| 单词 | correct |
| 释义 | correct (kərekt ) Word forms: corrects , correcting , corrected 1. adjective A2 If something is correct, it is in accordance with the facts and has no mistakes. [formal] The correct answers can be found at the bottom of page 8. The following information was correct at time of going to press. Doctors examine their patients thoroughly in order to make a correct diagnosis. Synonyms: accurate, right, true, exact correctly adverb [ADVERB with verb] B1 Did I pronounce your name correctly? You have to correctly answer each question. Synonyms: rightly, right, perfectly, properly correctness uncountable noun Ask the investor to check the correctness of what he has written. [+ of] Synonyms: truth, accuracy, precision, exactitude Synonyms: decorum, propriety, good manners, civility 2. adjective [verb-link ADJECTIVE] A2 If someone is correct, what they have said or thought is true. [formal] You are absolutely correct. The leaves are from a bay tree. If Casey is correct, the total cost of the cleanup would come to $110 billion. 3. adjective [ADJECTIVE noun] B1 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. White was in no doubt the referee made the correct decision. ...the correct way to produce a crop of tomato plants. Synonyms: right, standard, regular, appropriate correctly adverb [ADVERB with verb] If correctly executed, this shot will get the ball close to the hole. 4. adjective 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. [+ in] I think the president was correct to reject the offer. correctly adverb When an accident happens, quite correctly questions are asked. 5. verb B2 If you correct a problem, mistake, or fault, you do something which puts it right. He may need surgery to correct the problem. [VERB noun] He has criticised the government for inefficiency and delays in correcting past mistakes. [VERB noun] Synonyms: rectify, remedy, redress, right correction (kərekʃən )Word forms: corrections variable noun B2 ...legislation to require the correction of factual errors. [+ of] We will then make the necessary corrections. Synonyms: rectification, righting, improvement, amendment 6. verb B2 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. [VERB noun with quote] I must correct him on a minor point. [VERB noun] 7. verb When someone corrects a piece of writing, they look at it and mark the mistakes in it. He focused on preparing his classes and correcting his students' work. [VERB noun] 8. adjective If a person or their behaviour is correct, their behaviour is in accordance with social or other rules. I think the men are very polite and very correct. We were rather surprised by their sporting and correct behaviour. correctly adverb [ADVERB with verb] She behaved correctly but not affectionately towards her father. correctness uncountable noun ...his stiff-legged gait and formal correctness. Synonyms: truth, accuracy, precision, exactitude Synonyms: decorum, propriety, good manners, civility 9. correct me if I'm wrong convention 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. [spoken, vagueness] As I recall, but correct me if I'm wrong, it was in a car park in Carmarthen. Quotations: For whom the Lord loveth he correcteth Bible: Proverbs Collocations: correct a defect They then tried to correct the defect in these cells by using gene therapy to introduce normal copies of the haemoglobin gene. Times, Sunday Times Only surgery can correct the defect. Times, Sunday Times In each type the manufacturer assumes the liability and responsibility to correct the defect or to repurchase or replace the product. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Since mutations often cause disease by causing misfolding and misrouting, pharmacoperones are potentially therapeutic agents, since they are able to correct this defect. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 He underwent heart surgery following the series to correct the defect. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 To correct the deficiency, adjustments have to be made in one or more of these processes. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Church members are invited to make a payment to correct any deficiency before the records are closed for year-end. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 To correct this deficiency the slip joint must be extended to allow for additional movement, a modification expected to be both expensive and technically and logistically difficult. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Blackboard, however, has four continuation applications pending where it can correct the deficiencies in its claims and get new patents to issue. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Most of these problems had already existed in some form during the 1970s, and the government had introduced several measures intended to correct the deficiencies. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The pilots managed to take emergency action to correct the failure, known as engine rollback. Times, Sunday Times As the flows subside, the need to correct that failure will become ever more urgent. Times, Sunday Times Rather than obsessing over correcting his failures, he quickly forgets them. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The expert system corrects this failure. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 It goes a long way towards correcting the flaws of devolution. Times, Sunday Times Few people take such a fatalistic approach to their genetic destiny, reasoning that each generation brings a new genetic mix, perhaps correcting the flaws of the past. Times, Sunday Times One should also use the opportunity to examine his behavior and motivations, correcting the flaws and errors of the past while seeking the proper path for the future. