line up

phrasal verb

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line up

to stand in a line or row; to form a queue排成一行；站队；排队（等候）
- Line up, children!孩子们，站成一排！
- Cars lined up waiting to board the ship.汽车排队等候上船。

line somebody/something up

to arrange people or things in a straight line or row使站成一队；使排列成一行
- The suspects were lined up against the wall.嫌疑犯靠墙站成了一排。
- He lined the bottles up along the shelf.他把瓶子排列在架子上。
to arrange for an event or activity to happen, or arrange for somebody to be available to do something组织，安排（活动）；邀集（人做某事）
- Mark had a job lined up when he left college.马克大学毕业时，工作已经安排好了。
- I've got a lot lined up this week (= I'm very busy).我这周有许多事要做。
- She's lined up a live band for the party.她为聚会安排了一个乐队来现场演奏。

line something up (with something)

to move one thing into a correct position in relation to another thing使…（与相关的另一物）排齐；使…对齐
- To get good TV reception, the dish must be accurately lined up with the satellite.为了获得良好的电视接收效果，碟形天线必须与卫星准确对齐。

line-up

noun

/ˈlaɪn ʌp/

[usually singular]

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the people who are going to take part in a particular event阵容；阵式
- an impressive line-up of speakers给人印象深刻的演讲者阵容
- Jones has not been included in the quarter-final line-up.琼斯没有入选四分之一决赛阵容。
- the starting line-up (= the players who will begin the game)比赛首发队员阵容
- The team returns this season with a new car and a new line-up of drivers.代表队以新的赛车和车手阵容重返本赛季。
a set of items, events etc. arranged to follow one another节目安排；项目安排 synonym programme
- A horror movie completes this evening's TV line-up.今晚电视节目最后安排了一部恐怖影片。
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(especially North American English)
(British English also identification parade, informal identity parade)
a row of people, including one person who is suspected of a crime, who are shown to a witness to see if he or she can recognize the criminal辨认行列，列队认人（把嫌疑犯同其他人排在一起，让目击者辨认）
- He was identified in an April 21 police line-up.他在4月21日的一次警察列队指认中被认出。
Topics Crime and punishmentc2