correct

[kə'rekt]

adj.正确的, 得体的
v.改正, 纠正

a.

1. 正确的, 对的[(+in)]

Your answer is not correct.

你的答案不对。

2. 恰当的; 端正的; 符合一般准则的

vt.

1. 改正; 纠正; 矫正; 校准

Would you help me correct my pronunciation?

你能帮我矫正发音吗?

2. 惩治; 责备

You should correct the children when they are rude.

孩子无礼时, 你应该治治他们。

词形变化

形容词: correctable | 副词: correctly | 名词: correctness | 动词过去式: corrected | 动词过去分词: corrected | 动词现在分词: correcting | 动词第三人称单数: corrects |

词义辨析

同义:

vt.改正; 纠正; 矫正; 校正

emend  rectify  remedy  redress  adjust  reform

a.正确的, 对的; 适当的

true  right  proper  accurate  exact  precise  appropriate  nice  

同义参见:

rebuke  punish  desired  perfect  decent  orthodox  orderly  advisable  mend  mathematical  adapted  heal  amend  formal  faithful  factual  confirmed  straighten  ethical  sound  so  edit  revise  respectable  relieve  discipline  regulate  becoming  redress  

反义:

a.正确的; 得当的

wrong  false  inaccurate  inappropriate  incorrect  inexact  

英英释义

动词 correct:

make right or correct

同义词：rectify, right

make reparations or amends for

同义词：right, compensate, redress

censure severely

同义词：chastise, castigate, objurgate, chasten

adjust for

同义词：compensate, counterbalance, make up, even out, even off, even up

punish in order to gain control or enforce obedience

同义词：discipline, sort out

go down in value

同义词：decline, slump

alter or regulate so as to achieve accuracy or conform to a standard

同义词：adjust, set

treat a defect

形容词 correct:

free from error; especially conforming to fact or truth

同义词：right

socially right or correct

同义词：right

in accord with accepted standards of usage or procedure

同义词：right

correct in opinion or judgment

同义词：right

补充

correctcorrect英:[kəˈrekt] 美:[kəˈrɛkt]adj.1.正确的, 对的The thing turned out to be correct.这事证实是对的。It is correct for you to keep it secret.你不把事情说出来是对的。2.合适的, 符合的vt.1.改正, 纠正

