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单词 align
释义
align
verb[IorT]
uk
/əˈlaɪn/us
/əˈlaɪn/

alignverb[I or T](STRAIGHT LINE)

to put two or more things into astraightline, or toformastraightline:
When you've aligned thenotchon thegunwiththetarget,fire!当枪的标尺、准星和目标成一条直线时，开火！
Align therulerandthemiddleof thepaperand thencutitstraight.用尺子比齐纸的中线，然后沿尺子裁开。
Makesurethecolumnsalign in thechart.
Opposite
skew
More examples
  • Thelefteyeof thepatientand therighteyeof theexaminerare aligned.
  • The "starin theEast", he says, could have beenMars,JupiterandSaturnaligned in theconstellationPisceson 20February6BC.
  • Themountingrailsare to beplacedat the 25% and 75%positionsalong thelengthand have to align with therafter.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Balance and imbalance
  • accord withsomething
  • asymmetric
  • balance(something)out/up
  • balance of power
  • balanced
  • complement
  • harmonious
  • harmony
  • imbalance
  • inharmonious
  • jar
  • jarring
  • on an even keelidiom
  • one man's loss is another man's gainidiom
  • realign
  • realignment
  • rebalance
  • unharmonious
  • well balanced
  • well rounded
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alignverb[I or T](AGREE)

to be the same orsimilar, or toagreewith each other; to make two things do this:
Thepostwasdeletedbecause it did not alignwiththevaluesof thiswebsite.
Thejobof an ITbusinessanalystis to align ITsystemswithchangingbusinessneeds.
In the firstdecadeof theunion,economicgrowthamongmembercountrieswasgenerallyaligned.
toagreewith orsupportanotherperson,group,organization, orview:
The country'sleadingintellectualstendtobealignedwiththeopposition.
As amusician, he alignedhimselfwith theavant-garde.
Thesuperpowersforcesmallercountriesto align behind them inrivalblocs.
More examples
  • Weplanto alignincometaxandnationalinsurancesystemsforsmallbusiness.
  • Boys are moreself-confidentthangirlsabouttheirmathsskills, afindingwhich aligns withstereotypesoffemaleinferiorityinmathematics.
  • AdevoutChristian, she alwayscomparespoliticalpolicieswith what theBiblesays andtriestodetermineif the two align.
  • Schools arerankedon how well they aligntheireducationalpolicieswithtoughnationalstandards.
  • Should we takeexistingmoralityas a given, or should we takeskepticismseriously? I align with thelatterview.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Being or appearing similar or the same
  • a passing resemblanceidiom
  • aligned
  • answer
  • be in good companyidiom
  • be in the same ballparkidiom
  • be nothing/not much/very little in itidiom
  • be two of a kindidiom
  • equal
  • equalization
  • even(something)out
  • flatlining
  • homologous
  • homologous series
  • match
  • overlapping
  • parallel
  • passing
  • placeless
  • placelessness
  • resemble
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Creating alliances

Idiom

the stars align
(Definition ofalignfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)
align
verb[T]
uk
/əˈlaɪn/us
/əˈlaɪn/
to put two or more things into astraightline
使成一条直线；对准；校直
When you've aligned thenotchon thegunwiththetarget,fire!当枪的标尺、准星和目标成一条直线时，开火！
Align therulerandthemiddleof thepaperand thencutitstraight.用尺子比齐纸的中线，然后沿尺子裁开。

Phrasal verb

alignyourselfwithsth/sb

align| American Dictionary

align
verb[T]
us
/əˈlɑɪn/
to put two or more things into astraightline:
You need to align thenumbersproperlyin acolumn.
fig.Businessleadersare aligned with(=agreewith)thepresidenton thisissue.

alignment

noun[C/U]us
/əˈlɑɪn·mənt/
[U]Youhearthatnoisebecause thewheelsare out of alignment.
(Definition ofalignfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

align| Business English

align
verb[T]
uk
/əˈlaɪn/us
tochangesomething so that it has acorrectrelationshipto somethingelse:
Later thisyear, thecompanywillintroduceapriceplatformforitshomeinsurancecontracts, and will align allitsprices.
align sth with sthMorescientificmethodsof aligningboardroompaywithshareholderreturnsareneeded.

alignment

noun[U]
Themanufacturingprocesses, whetherdesignedforcostefficiency,speed, orqualityarein alignment withcompanyobjectives.

Phrasal verb

align yourself with sth/sb
(Definition ofalignfrom theCambridge Business English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofalign

align
First, what sorts of representations are being aligned; and second, how is this alignment achieved?
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The authors suggest that representations from one participant's head are aligned directly with those from the other participant's head.
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During lignification, phenyl rings of lignin precursorsalignto the cellulose molecule surfaces in a controlled and ordered process.
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In this history, epistemologies and styles of political philosophy have aligned differently at different times.
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Then the robot is commanded toalignthe surgical tool to the planned surgical tool path and to reach the tumor targets.
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The flow is exposed to a uniform magnetic field which is oriented perpendicular to two duct walls and aligned with the non-conducting cylinder.
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Like other quotations in the score, the quotation from the book aligns otherwise unaligned episodes and characters.
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I aligned the metrical sequences obtained from the traditional repertoire against this tune to establish yet another parameter for metrical fit.
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The horizontal dashed lines have been aligned with the intersections of the 520and 650-nm lines and the four spectral-sensitivity functions.
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Ialignwith the latter view - history has witnessed the flourishing of many normative systems we now find dubious or even paradigmatically unacceptable.
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To this end, astrocyte cultures have been aligned through exposure to electric fields of physiological strength.
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If the conscious ascription of a mental state is necessary for alignment, then people will onlyalignif they perform such ascriptions.
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This assists folding since most helices in the folded state tend to be aligned.
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In other words, our personal moral convictions are not so badly aligned with general welfare that it would be better if they did not exist.
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For these experiments, an ion beam with a 2-mm diameter aligned exactly to the channel axis was used to prepare the ionization channel.
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