rectify
美音:
[´rektə´faı
]英音:
[´rektə´faı
]vt.矫正,调整,精馏
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rectify为六级词汇
词形变化:
动词过去式:rectified 过去分词:rectified 现在分词:rectifying 第三人称单数:rectifies 名词:rectification 形容词:rectifiable
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rect=right(公正的;正当的),straight(直的)
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rectify
/'rektɪfaɪ; `rɛktə,faɪ/
v (pt, pp -fied)
1 [Tn] put (sth) right; correct 改正(某事物); 纠正
*rectify an error, omission, etc 修订错处、疏漏处等
* mistakes that cannot be rectified 无法改正的错误.
2 [Tn esp passive 尤用于被动语态] (chemistry 化) purify or refine, esp by repeated distillation 净化或精炼; (尤指)分馏, 精馏
*rectified spirits 精馏酒精.
3 [Tn] convert (alternating current) to direct current 将(交流电)变成直流电; 整(流).
rectify
v past tense and past participlerectifiedpresent participlerectifyingthird person singularrectifies [T]
[Date: 1300-1400; Language: French;Origin: rectifier, from Medieval Latin rectificare, from Latin rectus 'right, straight']
formal to correct something that is wrong
= put right
I did my best to rectify the situation, but the damage was already done.
>rectification [,rektɪfɪ'keɪʃən/