connected with or typical of the eastern part of the world, especially China and Japan, and the people who live there。世界東部,尤指中國和日本,以及生活在那裡的人。
Oriental means coming from or associated with eastern Asia, especially China and Japan。源自亞洲東部,尤指中國和日本。
Some people refer to people from eastern Asia, especially China or Japan as Orientals. This use could cause offence。指東亞人,尤指華人和日本人,含有冒犯之意,注意是Orientals(首字母大寫)。
denoting or characteristic of countries of Asia。具有亞洲國家特點。
從以上英文意義來看,oriental有土著東方的意義,它不是一個方位上的表達,而是一個特定地理位置的表達,這個特定地對西方人來說就是遠東,即東亞。而作為方位上表達東邊東向東方的意義詞是 eastern(located in the east or facing east)。新東方里的東方是特定東方,是指中國所在的東方,所以用oriental是準確的。
先來看一下oriental的英文意義,牛津詞典和柯林斯詞典對該詞給出了以下解釋:
connected with or typical of the eastern part of the world, especially China and Japan, and the people who live there。世界東部,尤指中國和日本,以及生活在那裡的人。
Oriental means coming from or associated with eastern Asia, especially China and Japan。源自亞洲東部,尤指中國和日本。
Some people refer to people from eastern Asia, especially China or Japan as Orientals. This use could cause offence。指東亞人,尤指華人和日本人,含有冒犯之意,注意是Orientals(首字母大寫)。
denoting or characteristic of countries of Asia。具有亞洲國家特點。
從以上英文意義來看,oriental有土著東方的意義,它不是一個方位上的表達,而是一個特定地理位置的表達,這個特定地對西方人來說就是遠東,即東亞。而作為方位上表達東邊東向東方的意義詞是 eastern(located in the east or facing east)。新東方里的東方是特定東方,是指中國所在的東方,所以用oriental是準確的。