| 单词 | rectify |
| 释义 | rectify /rek"teuh fuy'/, v.t., rectified, rectifying. 1. to make, put, or set right; remedy; correct: He sent them a check to rectify his account. 2. to put right by adjustment or calculation, as an instrument or a course at sea. 3. Chem. to purify (esp. a spirit or liquor) by repeated distillation. 4. Elect. to change (an alternating current) into a direct current. 5. to determine the length of (a curve). 6. Astron. , Geog. to adjust (a globe) for the solution of any proposed problem. [1350-1400; ME rectifien < MF rectifier < ML rectificare, equiv. to L rect(us) RIGHT + -ificare -IFY] Syn. 1. mend, emend, amend. 2. adjust, regulate, straighten. Ant. 1. worsen, muddle. |
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