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Alignment Correct Wheel Make 英 ə'Laɪnmənt] 美 ə'Laɪnmənt N.调整成直线;准线;调整;直线性

英语单词 alignment
英美音标 英 [ə'laɪnmənt] 美 [ə'laɪnmənt]
中文释义 n.调整成直线;准线;调整;直线性
n.结盟
英语例句 (1) Correct the wheel alignment on a car.
(2) The bill would bring U.S. employment law into closer alignment with global practice.
中文例句 (1) 修正汽车上的轮胎准线
(2) 这个法案将调整美国就业法更贴近全球实践。
vocabulary简明 The noun alignment refers to the correct positioning of something. If you check the alignment of your feet when running, you're checking to make sure they're not pointing to either side, but going straight ahead.
vocabulary扩展 Alignment has to do with adjusting something so it's in the right place. If you take your car in for a wheel alignment, the mechanic will make sure the wheels are on straight. Alignment can also mean following directions or being in agreement. Your school has to act in alignment with state education rules. If you and your brother both believe that poodles should be banned in your town, then you are in alignment on the issue of poodles.
柯林斯解释
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[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

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