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Well done to the board for having the guts to correct their mistake. Times, Sunday Times But they could not correct the mistake - saying it was up to the company's bank to recall it. The Sun Go back and correct a mistake at work from yesterday. Christianity Today I was in contact with so many people trying to correct the mistake. Times, Sunday Times The local council said contractors have promised to correct the mistake free of charge. The Sun The company said the problem was caused by a computer 'bug' and that technical experts were seeking to correct the problem. Times, Sunday Times It has worked to correct the problem and update the national database. The Sun Surgery to correct the problem was successful, but now aged seven, she still refuses to eat and has to be fed through a tube. The Sun What's more, he could tell me clearly and precisely how to correct the problem. Christianity Today Quo had to cancel gigs in 2014 after the rocker needed surgery to correct a problem with his previous heart bypass. The Sun Some previous nominating committees had attempted to correct the situation by not nominating her. Christianity Today But it will still be a case of working with them to correct a situation rather than coming in and telling them what to do. ST I was never sure of my authority to correct the situation. Christianity Today Let's try swapping how might we correct the situation? Christianity Today The skills that helped to create the industrial revolution will inexorably drift away, and it will be increasingly difficult to correct the situation. Times, Sunday Times Reformers in both parties are aiming to correct that weakness. Times,Sunday Times Despite intensive efforts, he failed to correct a weakness against the fast, short ball. Times, Sunday Times They soon correct the weakness before it becomes a prolonged and debilitating malaise. Times, Sunday Times With seven new players, they set about correcting the weakness. Times, Sunday Times The former web tutor needs a 3,000 titanium nail inserted into his limb to correct the imbalance and let him walk. The Sun It's time to show how serious and steadfast you can be - and this should correct any imbalance in family relationships and shared responsibilities. The Sun As the title makes clear, his long-awaited autobiography attempts to correct that imbalance. Times, Sunday Times That's what they have not done in recent years and won't until they correct the imbalance in their midfield. Times, Sunday Times Scientists have found a way to manipulate it back into regular working order by sending pulses through it, coupled with certain sounds to correct the imbalance. Times, Sunday Times She said that she was glad to correct the impression that the author was a misanthrope. Times, Sunday Times Yesterday's lunch went some way to correct that impression. Times, Sunday Times However, we wish to correct the impression that tests are not available for these conditions. Times, Sunday Times Witness fails to correct that impression. Times, Sunday Times My friend, a hard-rock musician with two university degrees, politely corrected my impression. Globe and Mail Next year, 40 volunteers are set to give it a go to establish the correct dosage levels and manage possible side-effects. The Sun If in pain now, he takes medication in the correct dosage. The Sun Identity checks for buying medicines online must be improved so doctors can check patients' medical records and ensure correct dosages are given. Times, Sunday Times Failure to do this and to give correct dosages of supplements will result in soft shell and a malnourished tortoise. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The winner will be the first correct entry drawn at random by midnight tonight and will be contacted within seven days. The Sun The first correct entry drawn at random will win. Times, Sunday Times A prize of 50 will be awarded to the first correct entry opened on that date, or failing that the most nearly correct. The Times Literary Supplement First correct entry picked out of a hat wins. The Sun There was one correct entry. Times, Sunday Times These include not swearing, not giving out personal information, always telling the truth and using correct grammar. Times, Sunday Times They invented what we think of as correct grammar. Times, Sunday Times It's frankly amazing how far from correct grammar and spelling you can stray and still make yourself understood. Times, Sunday Times The change in punctuation has been greeted with horror by many commentators, who are aghast at the bulldozing of correct grammar. Times, Sunday Times What an incentive to learn correct grammar. Times, Sunday Times She, however, plods gamely on, her odds on a correct guess now shortened to one in five. Times, Sunday Times Win a point for a correct guess, but lose two if you peep. Times, Sunday Times He would probably confirm a correct guess. Times, Sunday Times She disliked them because they seemed the most likely to float a correct guess. Times, Sunday Times One more correct guess sees him score a goal and wins you the chance of a cash prize. The Sun In this case, they made a correct identification 84 per cent of the time. Times, Sunday Times Establishing who was to blame, though, depends on the correct identification of the chemical agent used and the chain of command and delivery. Times, Sunday Times Preaching success requires correct identification of the text's genre, the proper principles used in interpretation, and the avoidance of common errors that lead to misinterpretation. Christianity Today A correct identification will be almost impossible. Times, Sunday Times Researchers have suggested that neurons are not making the connections needed for the correct identification of voices, familiar or unfamiliar. