alignment

1. N-VAR An alignment is support for a particular group, especially in politics, or for a side in a quarrel or struggle. 結盟

The church should have no political alignment. 教會不應該有政治結盟。

2. N-UNCOUNT The alignment of something is its position in relation to something else or to its correct position. 位置

They shunned the belief that there is a link between the alignment of the planets and events on the Earth. 他們廻避了在行星的排列和地球上發生的事件之間有聯系的看法。