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单词 correction
释义

correction

noun
 OPAL W
/kəˈrekʃn/
/kəˈrekʃn/
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  1.  
    [countable] correction (to something) a change that makes something more accurate than it was before
    • I've made a few small corrections to your report.
    • The paper had to publish a correction to the story.
    Extra Examples
    • I've got to make one or two small corrections to the text before it's finished.
    • Make any necessary corrections before the text is printed.
    • Now is the time to make any course corrections.
    • These stock-market corrections were expected.
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • minor
    • small
    • necessary
    verb + correction
    • make
    • need
    • require
    correction + noun
    • fluid
    preposition
    • for correction
    • correction to
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  2.  
    [uncountable] the act or process of correcting something
    • There are some programming errors that need correction.
    Extra Examples
    • The work was returned the student for correction.
    • in-flight course correction
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • minor
    • small
    • necessary
    verb + correction
    • make
    • need
    • require
    correction + noun
    • fluid
    preposition
    • for correction
    • correction to
    See full entry
  3. [uncountable] (old-fashioned) punishment
    • the correction of young offenders
  4. Word OriginMiddle English: via Old French from Latin correctio(n-), from corrigere ‘make straight, bring into order’, from cor- ‘together’ + regere ‘guide’.

correction

exclamation
/kəˈrekʃn/
/kəˈrekʃn/
(informal)
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  1. used when you want to correct something that you have just said
    • I don't know. Correction—I do know, but I'm not going to tell you.
    Word OriginMiddle English: via Old French from Latin correctio(n-), from corrigere ‘make straight, bring into order’, from cor- ‘together’ + regere ‘guide’.
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