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美音:[kə´rekt ]点这儿播放单词美音发声
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adj.正确的,恰当的,端正的 vt.改正,纠正,告诫,惩戒

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correct为中学词汇   词频:3414

词形变化:

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

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com-=together,with,wholly 变化型 co-,col-,comb-,con-,cor-,coun-

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correct


/kə'rekt; kə`rɛkt/
adj
1 true; right; accurate 正确的; 对的; 准确的
*the correct answer 正确的答案
* Do you have the correct time? 你的表准吗?
* The description is correct in every detail. 每个细节的叙述都很准确.
* Would I be correct in thinking that you are Jenkins? ie Are you Jenkins? 我想你就是詹金斯吧?
* `Are you Jenkins?' `That's correct.' `你是詹金斯吗?'`是的.'
2 (of behaviour, manners, dress, etc) in accordance with accepted standards or convention; proper (指行为、礼貌、衣着等)符合公认标准的, 得体的
*Such casual dress would not be correct for a formal occasion. 这样的便服不宜在正式的场合穿.
* a very correct young lady 举止很得体的年轻女士.

/kə'rekt; kə`rɛkt/
v [Tn]
1 (a) make (sth) right or accurate; remove the mistakes from 改正(某事物); 修改; 纠正
*correct spelling, mistakes, misconceptions改正拼写错误、谬误、错误的观念
* I corrected my watch by the time signal. 我按照报时信号对的表.
* Please correct my pronunciation if I go wrong. 假若我的发音不准就请你纠正.
* Spectacles correct faulty eyesight. 眼镜可以矫正视力缺陷.
* `It was in April no, May,' he said, correcting himself. `那是在四月份--不, 在五月份,'他改口说.
(b) (of a teacher, etc) mark the errors in (sth) (指教师等)批改(某项作业的)错处
*correct an essay, a test, etc 批改作文、测验题等.
2 point out the mistakes or faults of (sb) 指出(某人)的错误或过失
*`Correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't that a llama?' `No, it's not.' `I stand corrected', ie You have pointed out my mistake.  那是美洲驼吗? 要是我说错了, 就请指出来. `那不是.'`多谢您指正.'
3 adjust (sth) so as to make it accurate 校正(某事物)
*Turn the wheel to the right to correct the steering. 把方向盘往右边转转, 好修正驾驶上的偏差.
* Add salt to correct the seasoning. 加点盐把味道调好.
1. That means, for example, that a doctor in Europe who is particularly learned will be able to treat patients in America after viewing their records via computer, deciding the correct dose of medicine to give the patient, or perhaps even remotely contr
    那就是说,举个例子,欧洲的一位医道高明的医生通过电脑看了病历就能给美洲的病人治病,决定病人用药的剂量,甚至还可以遥控一个操手术刀的机器人施行手术。

2. All her deductions were correct.
    她的全部推断是正确的。

3. Please correct your mistake.
    请改正你的错误.

4. Pushing off the diving board with my legs, I lifted my arms and shoulders back, and knew immediately I would be close to the board and might hit my hands. I tried to correct myself as I turned, spreading my hands wide apart.
    我用脚蹬跳板,臂膀向后举起,但马上意识到身体下落时可能会靠近跳板,碰伤手。转动身体时,我努力纠正动作,尽量把胳膊张开。

5. Once, however, it failed to give the correct time.
    然而有一次,它却把时间报错。

6. It is a strange thought, but I believe a correct one, that twenty or thirty pages of ideas and information would be capable of turning the present-day world upside down, or even destroying it.
    这是个离奇的想法。不过我认为这个想法是正确的。

7. Integrity means you do what you do because it’s right and not just fashionable or politically correct.
    为人正直意味着去做你应该做的事,因为那是对的,而不是因为合乎潮流或迎合了政治上的需要。

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