realign

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Related topics: Groupings, Organizations

re·a·lign /ˌriːəˈlaɪn/ verb [transitiveT]

1 PPGSSOto change the way in which something is organized 对…重新组织 SYN reorganize

The company is planning to realign its sales operations.

公司正在计划重组销售业务。

2 realign yourself with somebody to begin to support and work together with someone again 再次支持某人，再次和某人结盟

They have tried to realign themselves with the communists.

他们试图再次站到共产党人这一边。

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realign yourself with somebody• The inquisitive Warlord turned to realign itself with its mechanical peers which strode onward together in line abreast, to massacre Marines.

3 ARRANGE A GROUP OF THINGS OR PEOPLEto change the position of something slightly so that it is in the correct position in relation to something else 重新排列，调整〔位置〕

You’ll have to realign your text columns.

你得重新调整文本栏。

Examples from the Corpus

realign• Teams are now realigned according to players' ages.• I indicated how the weight should be realigned, how the luggage should be lashed.• I needed to realign my life, it said, not just my putt or my drive.• Tchuruk said the company would have to realign operations in all its units, slashing several hundred jobs.• When the latter were realigned or made anew they often met the earlier roads at a sharp angle on the parish boundaries.• Osteopathy uses massage and gentle manipulation to soften and realign the body.• Center developers say they haven't decided for sure to destroy the waterfall and realign the creek 150 feet to the north.• The physiotherapists also worked to relieve his shoulder pain and realign the joint.• You'll have to realign your text columns if you change the typeface.

From Longman Business Dictionary

realignre·a·lign /ˌriːəˈlaɪn/ verb [transitiveT]

1ECONOMICSif a government realigns its currency, it changes the currency’s value in relation to other currencies

realign something against something

an attempt to get the yen realigned against the US dollar

2to change the way that a company is organized

The company will realign its marketing and sales activities.

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