詞彙精選：order的用法和辨析
一、詳細釋義：
n.
爲了做某事
例句：
He must work very hard in order to support his large family.
他必須拼命工作以養活他的大家庭。
例句：
Everything should be done in order to prepare against fire.
應該盡一切可能預防火災。
順序，次序 [U,C]
例句：
These sentences are in the wrong order.
這些句子次序不對。
例句：
Things should be taken up in order of priority.
辦事應有個先後次序。
[singular]（某一時期政治、社會或經濟的）模式，制度
例句：
All the rigid rule of his forebears, all the domination of an unjust social order, grip him.
父輩的嚴峻的法規，不公平的社會制度，把他牢牢地控制住了。
例句：
In a month the ancient and decayed system of the aristocratic order had collapsed.
一個月以後，古老、腐朽的貴族統治制度徹底瓦解了。
訂貨（單）；訂購；（點的）飯菜；訂的貨物 [C]
例句：
Here 's the menu. I 'll be back in a few minute to take your order.
這是菜單。 我一會就回來讓您定菜。
例句：
Please rush our orders.
請把點的菜快點做好。
命令；指示 [C]
例句：
We got the order to saddle up just after dawn.
我們得到命令，天一亮就要上好馬鞍。
例句：
He did not act upon my order.
他沒有按我的命令行動。
法院決議；法院指令 [C]
例句：
By the time a court order was obtained the evidence could have been destroyed.
等到法院做出裁決，證據就可以被消毀了。
例句：
The court had been asked to vary the condition of the order .
法院被要求更改令狀的條件。
修道會，修士（修女）會 [C]
例句：
The Dominican order was sanctioned by Pope Honorius III.
多明尼加修道會被教宗何諾里三世所認可。
祕密組織（會社） [C]
例句：
Drouet paid some slight attention to the secret order to which he belonged.
杜洛埃對於他所屬的祕密會社比以前關心了。
獲得勳位的一批人，勳爵士團；勳章 [C]
例句：
Most honours fall into three types: life peerages, knighthoods, and appointments to the Order of the British Empire.
主要榮譽頭銜分爲三類：終身貴族、騎士和英帝國勳章獲得者。
例句：
He was decorated with the Order of the Rising Sun.
他被授予旭日勳章。
匯票，匯單 [C]
例句：
When did you receive the money order we sent you?
我們寄給你的匯單什麼時候收到的？
例句：
Please remit promptly by check or money order.
請即將款項用支票或匯票匯來。
【術語】（動、植物分類用的）目 [C]
例句：
The order Lepidopteran consists of the butterflies and moths.
鱗翅目有蝴蝶，蛾。
【美，術語】任務排序；等待隊列 [C]
例句：
The troops had been formed up in review order.
部隊集結成檢閱的隊列。
治安，秩序；規矩 [U]
例句：
The duties of the police are to keep order and to carry out the law.
警察的職責是維持治安，執行法律。
例句：
He was seen as a threat to the established order.
他被看作是對已有秩序的威脅。
v.
點（菜）；訂購 [I,T]
例句：
Have you decided what to order?
您已決定點什麼菜了嗎？
例句：
You must order your tickets early to secure against disappointment!
你必須早點訂票以防失望！
命令，指令；囑咐 [T]
例句：
The officer ordered that all the soldiers get ready.
軍官命令士兵做好準備。
例句：
The doctor ordered him to walk a mile every day.
醫生囑咐他每天走路一英里。
安排，整理 [T]
例句：
They could not a more perfect day for a garden - party if they had ordered it.
對於遊園聚會，如果都安排好了，他們就不可能有一個更爲完美的一天。
例句：
We must order our affairs better before we leave for Rome.
我們去羅馬前必須把事情安排得妥當些。
【舊】將…收拾整齊，有效地安排 [T]
二、詞義辨析：
command,order,direction,instruction
這些名詞均含“命令”之意。command較正式用詞，強調權威性、全局性和強制性。order普通用詞，側重指具體的命令。direction正式用詞，指口頭或書面的指示或命令。內容不一定詳盡，語氣較緩和，不太強調強制性。也可指指導性的說明。instruction書面用詞，指不容違反、不容推翻的命令。也多指包含具體說明的指示。
三、相關短語：
in order
in order (to do sth)1. 符合議事規則2. 目的是；以便；爲了in order that1. 目的在於；爲了；以便
in short order
立即,馬上,趕快,毫不拖延地
mail order
函購,郵購
money order
n.匯票,郵政匯票
order form
n. 定貨單
order of the day
n.1. 議程2.【口】流行的事物，風尚
standing order
phr. 委託書；作戰命令；現行命令
to order
按照顧客的意見和要求,定做的
order of magnitude
恆星等級，數量級
cease and desist order
結束和停止命令
market order
市場定單，市價單
natural order
自然順序
四、參考例句：
Order clerks
訂單管理員
Please take my order.
請接受點菜。
Local order: Espresso.
當地必點咖啡：濃縮咖啡。
Local order: Piccolo latte.
當地必點咖啡：迷你拿鐵。
The soldier disobeyed an order.
這名士兵違抗了命令。
Every order is coded separately.
每份訂單都單獨編號。
I gave you an order!
我已經命令你了！
May I have your order？
我可以爲您點餐了嗎？
Put your papers in order.
把你的文件整理好。
Secure order even sacrifice margin.
即使犧牲利潤，也須保住訂單。
