1. （组织、国家等的）方向，目标，定位
    If you talk about the orientation of an organization or country, you are talking about the kinds of aims and interests it has.

    e.g. ...a marketing orientation...
           营销定位
    e.g. To a society which has lost its orientation he has much to offer...
           对于一个迷失了方向的社会，他能做的有很多。

2. （某人在信仰或偏好上基本的）态度，取向
    Someone's orientation is their basic beliefs or preferences.

    e.g. ...legislation that would have made discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation illegal.
           本来会将性取向歧视定为非法的法规

3. （岗前、学前、课前等的）情况介绍，培训，训练
    Orientation is basic information or training that is given to people starting a new job, school, or course.

    e.g. They give their new employees a day or two of perfunctory orientation.
           他们对新员工进行了一两天例行公事的培训。
    e.g. ...a one-day orientation session.
           为期一天的迎新会

4. （建筑物等的）朝向
    The orientation of a structure or object is the direction it faces.

    e.g. Farnese had the orientation of the church changed so that the front would face a square.
           法尔内塞改变了教堂的朝向，这样它的正面就可以对着广场。