单词 | realign |
释义 | realign (once / 41040 pages) v When you realign something, you return it to a former position or place. If you break your arm roller skating, a doctor will have to set the bone, or realign it, before she puts on a cast. We realign things physically when we line them back up or restore them to a previous balance. The alignment on your car is what makes it drive straight — all four wheels should be perfectly lined up. If they're not, a mechanic can realign them. We can also realign things figuratively, like when a political party realigns itself, or attempts to line its positions up with what's important to voters. WORD FAMILYrealign: realigned, realigning, realigns+/align: aligned, aligning, alignment, aligns, misalign, realign/aligned: nonaligned/alignment: alignments, dealignment, nonalignment/misalign: misaligned, misalignment/misalignment: misalignments USAGE EXAMPLESTo Beijing’s delight, Duterte declared he would realign his country in China’s “ideological flow”. The Guardian(Dec 29, 2016) As important as that was then, she said, it’s the educational coaching she got at Treehouse that probably helped her realign her priorities the most. Seattle Times(Dec 25, 2016) Pope Francis is elevating a new crop of leaders to realign the Roman Catholic Church with his priorities. New York Times(Dec 23, 2016) v align anew or better The surgeon realigned my jaw after the accident Syn|Hyper realine adjust, align, aline, line up place in a line or arrange so as to be parallel or straight |
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