| 释义 |
reaˈlignment orig. U.S.
[re- 5 a.]
A new alignment.
1889in Public Opinion 27 Apr., That the time has come for a partisan realignment on the vital economic concerns of to-day. 1896N. Amer. Rev. CLXIII. 700 There need be no realignment of contemplated business plans. 1929P. Hughes Catholic Question 1688–1829 iii. ii. 197 A re-alignment in English political life suddenly brought uncertainty to an end. With that re-alignment the Catholic Question emerges. 1935A. P. Herbert What a Word! iv. 92 Comment in the Lobbies centred round the re-alignment of, etc., etc. 1957Times Lit. Suppl. 20 Dec. 766/2 Clear and virtually immeasurable material benefits, widespread re⁓alignments of jobs, changes of thinking and attitudes, and alteration of ways of working. 1959Economist 3 Jan. 11/2 The chance thus arose of the concerted realignment of European currencies. 1964Ann. Reg. 1963 78 Externally, political realignments with the Pacific and South East Asia continued, a number of official visits being exchanged. 1979Time 2 Apr. 10/2 In the scramble for realignment in the face of the impending treaty, Hussein has even reconciled with Yasser Arafat..with whom he has been at bloody odds since 1970. |