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align

verb
 
🔊/əˈlaɪn/
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Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they align
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he / she / it aligns
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past simple aligned
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past participle aligned
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-ing form aligning
🔊/əˈlaɪnɪŋ/
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Phrasal Verbs
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  1.  
    [intransitive, transitive] align (something) (with something) to arrange something in the correct position, or to be in the correct position, in relation to something else, especially in a straight line排列整齐；使对齐；（尤指）成一直线
    • Make sure the shelf is aligned with the top of the cupboard.务必使搁架与橱柜顶端对齐。🔊🔊
    • The top and bottom line of each column on the page should align.版面每栏的头一行和末一行要对齐。🔊🔊
    Extra Examples
    • This pillar is roughly aligned with the others.这根柱子和其他柱子大致成一条直线。
    • The house is aligned along an east-west axis.这幢房屋沿东西轴线成一直线。
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb
    • accurately
    • closely
    • correctly
    • …
    preposition
    • along
    • with
    adverb
    • closely
    • firmly
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  2.  
    [transitive] align something (with/to something) to change something slightly so that it is in the correct relationship to something else使一致
    • Domestic prices have been aligned with those in world markets.国内价格已调整到与世界市场一致。🔊🔊
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    3. Word Originlate 17th cent.: from French aligner, from à ligne ‘into line’.