has been put on sale His new album had been released to advance orders in the UK of 100,000. 4on orderCOMMERCE if goods are on order, a customer has asked for them but has not yet received them America’s airlines alone have more than $130 billion-worth of aircraft on order. 5to orderCOMMERCE if something is made or supplied to order, it is made or supplied especially for a particular customer who has asked for it Our exclusive conservatories are still handmade to order, using traditional skills. 6[countableC]LAW an official statement from a court of law or other authority stating that something must be done The decision removed a temporary restraining order that prevented the New York Department of Insurance from releasing the reports. 7[uncountableU] the condition of goods or property when they are bought or sold The documents state the quantity of goods and their apparent order and condition when received. The property is in good decorative order. 8be in (good/perfect) working/running order if equipment, a machine etc is in good working order, it is working well Our standards ensure a BMW bought from us is in perfect running order. 9be out of order if equipment or a machine is out of order, it is not working I tried to ring him yesterday but his phone was out of order. 10[singular, uncountableU] the way that several things are arranged, showing which comes first, second etc Place the proposals in order of priority. 11the order of business the arrangement of different subjects for discussion at a meeting As clerk to the committee, your main task is to establish the order of business. 12the first/top order of business American EnglishAmE the most important thing to be discussed at a meeting or dealt with → see also banker's order, international money order, mail order, money order, point of order, postal order, standing orderHouse Democratic leaders plan to make the proposed tax the top order of business when Congress returns. orderorder2 verb [transitiveT] 1COMMERCEto ask a company to supply goods or services Dealers have been reluctant to order new cars in the face of weak sales. You can order computer games or DVDs that aren’t in stock. 2to tell someone to do something, using your authority or power over them A federal appeals court in Philadelphia overturned the verdict and ordered a new trial. order somebody to do something Congress has ordered businesses to comply with the new regulations. (1200-1300) Old French ordre, from Latin ordo “arrangement, group” →20-25 →REGISTER1 →n COLLOCATIONS1 →COLLOCATIONS2order2 verb →THESAURUS1 |
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