orbit
- n.(天体等运行的)轨道;(人、组织等的)影响范围，势力范围
- v.沿轨道运行;围绕…运动
复数： orbits 过去式： orbited 现在分词： orbiting 过去分词： orbited 第三人称单数： orbits
orbitnoun
（天体等运行的）轨道
a curved path followed by a planet or an object as it moves around another planet, star, moon, etc.
the earth's orbit around the sun
地球环绕太阳的轨道
a space station in orbit round the moon
绕月球运行的一个航天站
A new satellite has been put into orbit around the earth.
一颗新的人造卫星被送上了环绕地球的轨道。
（人、组织等的）影响范围，势力范围
an area that a particular person, organization, etc. deals with or is able to influence
to come/fall/be within sb's orbit
进入 / 落入 / 属于某人的势力范围
orbit
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N-COUNT （天体等运行的）轨道
An orbit is the curved path in space that is followed by an object going round and round a planet, moon, or star.Mars and Earth have orbits which change with time...
火星与地球的运行轨道随着时间而变化。
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VERB 环绕…的轨道运行
If something such as a satellite orbits a planet, moon, or sun, it moves around it in a continuous, curving path.In 1957 the Soviet Union launched the first satellite to orbit the earth.
1957年，苏联发射了第一颗绕地卫星。
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N-SING （影响所及的）范围，领域，圈子
The orbit of a particular person, group, or institution is the area over which they have influence.In the late 1970s Laos fell within the orbit of Vietnam and the Soviet Union.
20世纪70年代末，老挝被纳入了越南和苏联的势力范围。
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- an area in which something acts or operates or has power or control: "the range of a supersonic jet"
- a piano has a greater range than the human voice
- the ambit of municipal legislation
- within the compass of this article
- within the scope of an investigation
- outside the reach of the law
- in the political orbit of a world power
- Synonym: scope range reach compass ambit
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- the bony cavity in the skull containing the eyeball
- Synonym: eye socket cranial orbit orbital cavity
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- the (usually elliptical) path described by one celestial body in its revolution about another
- he plotted the orbit of the moon
- Synonym: celestial orbit
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- the path of an electron around the nucleus of an atom
- Synonym: electron orbit
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- a particular environment or walk of life
- his social sphere is limited
- it was a closed area of employment
- he's out of my orbit
- Synonym: sphere domain area field arena
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- move in an orbit
- The moon orbits around the Earth
- The planets are orbiting the sun
- electrons orbit the nucleus
- Synonym: orb revolve
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A new satellite has been put into orbit around the earth .
一颗新的人造卫星被送上了环绕地球的轨道。
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The orientation of the planet 's orbit is changing continuously .
该行星轨道的方向不断变化。
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The earth takes a year to orbit the sun .
地球绕太阳一周要一年的时间。
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The planet is probably in orbit around a small star .
这颗行星可能正环绕着一颗小恒星运行。
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Mars and Earth have orbits which change with time
火星与地球的运行轨道随着时间而变化。
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Yet bigger satellites will be sent up into orbit
更为大型的卫星将被送入轨道。
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They have docked a robot module alongside the orbiting space station
他们已经将一个自动操作舱与沿轨道运行的空间站并行对接上了。
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Astronauts will make a final attempt today to rescue a communications satellite from its useless orbit
今天宇航员将会做最后一次尝试，力图把一颗通信卫星从无效的轨道上抢救下来。
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The astronauts will attach a motor that will boost the satellite into its proper orbit
宇航员们将安装一个发动机，以推动卫星进入正常运行轨道。
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The orbit of this comet intersects the orbit of the Earth
这颗彗星的轨道与地球的轨道交叉。
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In the late 1970s Laos fell within the orbit of Vietnam and the Soviet Union .
20世纪70年代末，老挝被纳入了越南和苏联的势力范围。
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All the planets orbit the Sun in roughly the same plane , round its equator .
所有的行星大致在同一平面上绕太阳赤道运转。
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The Earth orbits in an ellipse .
地球轨道呈椭圆形。
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We can draw the earth 's orbit round the sun .
我们可以画出地球绕太阳运行的轨迹。
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They put a weather satellite into orbit about the earth .
他们把一颗气象卫星送入环绕地球的轨道。
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Our team has gone into orbit .
我们队已经步入正轨。
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John was afraid his father would go into orbit when he found out about the car accident .
约翰担心父亲知道那起车祸后会暴跳如雷。
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The satellite is now in orbit .
卫星已进入轨道。
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They knew each other by sight , but their orbits not touch .
他们彼此面熟，但没有接触往来。
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A plane orbited over landing field .
有一架飞机在着陆地上空盘旋。
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When the boosters have helped to lift a space station into orbit , they separate from it and return to the earth .
助推火箭把太空站推入轨道后，就自行脱落返回地球。
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The war is a gigantic cosmic drama , embracing every quarter of the globe and the whole orbit of man 's life .
战争是一幕巨大而包罗万象的戏，涉及地球上每个角落和人类生活的各个领域。
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Having your personal satellite launched into orbit might sound like an idea straight out of science fiction .
将自己的卫星送入轨道，这听起来像从科幻小说中直接截取出来的想法。
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Just half a dozen holiday-makers have reached orbit since then , for similarly astronomical price tags .
自那以后,只有六人以同样高的天文价位参与了太空旅行。
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However , as the cost of getting your own satellite in orbit drops sharply , the risks of irresponsible use grow .
然而，随着将自己的卫星送入轨道的成本大幅降低，出现不负责任地使用卫星的情况的几率也在增加。
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But they can attain more distant orbits .
但是它们也可以到达更远的轨道。
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But for now , the U.S. government is more focused on preventing new debris from forming than taking the trash out of orbit .
但目前，美国政府更注重防止新碎片的形成，而不是将垃圾运出轨道。
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It includes accounting for any piece of debris they plan to release over 5mm that might stay in orbit for 25 years or more .
其中包括他们会释放的所有超过5毫米的碎片，这些碎片可能会在轨道上滞留25年及以上。
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Because they 're so small and light , it costs much less to get a CubeSat into Earth 's orbit than a traditional communications or GPS satellite .
由于体积小、重量轻，与传统的通信或GPS卫星相比，送立方体卫星进入地球轨道的成本要低得多。
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For instance , a research group here at Arizona State University recently claimed their developmental small CubeSats could cost as little as $ 3,000 to put in orbit .
比如，亚利桑那州立大学的一个研究小组最近宣告，将他们正在开发的小型立方体卫星送入地球轨道的成本可能低至3000美元。