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 What was the correct interpretation of the words 'the central administration' of the company? Times, Sunday Times However, he misses the correct interpretation of this biblical passage. Times, Sunday Times That was the correct interpretation of 'holiday arrangements'. Times, Sunday Times The case involved the correct interpretation of a clause within a security trust deed. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 For most pre-20th century approaches, the author's intentions are a guiding factor and an important determiner of the correct interpretation of texts. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 This newspaper has always been confident that this was the correct judgment, and remains so. Times, Sunday Times The player must choose correct judgment and a bit of luck to win battles successfully. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Their inability to pass on correct judgment was amply demonstrated, and forced them to bow for the individual intellect of the detective, who always belonged to the threatened upper class. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 It was a transparent vote, of someone who believes that the correct judgment on the merits of the question can only be made based on the complete judicial process. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 You need to be able to react and think in the correct manner when the pressure's on. Times, Sunday Times Now we can start years in the correct manner: utterly alone and unconscious, under a duvet, as nature intended. Times,Sunday Times The serious issues raised are important and will be dealt with in the correct manner (as indicated in the original email). Times, Sunday Times He realised his mistake and began wearing the equipment in the correct manner - like a doctor's stethoscope. The Sun The estimate was made by using existing data in coastal countries on the tonnage of plastic waste produced and the proportion of that waste dealt with in the correct manner. Times, Sunday Times My first urge was to try to correct misinformation or misperceptions. Christianity Today He used the opportunity to educate the press on his album and the tour, and the multiple dates allowed him to correct misinformation. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Science teachers are best at correcting misinformation as they have knowledge of scientific explanations. Times, Sunday Times On other occasions, they give presentations and answer the publics questions, while also tactfully correcting misinformation. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Drivers must have a licence and passengers can only be carried if the bike has the correct number of seats. Times, Sunday Times To qualify for this offer you must present the correct number of vouchers prior to starting your holiday. The Sun Applications without the correct number of tokens will be void. The Sun Only correctly completed applications with correct number of tokens will be accepted. The Sun If you do this often enough, you will end up with the correct number of ideas, and the right ones. Times, Sunday Times This will tone and retrain facial muscles to return to their correct position. The Sun (2015) The participants were then asked to select which object was in the correct position. Times, Sunday Times (2014) The correct position of the cannulae was confirmed by histological analysis. 2005, 'Differential role of entorhinal and hippocampal nerve growth factor in short- and long-term memory modulation', Brazilian Journal of Medical and Biological Research Maintain correct posture by keeping back core engaged, chest out and head up with eyes looking straight ahead. The Sun Slowly lower, ensuring correct posture. Times, Sunday Times This area often includes mirrors so that exercisers can monitor and maintain correct posture during their workout. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Teachers also show students how to achieve the correct posture for most efficient playing results. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The keyboard also helps to ensure correct posture while sitting at the computer. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 A correct prediction will generate a predetermined payout, while an incorrect call means the investor loses their original investment. Times, Sunday Times And, like so many seers who have made one correct prediction, then failed to repeat their success, he may just have been lucky. Times, Sunday Times Each correct prediction won $10,000 for the group kitty, while each incorrect prediction took $10,000 away. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Because of this correct prediction, many lives were saved. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Again, a correct prediction won a key, but a wrong prediction this time resulted in the key for that panelist being awarded to her opponent. