| 单词 | right |
| 释义 | right (once / 9 pages) 1adjadvnv 2adjnadv 3adjv 4nadj Right is a direction, the opposite of left. Most people are right-handed. Right is also correct: the opposite of wrong. Many times this word has something to do with what is good, proper, or correct, like the right thing to do. You can get the right answer to a question. You can be morally correct or "in the right." You can right a wrong by making up for an injustice. People have rights: in this country, we are guaranteed life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. The first 10 Amendments to our Constitution are called the "Bill of Rights." WORD FAMILYright: righted, righter, rightest, rightful, righting, rightish, rightism, rightly, rightmost, rightness, rights+/rightful: rightfully, rightfulness/rightism: rightist/rightist: rightists/rightness: rightnesses USAGE EXAMPLESAll appeared fine with his injured right throwing shoulder, which caused him to miss the final two games of the regular season. Washington Times(Jan 03, 2017) “I said, ‘If you are not right, and you are not executing all of the way through, you will not be successful.’ Seattle Times(Jan 02, 2017) “It’s a tough decision. But for all the right reasons.” Seattle Times(Jan 02, 2017) 1 1adj free from error; especially conforming to fact or truth the right answer took the right road the right decision Syn|Ant correct accurate conforming exactly or almost exactly to fact or to a standard or performing with total accuracy accurate, exact, precise(of ideas, images, representations, expressions) characterized by perfect conformity to fact or truth ; strictly correct letter-perfect, word-perfectcorrect to the last detail; especially being in or following the exact words straightfollowing a correct or logical method propermarked by suitability or rightness or appropriateness trueconsistent with fact or reality; not false incorrect, wrong not correct; not in conformity with fact or truth inaccuratenot exact erroneouscontaining or characterized by error fallaciousbased on an incorrect or misleading notion or information false, mistakenarising from error impropernot suitable or right or appropriate falsenot in accordance with the fact or reality or actuality 2adj precisely accurate Syn veracious accurate conforming exactly or almost exactly to fact or to a standard or performing with total accuracy 3adj socially right or correct it isn't right to leave the party without saying goodbye Syn correct proper marked by suitability or rightness or appropriateness 4adj in conformance with justice or law or morality do the right thing and confess Syn|Ant ethical conforming to accepted standards of social or professional behavior goodmorally admirable justused especially of what is legally or ethically right or proper or fitting propermarked by suitability or rightness or appropriateness ethical, honorable, honourableadhering to ethical and moral principles wrong contrary to conscience or morality or law unethicalnot conforming to approved standards of social or professional behavior evilmorally bad or wrong unjustviolating principles of justice immoraldeliberately violating accepted principles of right and wrong impropernot suitable or right or appropriate condemnable, criminal, deplorable, reprehensible, viciousbringing or deserving severe rebuke or censure base, immoralnot adhering to ethical or moral principles misguided, mistakenwrong in e.g. opinion or judgment wickedmorally bad in principle or practice 5adj correct in opinion or judgment time proved him right Syn|Ant correct right-minded disposed toward or having views based on what is right wrong based on or acting or judging in error wrongheadedobstinately perverse in judgment or opinion 6adj appropriate for a condition or purpose or occasion or a person's character, needs the right man for the job Syn proper appropriate suitable for a particular person or place or condition etc 7adj in or into a satisfactory condition things are right again now put things right Syn satisfactory giving satisfaction 8adj in accord with accepted standards of usage or procedure what's the right word for this? the right way to open oysters Syn correct proper marked by suitability or rightness or appropriateness 9adj most suitable or right for a particular purpose the right time to act Syn good, ripe opportune suitable or at a time that is suitable or advantageous especially for a particular purpose 10adv precisely, exactly stand right here! 11adv exactly Syn flop 12adv in an accurate manner he guessed right Syn|Ant aright, correctly incorrectly, wrong, wrongly in an inaccurate manner 13adv in the right manner Syn|Ant decent, decently, in good order, properly, the right way improperly in an improper way 14adv in accordance with moral or social standards that serves him right do right by him Syn justly 15adv immediately she called right after dinner 16adv completely she felt right at home he fell right into the trap 17adv (Southern regional intensive) very; to a great degree they have a right nice place Syn mightily, mighty, powerful 18adv an interjection expressing agreement Syn right on 19n anything in accord with principles of justice he feels he is in the right Syn|Ant|Hyper rightfulness wrong, wrongfulness that which is contrary to the principles of justice or law justice, justness the quality of being just or fair 20n an abstract idea of that which is due to a person or governmental body by law or tradition or nature they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights "Certain rights can never be granted to the government but must be kept in the hands of the people"- Eleanor Roosevelt a right is not something that somebody gives you Hypo|Hyper