alignment

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

The church should have no political alignment. 教会不应该有政治结盟。

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. 他们回避了在行星的排列和地球上发生的事件之间有联系的看法。