order
单词辨析：
普通用词，多指上级、主人等利用权力、权威等发出指令。
He ordered an investigation into the deaths.
他下令对死亡事件进行调查。
The doctor ordered a strict diet.
医生嘱咐严格控制饮食。
We ordered that the enemy soldiers lay down their arms.
我们命令敌兵放下武器。
较正式用词，多指以口头方式直接下达命令，语气弱于 order。
Soldiers must act as they are bidden.
士兵必须按命令行事。
I bade them (to) retreat at once.
我命令他们立即撤退。
尤指军官、国王等正式下令，强调下令者的权威性，要求接受命令者必须服从。
He commanded that the army attack right away.
他下令军队立即进攻。
The general commanded his men to take over the city.
将军命令他的部下夺取这座城市。
You have no power to command.
你没有指挥权。
The King commanded that she be executed right away.
国王下令把她立即处死。
指预订房间、餐馆、机票、火车票等。
Please reserve me a seat there.
请在那儿给我预订个座位。
He has reserved a big private room in that five-star hotel.
他已经在那个五星级饭店预订了一个大包间。
You'd better reserve the train ticket in advance.
你最好提前预订火车票。
词义同 reserve，可换用。
I've booked/reserved us two tickets.
我已经为我们订了两张票。
Even if you book/reserve tickets in advance during the Spring Festival, you may still fail to get one.
在春节期间即使提前订票，你也仍可能买不到。
This flight is always fully booked/reserved.
这趟航班总是被订满。
列车上给“老弱病残孕”预留座位，只能用 reserve。
指预订货物或服务。
The plant ordered a new set of equipment.
这家工厂订购了一套新设备。
Please order me a taxi.
请给我订一辆出租车。
相关例句：
These are strange times in which we live, and strange arrangements appear to be the order of the day.
我们生活在这个光怪陆离的时代，各种奇怪的生活安排如今都司空见惯。
The highest Order of Knighthood is the Order of the Garter.
最高骑士勋位是嘉德勋位。
They borrowed something in the order of £ 10 million
他们借了大约1,000万英镑。
You don't think the paper's a bit out of order in publishing it?
你不觉得这份报纸发表这篇文章有点不妥吗？
The end of the Cold War has produced the prospect of a new world order based on international co-operation
冷战的结束带来了建立一个以国际合作为基础的世界新秩序的希望。
'Let him go!' he ordered
“让他走！”他命令道。