access the right to obtain or make use of or take advantage of something (as services or membership) advowsonthe right in English law of presenting a nominee to a vacant ecclesiastical benefice cabotagethe exclusive right of a country to control the air traffic within its borders claim, titlean informal right to something duethat which is deserved or owed access, accession, admission, admittance, entreethe right to enter floorthe parliamentary right to address an assembly granta right or privilege that has been granted human right(law) any basic right or freedom to which all human beings are entitled and in whose exercise a government may not interfere (including rights to life and liberty as well as freedom of thought and expression and equality before the law) legal righta right based in law pre-emption, preemptionthe right to purchase something in advance of others exclusive right, perquisite, prerogative, privilegea right reserved exclusively by a particular person or group (especially a hereditary or official right) privilege(law) the right to refuse to divulge information obtained in a confidential relationship representationthe right of being represented by delegates who have a voice in some legislative body right of actionthe legal right to sue right of searchthe right of a belligerent to stop neutral ships on the high seas in wartime and search them right of waythe right of one vehicle or vessel to take precedence over another states' rightsthe rights conceded to the states by the United States constitution voting rightthe right to vote; especially the right of a common shareholder to vote in person or by proxy on the affairs of a company riparian right, water rightright of access to water compulsory processthe right of a defendant to have a court use its subpoena power to compel the appearance of material witnesses before the court conjugal rightthe right of married persons to the enjoyment of association and sympathy and confidence and domestic happiness and the comfort of living together and eating meals at the same table and profiting from joint property right and the intimacies of domestic relations conjugal visitation, conjugal visitation rightthe legal right in a prison for the inmate and spouse to have sexual intercourse pre-emption, preemptionthe right of a government to seize or appropriate something (as property) easement(law) the privilege of using something that is not your own (as using another's land as a right of way to your own land) privilege of the floorthe right to be admitted onto the floor of a legislative assembly while it is in session attorney-client privilegethe right of a lawyer to refuse to divulge confidential information from his client informer's privilegethe right of the government to refuse to reveal the identity of an informer journalist's privilegethe right of a journalist to refuse to divulge sources of confidential information husband-wife privilege, marital communications privilegeneither spouse can divulge confidential communications from the other while they were married physician-patient privilegethe right of a physician to refuse to divulge confidential information from a patient without the consent of the patient priest-penitent privilegethe right of a clergyman to refuse to divulge confidential information received from a person during confession or similar exchanges dooranything providing a means of access (or escape) claim, titlean established or recognized right right to privacyright to be free of unsanctioned intrusion right to lifethe right to live right to libertythe right to be free right to the pursuit of happinessthe right to try to find happiness freedom of thoughtthe right to hold unpopular ideas equality before the lawthe right to equal protection of the laws civil rightright or rights belonging to a person by reason of citizenship including especially the fundamental freedoms and privileges guaranteed by the 13th and 14th amendments and subsequent acts of Congress including the right to legal and social and economic equality eminent domainthe right of the state to take private property for public use; the Fifth Amendment that was added to the Constitution of the United States requires that just compensation be made enfranchisement, franchisea statutory right or privilege granted to a person or group by a government (especially the rights of citizenship and the right to vote) patent rightthe right granted by a patent; especially the exclusive right to an invention right of electionin probate law: the legal right of a surviving spouse to elect to take either what the deceased spouse gave under the will or the share of the estate as set forth by statute right of entrythe legal right to take possession of real estate in a peaceable manner right of re-entrythe legal right to resume possession (a right that was reserved when a former possession was parted with) right of offset(banking) the legal right of a bank to seize deposited funds to cover a loan that is in default right of privacya legal right (not explicitly provided in the United States Constitution) to be left alone; the right to live life free from unwarranted publicity seatthe legal right to sit as a member in a legislative or similar body enjoyment, use(law) the exercise of the legal right to enjoy the benefits of owning property usufructa legal right to use and derive profit from property belonging to someone else provided that the property itself is not injured in any way visitation rightthe right granted by a court to a parent (or other relative) who is deprived of custody of a child to visit the child on a regular basis copyright, right of first publicationa document granting exclusive right to