例句

1. The following information was correct at the time of going to press.下列信息在付印时准确无误。 2. That's correct.没错。 3. They have adopted the correct course of action.他们采取了恰当的处理方式。 4. The use of the correct materials is crucial.使用合适的材料至关重要。 5. I think the president was correct to reject the offer.我认为总统拒绝那个提议是正确的。 6. You are perfectly correct in trying to steer your mother towards increased independence.你试图引导你母亲变得越来越独立, 这样做很正确。 7. I think English men are very polite and very correct.我认为英国人很有教养, 举止得体。 8. He has criticized the government for delays in correcting past mistakes.他批评政府迟迟未改正过去的错误。 9. He had asked her to correct his English.他请求她帮忙纠正自己的英语。 10. Miss Lennox was seated at her desk correcting papers.伦诺克斯小姐坐在办公桌旁批阅试卷。 11. 'Actually, that isn't what happened,' George corrects me.“事实上, 事情并不是那样的, ”乔治纠正我说。 12. I must correct him on a minor point.我必须纠正他的一个小错误。 13. As I recall, but correct me if I'm wrong, it was in a car park in Carmarthen.据我回忆, 但是如果我说错了请纠正, 事情是发生在卡马森的一个停车场里。 14. He may need surgery to correct the problem.他可能需要动手术才能解决这个问题。 15. These glasses will correct your sight.这副眼镜能矫正你的视力。 16. Abnormalities in the heartbeat were corrected by the insertion of a pacemaker.心跳异常通过植入起搏器得以控制。 17. In those days church clocks were corrected from sundials.过去, 教堂的大钟根据日晷校正时间。 18. I asked the mechanic to correct the timing.我让机修工做正时校正。 19. Children will run wild if responsible adults do not correct them.如果该负责的大人不管教犯错的孩子, 孩子就会变成脱缰的野马。 20. The teacher returned to her room to correct exercise books.老师回到房间去改练习簿。 21. He was correcting his proof sheets in his study.他正在书房里看校样。 22. The mother corrected the disobedient child.母亲惩罚了不听话的孩子。 23. This medicine will correct the pain.这种药可以止痛。 24. Wearing glasses should correct your vision.戴上眼镜会校正你的视力。 25. to correct for an error纠正错误 26. make sure you have been given the correct information.要确信你得到的是可靠消息。 27. [with infinitive]the government was correct to follow a course of defeating inflation.政府采取制止通货膨胀的方针是正确的。 28. cut the top and bottom tracks to the correct length with a hacksaw.用钢锯将轨道的上下部分切割至合适的长度。 29. he was a polite man, invariably correct and pleasant with Mrs Collins.他是个有礼貌的人，和科林斯夫人在一起时总是行为得体，讨人喜欢。 30. the Council issued a statement correcting some points in the press reports.委员会发表声明纠正新闻报道中的几点错误。 31. he corrected Dixon's writing for publication.他校对了迪克森的稿子以备出版。 32. he had assumed she was married and she had not corrected him.他以为她结婚了，她也没有纠正他。 33. [as adj. corrected]sorry, I stand corrected.对不起，我接受指正。 34. the problem of diminished sight can be reduced or corrected by using spectacles.视力下降问题可通过戴眼镜矫正得到解决。 35. motorists can have their headlights tested and corrected at a reduced price on Saturday.驾车者可在周六以优惠价检测和修理前灯。 36. data were corrected for radionuclide decay.因防放射性核素腐蚀而调整了数据。 37. Well done! All your answers were correct.做得好！你的答案全对了。 38. Have you got the correct time, please?你可否告诉我正确的时间呢？ 39. What's the correct form of address for a vicar?该怎么称呼教区牧师才正确？ 40. to correct a spelling mistake纠正拼写错误 41. to correct a test (= mark the mistakes in it)批改测验卷子 42. He's always correcting me when I'm talking to people.我与人谈话时，他总是指出我的错误。 43. Some parts of the report needed correction.报告中有几处需要修改。 44. What's the correct answer/response to this question?这个问题的正确答案是什么？ 45. She is correct (in saying) that more money is needed.她说需要更多的资金，她说的是对的。 46. "Yes, that's correct."是的，没错。 47. Her watch never tells the correct time.她的表从来都不准。 48. an anatomically correct drawing of the human body准确的人体解剖图 49. a grammatically correct sentence语法正确的句子 50. correct pronunciation/punctuation/spelling/usage正确的发音/标点/拼写/用法 51. Did I give you the correct change?我找给你的钱没错吧？ 52. "With the correct amount of water and sunlight, the plant will grow well."有了适量的水分和阳光，植物就会很好地生长。 53. We're trying to find the correct [=right] way to deal with the problem.我们正试图找到处理这个问题的恰当方法。 54. He was correct to do what he did. = He did the correct thing.他那样做是恰当的。 55. We need to find a more environmentally correct way of disposing of these materials. [=a way that does not damage the environment]我们需要找到一种更加环保的方式来处理这些材料。 56. a very correct young man举止非常得体的年轻人 57. You answered correctly.你答得没错。 58. "If I remember correctly, he was a good baseball player in high school."如果我没记错的话，他高中时是一名优秀的棒球选手。 59. Did I spell your name correctly?你的名字我没拼错吧？ 60. anatomical correctness解剖的准确无误 61. We question the correctness of his actions.我们质疑他行为的恰当性。 62. a computer program that corrects [=fixes] spelling errors纠正拼写错误的电脑程序 63. I hate it when she corrects my grammar.我讨厌她纠正我的语法。 64. These errors are easily corrected. = These errors can be corrected easily.这些错误容易纠正。 65. Please correct your essay for punctuation errors.请改正你论文中的标点错误。 66. "“I use the title ‘Ms.’ not ‘Mrs.,’” she corrected him."“我用的称谓是‘女士’而非‘夫人’。”她纠正他道。 67. "He quickly corrected himself and said that it cost two dollars, not four."他很快纠正了自己的错误，说是花了两美元，而不是四美元。 68. "correct me if I'm wrong, but I think you owe me another dollar. [=do you owe me another dollar?]"我想你还欠我一美元，如果说错了请指出。 69. "“He's four years old, not five.” “Well, then, I stand corrected.”"“他四岁，而不是五岁。”“哦，既然这样，那是我错了。” 70. "I stand corrected. The meeting is on Monday, not Tuesday as I'd thought."承蒙您的指正。会议是在星期一，而不是我原以为的星期二。 71. Our teacher hasn't finished correcting our tests yet.我们老师还没有批改完我们的试卷。 72. He corrects papers with a red pen.他用红笔改卷。 73. We are finding ways to correct this difficult situation.我们正在想办法应对这个困难局面。 74. We'll correct the problem with the circuit as soon as possible.我们将尽快解决电路的问题。 75. These medicines are used for correcting chemical imbalances in the brain.这些药物是用来治疗大脑化学物质失衡的。 76. She's having surgery that will correct her vision. [=that will make her bad vision good/better]她正在接受视力矫正手术。 77. The measurements are not accurate because I didn't correct for the change in temperature.这些测量结果不精确，因为我没有根据温度的变化进行调整。 78. We need to correct the measurements for the change in temperature.我们需要根据温度变化调整测量结果。 79. a correctable error可纠正的误差 80. a problem that is correctable by surgery可以通过手术矫正的问题