disorientate

verb

1. 使迷失方向
   to make sb unable to recognize where they are or where they should go
   1. The darkness had disorientated him.
      黑暗使他迷失了方向。
2. 使迷惘；使不知所措；使无所适从
   to make sb feel confused
   1. Ex-soldiers can be disorientated by the transition to civilian life.
      退伍军人开始平民生活可能会感到茫然。

1. → see: disorient

1. Some of them disorientate the prosperity of the object and some others are confined to the teaching aims and methods.
   这其中有对研究对象的性质定位偏颇的原因，也受到教学目的和方法的局限。
2. Among techniques used to disorientate prisoners were "frequent flyer" programmes, whereby detainees would be moved from their cell every hour, night and day.
   让罪犯神志迷乱的方法有很多，其中之一就是“频繁飞行”项目，罪犯每一小时就要从他们的小房间移出来一次，白天和夜里都是如此。
3. Organisers of the annual initiative, now in its fifth year, say the bright lights disorientate the migrating birds and override their natural navigational cues.
   组织者们自发一年一度的活动，到今年他们是第五次了。他们称，明亮的灯光会使候鸟们失去方向感，还会打乱他们的天然航行信号。

verb

1. cause to be lost or disoriented

   Synonym:    disorient