reorder

reorder — 動詞

1. to ask for an additional supply of an item from the company that originally prov

1.動詞及物 / 不及物B1
釋義

補貨；再訂購

向供應商再次訂購商品

to ask for an additional supply of an item from the company that originally provided it, because you have sold or used nearly all of what you had.

例句

When the bookshop sold out of the textbook, Andrei reordered fifty copies from the publisher.

書店的教科書賣光後，Andrei 向出版社再訂購了五十本。

transitive: reorder + quantity + from + supplier

The hospital pharmacy checks stock each week and reorders any medicine that is low.

醫院藥局每週盤點庫存，並為偏低的藥品補貨。

transitive with object as 'any medicine'

同義詞
  • restock

    focuses on filling shelves or inventory again, not necessarily ordering from a supplier

  • replenish

    broader — can mean refilling anything used up, not just stock in a business context

  • order more

    more general; does not imply a repeat of a previous order

反義詞
  • cancel

    to stop an order that was placed

文法句型

reorder + noun phrase (transitive)

reorder + from + supplier

reorder (intransitive — no object needed)

用法筆記

Common in business and retail contexts. The object is typically a product that sells regularly. When used intransitively, the supplier is often specified with 'from'.

常見錯誤

❌I need to reorder my desk drawers.' (when meaning rearrange).
✅I need to reorder the printer paper from the supplier.
💡'reorder' in the restock sense always involves requesting more of something, not physically rearranging items.

2. to give a different sequence or arrangement to a set of items, data, or steps, a

2.動詞及物B2
釋義

重排；重組

改變事物的排列順序

to give a different sequence or arrangement to a set of items, data, or steps, altering their existing order.

例句

Antonia reordered the playlist so that the slow songs played before the fast ones.

Antonia 重新排列了播放清單，讓慢歌排在快歌前面。

reorder + noun phrase + 'so that' clause

The teacher asked her students to reorder the sentences in the correct chronological sequence.

老師要求學生按照正確的時間順序重新排列這些句子。

infinitive pattern: asked + to reorder

同義詞
  • rearrange

    broader — can mean changing physical positions, not just sequence

  • resequence

    more technical; specifically about changing numerical or chronological order

  • reorganise

    broader — can involve grouping or categorising, not just ordering

  • sort

    often implies putting in a standard order (e.g. alphabetical, numerical) rather than a custom order

文法句型

reorder + noun phrase (set/list/sequence of items)

用法筆記

The object is typically a set, list, sequence, or collection of items — not a single item. Distinguished from 'rearrange' in that 'reorder' specifically changes the sequence or ranking, while 'rearrange' may also change physical positions without changing order.

常見錯誤

❌I reordered him to leave.' (sounds like 'ordered again').
✅I reordered the names on the list alphabetically.
💡'reorder' in this sense only applies to sequences of things, not to giving commands.

reorder — 名詞