align
TOEFL一致させる・整列させる
意味
- …を一列に並べる,整列させる
- (…と)…を提携させる,連合させる《+名+with+名》
- 一列に並ぶ
- (…と)提携する《+with+名》
例文
They aligned themselves with the Liberals.
彼らは自由党員たちと同盟した。
語源
英語の原文(Wiktionary)
From Middle English alynen, alinen (“copulate”), from Middle French aligner, from Old French alignier, from a- + lignier, from Latin lineare (“make straight or perpendicular”), from the noun linea (“line”), from līneus (“flaxen; flaxen [thing]”), from līnum (“flax”), likely ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *līnom (compare linen).