publish and sell literary or musical or artistic work preemptive rightthe right granting to shareholders the first opportunity to buy a new issue of stock; provides protection against dilution of the shareholder's ownership interest subscription rightthe right of a shareholder in a company to subscribe to shares of a new issue of common stock before it is offered to the public land tenure, tenurethe right to hold property; part of an ancient hierarchical system of holding lands abstract, abstraction a concept or idea not associated with any specific instance 21n (frequently plural) the interest possessed by law or custom in some intangible thing mineral rights film rights Hyper interest, stake (law) a right or legal share of something; a financial involvement with something 22v make right or correct Syn|Ant|Hypo|Hyper correct, rectify falsify falsify knowingly amend, rectify, remediate, remedy, repair set straight or right debuglocate and correct errors in a computer program code change by reversal, reverse, turn change to the contrary 23v make reparations or amends for 2right a wrongs done to the victims of the Holocaust Syn|Ant|Hypo|Hyper compensate, correct, redress wrong treat unjustly; do wrong to over-correct, overcompensate make excessive corrections for fear of making an error aby, abye, atone, expiatemake amends for alter, change, modify cause to change; make different; cause a transformation 1adj being or located on or directed toward the side of the body to the east when facing north my right hand right center field a right-hand turn the right bank of a river is the bank on your right side when you are facing downstream Syn|Ant right-handed using or intended for the right hand farbeing the animal or vehicle on the right or being on the right side of an animal or vehicle rightmostfarthest to the right right-handlocated on or directed toward the right starboardlocated on the right side of a ship or aircraft left being or located on or directed toward the side of the body to the west when facing north left-handedusing or intended for the left hand left-handlocated on or directed toward the left leftmostfarthest to the left near, nighbeing on the left side larboard, portlocated on the left side of a ship or aircraft 2adj intended for the right hand a right-hand glove Syn right-hand right-handed using or intended for the right hand 3n location near or direction toward the right side; i.e. the side to the south when a person or object faces east he stood on the right Ant|Hypo|Hyper left location near or direction toward the left side; i.e. the side to the north when a person or object faces east right stage, stage right the part of the stage on the actor's right as the actor faces the audience place, position the particular portion of space occupied by something 4n a turn toward the side of the body that is on the south when the person is facing east take a right at the corner Hyper turn, turning the act of changing or reversing the direction of the course 5n the hand that is on the right side of the body he writes with his right hand but pitches with his left hit him with quick rights to the body Syn|Hyper right hand hand, manus, mitt, paw the (prehensile) extremity of the superior limb 6n the piece of ground in the outfield on the catcher's right Syn|Hyper right field, rightfield parcel, parcel of land, piece of ground, piece of land, tract an extended area of land 7adv toward or on the right; also used figuratively 3he looked right and left the party has moved right Ant left toward or on the left; also used figuratively 1adj having the axis perpendicular to the base a right angle Syn perpendicular intersecting at or forming right angles 2adj (of the side of cloth or clothing) facing or intended to face outward the right side of the cloth showed the pattern be sure your shirt is right side out Syn outside relating to or being on or near the outer side or limit 3v put in or restore to an upright position They righted the sailboat that had capsized Hyper alter, change, modify cause to change; make different; cause a transformation 4v regain an upright or proper position 4The capsized boat righted again Hyper change posture undergo a change in bodily posture 1n those who support political or social or economic conservatism; those who believe that things are better left unchanged Syn|Hypo|Hyper right wing religious right United States political faction that advocates social and political conservativism, school prayer, and federal aid for religious groups and schools hard rightthe extreme right wing faction, sect a dissenting clique 2adj of or belonging to the political or intellectual right Syn|Ant conservative resistant to change conservativehaving social or political views favoring conservatism old-line, oldlineadhering to conservative or reactionary principles far-right, reactionary, reactionistextremely conservative rightishtending toward the political right right-wing, rightistbelieving in or supporting tenets of the political right left of or belonging to the political or intellectual left centerof or belonging to neither the right nor the left politically or intellectually socialist, socialisticadvocating or following the socialist principles liberaltolerant of change; not bound by authoritarianism, orthodoxy, or tradition far leftradical or extremely liberal leftishtending toward the political left left-of-center, left-wing, leftistbelieving in or supporting tenets of the political left liberalhaving political or social views favoring reform and progress centrist, middle-of-the-roadsupporting or pursuing a course of action that is neither liberal nor conservative |
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