alignment
1.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。
2.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
