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disorient

🇬🇧 UK/dɪs'ɔ:rɪent/🇺🇸 US/dis'ɒ:rient/
B2

Definitions

v.

To cause someone to lose their sense of direction, position, or understanding; to confuse

使迷失方向,使困惑,使茫然

🧩 Root Breakdown

Root-derived
disnot, apart, away
+
oririse, begin, be born
+
entperforming, being in a state
=disorient

Example Sentences

  • 1.

    The thick fog disoriented the hikers on the mountain trail.

  • 2.

    The sudden power outage disoriented the residents in the dark building.

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