| 单词 | correction |
| 释义 | correction (once / 416 pages) 1n 2n 3n When you fix a mistake, you make a correction, a change that rights a wrong. When you correct a misspelled word, you’ve made a correction. Well done! Correction also applies to punishment, which is another way to right a wrong. A correction is an improvement or a revision when there's something that needs to be fixed. Newspapers issue corrections for previously printed errors, and a poorly written law might get the correction it needs after voters choose to amend it. Sometimes correction is also used to mean "punishment or discipline," and a correction or correctional facility is another word for jail. Correction can also mean "a drop in the value of a stock that was artificially high." WORD FAMILYcorrection: correctional, corrections+/correct: correctable, corrected, correctedly, correcting, correctingly, correction, corrective, correctly, correctness, corrects, incorrect/correctable: uncorrectable/corrected: uncorrected/correctional: correctionally/corrective: correctively, correctives/correctness: correctnesses/incorrect: incorrectly, incorrectness/incorrectness: incorrectnesses USAGE EXAMPLESA statement says corrections officers attempted to resuscitate the inmate, including using CPR. Washington Post(Jan 01, 2017) Correction: A previous version of this post misstated CES's anniversary. Washington Post(Dec 23, 2016) The Department of Correction says it’s reviewing the cases and continually assessing its practices. Washington Times(Jan 01, 2017) 1 1n the act of offering an improvement to replace a mistake; setting right Syn|Hypo|Hyper rectification redress, remediation, remedy act of correcting an error or a fault or an evil retributionthe act of correcting for your wrongdoing compensation, recompensethe act of compensating for service or loss or injury amendmentthe act of amending or correcting emendationa correction by emending; a correction resulting from critical editing salveanything that remedies or heals or soothes indemnificationan act of compensation for actual loss or damage or for trouble and annoyance improvement the act of improving something 2n a quantity that is added or subtracted in order to increase the accuracy of a scientific measure Syn|Hyper fudge factor indefinite quantity an estimated quantity 3n something substituted for an error Hypo|Hyper erasure a correction made by erasing editing, redaction putting something (as a literary work or a legislative bill) into acceptable form 4n treatment of a specific defect 2the correction of his vision with eye glasses Hypo|Hyper fusion, spinal fusion correction of an unstable part of the spine by joining two or more vertebrae; usually done surgically but sometimes done by traction or immobilization therapy (medicine) the act of caring for someone (as by medication or remedial training etc.) 1n the act of punishing Syn|Hypo|Hyper discipline spanking the act of slapping on the buttocks penalisation, penalization, penalty, punishment the act of punishing 2n a rebuke for making a mistake 3Syn|Hyper chastening, chastisement rebuke, reprehension, reprimand, reproof, reproval an act or expression of criticism and censure n a drop in stock market activity or stock prices following a period of increases market runups are invariably followed by a correction Hyper dip, drop, fall, free fall a sudden sharp decrease in some quantity |
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