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Again and again the exercises come back, to check that you've got the point, and the correct pronunciation. Times, Sunday Times Please advise on the correct pronunciation of scone. Times, Sunday Times His diction was precise, and he spoke very slowly, taking special care over the correct pronunciation of the players' names, emphasising each syllable. Times, Sunday Times But he always insisted on correct pronunciation of the names of foreign musicians. Times, Sunday Times There has been some discussion over the correct pronunciation of the name. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Just add extra of everything else, but in the correct proportions. Times, Sunday Times With numismatic fakes, the counterfeiter might use the correct proportions of gold, but try to replicate an older coin with special rarity value. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The cake and jelly bind together and produce a pleasant texture if made in the correct proportions. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Circular arc segments must be constructed as transversals to provide the correct proportions. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Under this approach, we replicate the cash flows on the option by holding a risk free bond and the underlying in the correct proportions. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 That was not a correct reading of the judgment. Times, Sunday Times Some later reported problems with the app on social media, saying it had crashed or failed to give a correct reading. Times,Sunday Times Three quarters exceeded or fell below the 10 per cent mark, while more than a third varied by more than 50 per cent from the correct reading. Times, Sunday Times My doctor advises that, because of some peculiarity in my make-up, electronic blood pressure measurers don't give me the correct reading. Times, Sunday Times If two competing readings occur equally often, then the editor uses his judgment to select the correct reading. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 This makes the injection of some form of public accountability essential and precisely the correct response to the service's troubles. Times, Sunday Times Surely the correct response in a scientific context would be to ask to see his evidence? Times, Sunday Times We were at a loss to know what this meant and what the correct response should have been. Times, Sunday Times Can you let us know the correct response on such an occasion? Times, Sunday Times There was a pause as the aides considered the correct response. Times, Sunday Times Play a correct sequence on, say, the drums then jump to another instrument to do that section, complete that correctly then jump to another. The Sun Is that the correct sequence? Christianity Today What was the correct sequence? Times, Sunday Times You quote the correct sequence for letters following a name. Times, Sunday Times They may vote for one candidate only, or for as many candidates as they choose, provided that they number them in correct sequence. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Whether it's flight times or the correct spelling of the names on tickets, check and check again. Times, Sunday Times Or who knows someone who hasn't googled the correct spelling, or author, of the book they're trying to adapt? Times, Sunday Times The orthography (correct spelling) tells an old and fascinating history of similar words such as 'or', 'ore' and 'oar'. Times, Sunday Times Many are tempted to spell liquefy as liquify, simply because they know the correct spelling of liquid. Times, Sunday Times Questions previously asked included the correct spelling of 'administrative' and 'relieved', which were played through headphones to those taking the test. Times, Sunday Times We are happy to correct the record and apologise for the mistake. Times, Sunday Times We are only too happy to correct the record. Times,Sunday Times Within the press corps, there were too many 'hyenas' who refused 'to correct the record when events proved them wrong'. Times, Sunday Times Sometimes it's much better to take it all on the chin, correct the record or admit your failings and move on. Times, Sunday Times We have been corresponding to no avail, other than a refusal to correct the record. The Sun Many companies are exploring new elements to their products, such as predictive tests and approaches that support the correct usage of drugs. Times, Sunday Times (2009) Did your parents encourage you to learn correct usage? Exploring language (6th edn) (1995) Anyway, as it happens this may not have been seen as an offence against correct usage at the time. Times, Sunday Times (2012) In a money game with a fully active doubling cube your play would have been entirely correct. Times,Sunday Times But, ultimately, the good doctor may well have been entirely correct and saved the actor from serious harm. Times, Sunday Times Ministers have an (entirely correct) conviction that when it comes to most goods and services, competitive free markets usually give you the best results. Times, Sunday Times Prompted by one of the most spectacular forecasting failures, he got involved in a project that showed that his thesis was not entirely correct. Times, Sunday Times Whatever date you may infer from that little number will be entirely correct. Times,Sunday Times A quick check of the records confirms him to be essentially correct. Times, Sunday Times The caution may be infuriating but it's essentially correct. Times, Sunday Times His comments on the assistant's birthplace and parentage were essentially correct. The Times Literary Supplement It was principled, consequential and made a big point that was essentially correct. Times, Sunday Times Regardless of such apparent careless mistakes the ruling was said to be essentially correct. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Are all the details, such as your vehicle description, exactly correct? Times, Sunday Times All are exactly correct within his over-cautious rounding to 1/4 degree. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 He asked if he was close, to which she replied he was exactly correct. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 This prediction was exactly correct. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The term can be applied to various properties (e.g. value, quantity, image, description) that are nearly but not exactly correct; similar, but not exactly the same. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 What he said was factually correct so why have a go at him for telling the truth? The Sun Everything you say must be factually correct and you should be able to provide supporting evidence if asked. Times, Sunday Times It's unlikely he's factually correct. The Sun It's not funny and not factually correct. The Sun On this evidence, it would be appear to be factually correct. Times, Sunday Times He calls everyone 'tu' and uses urban slang to appeal to the common people - much to the horror of his grammatically correct compatriots. Times, Sunday Times It gave me a certain satisfaction to explain, in my restrained, lower-case reply, that we had been, in fact, grammatically correct all along. Times, Sunday Times I discovered this when submitting a grammatically correct advertisement only to discover that it had been so bowdlerised. Times, Sunday Times She said something 'would of' happened, he pointed out that 'would have' might take longer to say, but had the advantage of being grammatically correct. Times, Sunday Times Many who graduate from high school cannot read with a significant level of comprehension or write a grammatically correct paragraph. Christianity Today And, at least until now, you would probably have been considered to be historically correct. Times, Sunday Times A historically correct section of replacement tile can also be seen in this area. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Extensive work was put into creating a genuine and historically correct atmosphere for the film. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 These have been started to return the structure to its original, more historically correct design and appearance. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 This to make sure that all the buildings, billboard, bridges and tunnels were historically correct. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 In the writer's opinion, the insurer's rejection of liability was technically and legally correct. ST The court process was legally correct but it was not humane. Times, Sunday Times The hospital bosses held their legally correct, morally disgusting ground. Times, Sunday Times Medical terms in this article are in the context of what was legally correct usage for that period where they appear in the text. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 He discovered the error while in the 8th grade when he noticed how his mom corrected the error with red ink, never legally correcting it. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Here again, you may be logically and morally correct. Times, Sunday Times You should give morally correct advice rather than declaring that if someone can afford to buy them, they can afford to lose them. Times, Sunday Times This was a morally correct call to make. The Sun I salute you for this courageous and morally correct decision. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The more these conditions are fulfilled, the greater the likelihood that the decisions reached are morally correct. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 They are right in describing a serious problem but only partially correct in their analysis. Times, Sunday Times If the winds do not completely line up with their route, the moths can partially correct for any drift. Times, Sunday Times Two points are awarded for a correct answer, or one point for a partially correct response. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Possible answers are true, false, partially correct and can not be determined. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 At the beginning of the primary season, this prediction did seem to be at least partially correct. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 A sentence can have perfectly correct grammar but lousy syntax. A Short Guide to Writing About Science (1995) His judgment in this respect was perfectly correct. Times, Sunday Times (2006) For he was perfectly correct - Amanda Cynster stood in no danger from the raffish Earl of Dexter. ON A WILD NIGHT (2002) Jam manufacturers regard the use of glucose as quite correct. Times, Sunday Times I gave him a version that wasn't quite correct. Times,Sunday Times Opponents are quite correct that reforms should be based on evidence. Times, Sunday Times But this interpretation isn't quite correct. Times, Sunday Times And how it was quite correct that we should get lucky once in a while. Times, Sunday Times They are technically correct but devoid of personality. The Sun Although it's technically correct, it's dull and not particularly informative. Times, Sunday Times Yet he was technically correct in 1987. Times, Sunday Times So it wasn't even technically correct. Times, Sunday Times Nonetheless, the content (rather than the manner) of the card services' message was technically correct. Times, Sunday Times Translations: Chinese: 正确的, 纠正 Japanese: 正しい, 訂正する |
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