一、详细释义：

n.

为了做某事

例句：

He must work very hard in order to support his large family.

他必须拼命工作以养活他的大家庭。

例句：

Everything should be done in order to prepare against fire.

应该尽一切可能预防火灾。

顺序，次序 [U,C]

例句：

These sentences are in the wrong order.

这些句子次序不对。

例句：

Things should be taken up in order of priority.

办事应有个先后次序。

[singular]（某一时期政治、社会或经济的）模式，制度

例句：

All the rigid rule of his forebears, all the domination of an unjust social order, grip him.

父辈的严峻的法规，不公平的社会制度，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.

一个月以后，古老、腐朽的贵族统治制度彻底瓦解了。

订货（单）；订购；（点的）饭菜；订的货物 [C]

例句：

Here 's the menu. I 'll be back in a few minute to take your order.

这是菜单。 我一会就回来让您定菜。

例句：

Please rush our orders.

请把点的菜快点做好。

命令；指示 [C]

例句：

We got the order to saddle up just after dawn.

我们得到命令，天一亮就要上好马鞍。

例句：

He did not act upon my order.

他没有按我的命令行动。

法院决议；法院指令 [C]

例句：

By the time a court order was obtained the evidence could have been destroyed.

等到法院做出裁决，证据就可以被消毁了。

例句：

The court had been asked to vary the condition of the order .

法院被要求更改令状的条件。

修道会，修士（修女）会 [C]

例句：

The Dominican order was sanctioned by Pope Honorius III.

多明尼加修道会被教宗何诺里三世所认可。

秘密组织（会社） [C]

例句：

Drouet paid some slight attention to the secret order to which he belonged.

杜洛埃对于他所属的秘密会社比以前关心了。

获得勋位的一批人，勋爵士团；勋章 [C]

例句：

Most honours fall into three types: life peerages, knighthoods, and appointments to the Order of the British Empire.

主要荣誉头衔分为三类：终身贵族、骑士和英帝国勋章获得者。

例句：

He was decorated with the Order of the Rising Sun.

他被授予旭日勋章。

汇票，汇单 [C]

例句：

When did you receive the money order we sent you?

我们寄给你的汇单什么时候收到的？

例句：

Please remit promptly by check or money order.

请即将款项用支票或汇票汇来。

【术语】（动、植物分类用的）目 [C]

例句：

The order Lepidopteran consists of the butterflies and moths.

鳞翅目有蝴蝶，蛾。

【美，术语】任务排序；等待队列 [C]

例句：

The troops had been formed up in review order.

部队集结成检阅的队列。

治安，秩序；规矩 [U]

例句：

The duties of the police are to keep order and to carry out the law.

警察的职责是维持治安，执行法律。

例句：

He was seen as a threat to the established order.

他被看作是对已有秩序的威胁。

v.

点（菜）；订购 [I,T]

例句：

Have you decided what to order?

您已决定点什么菜了吗？

例句：

You must order your tickets early to secure against disappointment!

你必须早点订票以防失望！

命令，指令；嘱咐 [T]

例句：

The officer ordered that all the soldiers get ready.

军官命令士兵做好准备。

例句：

The doctor ordered him to walk a mile every day.

医生嘱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.

对于游园聚会，如果都安排好了，他们就不可能有一个更为完美的一天。

例句：

We must order our affairs better before we leave for Rome.

我们去罗马前必须把事情安排得妥当些。

【旧】将…收拾整齐，有效地安排 [T]

二、词义辨析：

command,order,direction,instruction

这些名词均含“命令”之意。 command较正式用词，强调权威性、全局性和强制性。 order普通用词，侧重指具体的命令。 direction正式用词，指口头或书面的指示或命令。内容不一定详尽，语气较缓和，不太强调强制性。也可指指导性的说明。 instruction书面用词，指不容违反、不容推翻的命令。也多指包含具体说明的指示。

三、相关短语：

in order

in order (to do sth) 1. 符合议事规则 2. 目的是；以便；为了 in order that 1. 目的在于；为了；以便

in short order

立即,马上,赶快,毫不拖延地

mail order

函购,邮购

money order

n.汇票,邮政汇票

order form

n. 定货单

order of the day

n. 1. 议程 2.【口】流行的事物，风尚

standing order

phr. 委托书；作战命令；现行命令

to order

按照顾客的意见和要求,定做的

order of magnitude

恒星等级，数量级

cease and desist order

结束和停止命令

market order

市场定单，市价单

natural order

自然顺序

四、参考例句：

Order clerks

订单管理员

Please take my order.

请接受点菜。

Local order: Espresso.

当地必点咖啡：浓缩咖啡。

Local order: Piccolo latte.

当地必点咖啡：迷你拿铁。

The soldier disobeyed an order.

这名士兵违抗了命令。

Every order is coded separately.

每份订单都单独编号。

I gave you an order!

我已经命令你了！

May I have your order？

我可以为您点餐了吗？

Put your papers in order.

把你的文件整理好。

Secure order even sacrifice margin.

即使牺牲利润，也须保住订单。