correct
音标发音
- 英式音标 [kəˈrekt]
- 美式音标 [kəˈrɛkt]
- 国际音标 [kə'rekt]
- 英式发音
- 美式发音
基本解释
- adj. (政治或思想)正确的;恰当的;端正的
- v. 改正;批改(学生作业);校正;指出错误;抵消;校准(仪器);修正、调整(数据)
词源解说
- 14世纪中期进入英语,直接源自拉丁语的corrigere:cor (强调) + regere (规则),意为改进,使符合规则。
词根记忆
- cor(表加强) + rect(直,正)→使正→改正;纠正
同根派生
- adj性质的同根词
- corrective:矫正的;惩治的。
- corrected:修正的;校正的;折算的。
- correctional:矫正的;修正的。
- correctable:可校正的。
- adv性质的同根词
- correctly:正确地;得体地。
- n性质的同根词
- correction:改正,修正。
- corrective:矫正物;改善法。
- correctness:正确性。
- correctitude:端正;得体。
- v性质的同根词
- corrected:纠正;改正(correct的过去分词);制止。
用法辨析
- correct的基本意思是“正确的”,指没有错误或过失,按照惯例或公认的标准衡量是正确无误的,没有感情色彩; 也可表示“恰当的”,可用于真理和时尚。
- correct在句中可用作定语、表语或宾语补足语。
- correct本身已表明极限意义,故没有比较级和最高级形式。
- correct的基本意思是指改正缺点、毛病、错误等不准确、不完善、不真实的事物,使之达到准确、真实和完善的标准。
- correct也可表示为达到惩戒目的而指出某人的错误,还可表示某事物可以中和或抵制某一事实的不良后果。
- correct是及物动词,接名词或代词作宾语,可用于被动结构。
- correct可以作为“修改,纠正”的意思使用。She has corrected the mistakes in the report. 她修改了报告里的错误。
- correct的名词形式correction与conrrectness意思不同。correction是“改正,修正”的意思,而correctness则是指“正确性”。The correction of the report took her three hours. 她用了三个小时来修正报告中的错误。I am not sure the correctness of this point. 我不确定这个观点的正确性。
adj. (形容词)
v. (动词)
英汉例句
- The correct thing to do is to say “sorry” to him.
正确的做法是对他说声“对不起”。 - This page is correct.
这一页没有错误。 - I think her dress is correct for the party.
我认为她的连衣裙适合在这个聚会上穿。 - It is correct for you to keep it secret.
你不把事情说出来是对的。 - We accept the conclusion as correct.
我们认为这个结论是正确的。 - Regardless of how often I correct him, he always makes the same mistake.
不管我怎样经常告诫他,他总是犯同样的错误。
用作形容词 (adj.)
用作定语: ~+ n.
用作表语: S+be+~
S+be+~+ prep .-phrase
It is/was+~+(for sb) to- v
用作宾语补足语: S+V+O+~
用作动词 (v.)
用作及物动词: S+~+ n./pron.
词组短语
- correct account 正确的说明
- correct answer 正确的答案
- correct calculation 精确的计算
- correct conduct 端正行为
- correct decision 正确的决定
用作形容词 (adj.)
~+名词
英英字典
- in agreement with the true facts or with what is generally accepted
- to show or tell someone that something is wrong and to make it right
- If something is correct, it is right and true.
- correctly
- If someone is correct, what they have said or thought is true.
- The correct thing or method is the thing or method that is required or is most suitable in a particular situation.
- correctly
- If you say that someone is correct in doing something, you approve of their action.
- correctly
- If a person or their behaviour is correct, their behaviour is in accordance with social or other rules.
- correctly
- If you correct a problem, mistake, or fault, you do something which puts it right.
- correction
- If you correct someone, you say something which you think is more accurate or appropriate than what they have just said.
- When someone corrects a piece of writing, they look at it and mark the mistakes in it.
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专业释义
- 正确的
- 正确
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