[N-VAR 可变名词]结盟;联合 An alignment is support for a particular group, especially in politics, or for a side in a quarrel or struggle.
The church should have no political alignment...
教会不应与政治结盟。
His increasing alignment with the Reagan administration nearly cost him re-election.
与里根政府日益紧密的关系差点让他失去了连任的机会。
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[N-UNCOUNT 不可数名词]调准;校正 The alignment of something is its position in relation to something else or to its correct position.
...the alignment of mirrors in the telescope.
校正望远镜中的镜片
Oxford
align·ment/əˈlaɪnmənt; NAmEəˈlaɪnmənt/noun[uncountable , countable ]1arrangement in a straight line 排成直线◆A bone in my spine was out of alignment.我的脊椎骨有一节脱位。2political support given to one country or group by another (国家、团体间的)结盟◆Japan's alignment with the West日本与西方国家的结盟alignmentalignmentsalign·ment/əˈlaɪnmənt; NAmEəˈlaɪnmənt/
LDC
alignmenta‧lign‧ment /əˈlaɪnmənt/ ●○○ noun
Examples
1[uncountable] the state of being arranged in a line with something or parallel to somethingalignment of the geometrical alignment of the Sun, Moon, and Earth at the eclipseout of/into alignment The wheels were out of alignment.2[countable, uncountable] support given by one country or group to another in politics, defence etcalignment with their military alignment with the US
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