| 单词 | redress |
| 释义 | re·dress I. 1. obsolete a. < redress a leaning wall — Earl of Shaftesbury †1713 > b. < rise God … this wicked earth redress — John Milton > 2. a. (1) < looked to charity, not to legislation, to redress social wrongs — W.R.Inge > (2) < what they lacked in apparatus they redressed in understanding — C.F.Mullett > b. < had not the slightest intention of listening to the grievances of the colonies with a desire to redress them — H.E.Scudder > < committee has redressed these medievalisms and submitted its draft bill — Harvey Breit > c. < must such wrongs either be ignored or redressed in hot blood — R.H.Jackson > 3. archaic a. b. 4. a. < divided about how to redress the economy — New Statesman & Nation > b. < another broadcast may redress whatever imbalances the first creates — Gilbert Seldes > c. Synonyms: see correct II. 1. a. < suicide … is a common method of seeking redress — K.E.Read > b. obsolete < too long have we driven off the applying of our redress — Joseph Hall > c. < there is no redress whatever, since the accused may not be tried twice for the same offense — Curtis Bok > 2. < discharged officials could seek … redress by appeal — New Statesman & Nation > 3. a. < petition the government for a redress of grievances — U.S. Constitution > b. < the pedestrian can walk dangerously without the slightest fear of redress — British Automobile Racing Club Gazette > III. < redress leather before dyeing > < redress tools that show signs of wear > |
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