第三人称单数：alignments
1. in alignment : 成一直线；
2. out of alignment : 不成一直线；
名词
2. alignment
1. 结盟；联合
An alignment is support for a particular group, especially in politics, or for a side in a quarrel or struggle.
2. 调准;校正
The alignment of something is its position in relation to something else or to its correct position.
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1. the act of adjusting or aligning the parts of a device in relation to each other
2. the spatial property possessed by an arrangement or position of things in a straight line or in parallel lines
3. (astronomy) apparent meeting or passing of two or more celestial bodies in the same degree of the zodiac
Synonym: conjunction
4. an organization of people (or countries) involved in a pact or treaty