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correct
[英] [ kəˈrekt] [美] [ kəˈrɛkt] 生词本

adj.

vt.

vi.

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1. ADJ 准确无误的;正确的 If something is correct, it is in accordance with the facts and has no mistakes. 

  • The correct answers can be found at the bottom of page 8...

    正确答案在第8页末尾。

  • The following information was correct at time of going to press...

    下列信息在付印时准确无误。

  • Doctors examine their patients thoroughly in order to make a correct diagnosis.

    为了作出准确的诊断，医生会对病人进行彻底的检查。

correctly

  • Did I pronounce your name correctly?...

    你的名字我念对了吗？

  • You have to correctly answer each question.

    你必须正确回答每一个问题。

correctness

  • Ask the investor to check the correctness of what he has written.

    让投资人检查一下他所写的是否正确。

2. ADJ (说法或想法)对的，正确的 If someone is correct, what they have said or thought is true. 

  • You are absolutely correct. The leaves are from a bay tree...

    你说得很对，这是月桂树的叶子。

  • If Casey is correct, the total cost of the cleanup would come to $110 billion.

    如果凯西是对的，清理的总花费将达1,100亿美元。

3. ADJ 恰当的;合适的 The correct thing or method is the thing or method that is required or is most suitable in a particular situation. 

  • The use of the correct materials was crucial...

    使用恰当的材料至关重要。

  • White was in no doubt the referee made the correct decision.

    怀特确信裁判作出了公正的判罚。

  • ...the correct way to produce a crop of tomato plants.

    栽种一季西红柿的正确方法

correctly

  • If correctly executed, this shot will give them a better chance of getting the ball close to the hole.

    如果出手准确，这一击将使他们有机会把球打得离球洞更近。

4. ADJ (行为)被人认可的，赞许的 If you say that someone is correct in doing something, you approve of their action. 

  • You are perfectly correct in trying to steer your mother towards increased independence...

    你试图让自己的母亲变得越来越独立，这样做很正确。

  • I think the president was correct to reject the offer.

    我认为总统拒绝这一提议是正确的。

correctly

  • When an accident happens, quite correctly questions are asked.

    当事故发生时，理所当然要询问一些情况。

5. VERB 纠正(问题);改正，修正(错误) If you correct a problem, mistake, or fault, you do something which puts it right. 

  • He may need surgery to correct the problem...

    要解决这个问题，他可能需要做外科手术。

  • He has criticised the government for inefficiency and delays in correcting past mistakes.

    他批评政府在纠正过去的错误问题上效率低下，并且拖拖拉拉。

correction

  • ...legislation to require the correction of factual errors...

    要求改正与事实不符的错误的立法

  • We will then make the necessary corrections.

    我们届时会作出必要的修改。

6. VERB 纠正;指出…的错误 If you correct someone, you say something which you think is more accurate or appropriate than what they have just said. 

  • 'Actually, that isn't what happened,' George corrects me...

    “实际上，并不是那样，”乔治纠正我。

  • I must correct him on a minor point.

    我必须纠正他的一处小错误。

7. VERB 批改，修改(文章等) When someone corrects a piece of writing, they look at it and mark the mistakes in it. 

  • It took an extraordinary effort to focus on preparing his classes or correcting his students' work.

    备课和批改学生的作业花费了他很多精力。

8. ADJ-GRADED (行为)符合社会公认标准的，得体的 If a person or their behaviour is correct, their behaviour is in accordance with social or other rules. 

  • I think English men are very polite and very correct...

    我认为英国人很有礼貌，举止非常得体。

  • We were rather surprised by their sporting and correct behaviour.

    他们富有体育精神而且举止得体，让我们感到相当惊讶。

correctly

  • The High Court of Parliament began very correctly with a prayer for the Queen.

    议会最高法院按照常规，开庭前先为女王祈祷。

correctness

  • ...his stiff-legged gait and formal correctness.

    他拘谨的步态和郑重其事的举止

9. CONVENTION 若是我说错了就请指出 You say 'correct me if I'm wrong' to indicate that you are not entirely sure that what you are about to say is true. 

  • As I recall, but correct me if I'm wrong, it was in a car park in Carmarthen.

    如果我没记错的话，那是在卡马森的一个停车场内。

Verb

1. make right or correct;

  • "Correct the mistakes"
  • "rectify the calculation"

2. make reparations or amends for;

  • "right a wrongs done to the victims of the Holocaust"

3. censure severely;

  • "She chastised him for his insensitive remarks"

4. adjust or make up for;

  • "engineers will work to correct the effects or air resistance"

5. punish in order to gain control or enforce obedience;

  • "The teacher disciplined the pupils rather frequently"

6. go down in value;

  • "the stock market corrected"
  • "prices slumped"

7. alter or regulate so as to achieve accuracy or conform to a standard;

  • "Adjust the clock, please"
  • "correct the alignment of the front wheels"

8. treat a defect;

  • "The new contact lenses will correct for his myopia"
Adjective

1. free from error; especially conforming to fact or truth;

  • "the correct answer"
  • "the correct version"
  • "the right answer"
  • "took the right road"
  • "the right decision"

2. socially right or correct;

  • "it isn't right to leave the party without saying goodbye"
  • "correct behavior"

3. in accord with accepted standards of usage or procedure;

  • "what's the right word for this?"
  • "the right way to open oysters"

4. correct in opinion or judgment;

  • "time proved him right"

体育

  • 1.改正动作

法律

  • 1.惩罚
  • 2.加以修改
  • 3.改造
  • 4.改正
  • 5.修正

计算机

  • 1.【修】正确，校[纠]正[COR]
  • 2.校正
  • 3.,更正;正确的，改正
1. Correct decisions stem from correct judgements.
正确的决心来源于正确的判断。

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2. A sailor uses the rudder to make the ship go in the correct direction.
水手用舵导航。

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3. After repeated education they still refused to correct their errors.
经过反复教育，他们仍拒不改正错误。

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4. All letters must be stamped with the correct postage.
任何信件都应该按所需邮资贴邮票。

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5. Am I correct in saying this?
我这样说对吗？

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6. Children should be educated in a correct [proper] way.
教育孩子要得法。

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7. Choose the correct one from these words.
选择正确的词填空。

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8. Columbus's contention that the earth was round turned out to be correct.
结果证明哥伦布认为地球是圆的这一论点是对的。

来自《现代英汉综合大词典》

9. Correct ideas are not innate in the mind, but come from social practice.
正确的思想不是头脑中先天固有的，而是来源于社会实践。

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10. Correct ideas are not innate in the mind.
人的正确思想不是自己头脑中固有的。

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11. Correct ideas come from social practice.
正确的思想来自社会实践。

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12. Correct mistakes if you have made any and guard against them if you have not.
有则改之，无则加勉。

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13. Correct speech is an earmark of the educated man.
正确的谈吐是受教育者的特征。

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14. Correct the result to 5 decimal places.
把结果精确到小数点后五位数。

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15. Correct your mistake the moment you realize it and don't try to gloss over your mistake.
要知过必改，不要文过饰非。

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16. Does my answer come anywhere near the correct one?
我的答案是否接近正确？

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17. Don't imagine yourself to be always correct.
不要以为自己总是对。

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18. Don't stray too far from the correct path.
不要离开正道太远了。

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19. Error is often the precursor of what is correct,but conceit is the prelude to a fall.
错误往往是正确的先导，骄傲是跌跤的前奏。

来自《简明英汉词典》

20. Error is often the precursor of what is correct.
错误常常是正确的先导。

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