correct

[US]/kə'rekt/
[UK]/kə'rɛkt/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

adj. 正确的,合适的
vt. 改正,纠正
Word Forms
过去式corrected
现在分词correcting
过去分词corrected
第三人称单数corrects

Phrases & Collocations

correct operation

正确动作

correct time

正确时间

correct pronunciation

正音;正确发音

correct errors

改正错误

politically correct

政治上的正确(立场)

stand corrected

认错

quite correct

完全正确

correct exposure

正确曝光;适度曝光

correct level

校正水准;标准水准

Example Sentences

circle the correct answers.

圈出正确答案。

This medicine will correct the pain.

这种药可止痛。

an anatomically correct drawing.

符合人体机理的素描

Please correct this mistake.

请改正这个错误。

to form a correct sentence

造一个正确的句子

permit me to correct you.

请允许我纠正你的错误。

this is correct as a statement of fact .

作为事实记录这是正确的。

a very correct young man

仪态非常端庄的年轻人

the correct dress for a ceremony

典礼时应穿的衣服

It is correct for you to keep it secret.

你不把事情说出来是对的。

correct the wheel alignment on a car.

修正汽车上的轮胎准线

She gave a correct answer.

她给了个正确的答案。

Please correct my pronunciation.

请纠正我的发音。

This formulation is perfectly correct.

这是完全正确的规定。

Correct decisions stem from correct judgements.

正确的决心来源于正确的判断。

Real-world Examples

And he was correct. He was absolutely correct.

他说的很对,非常对。

Source: TED Talks (Video Version) September 2015 Collection

Secondly, they will never correct your mistakes.

他们从不会纠正你的错误。

Source: How to learn any language in six months? (Audio version)

What is worse is failure to correct own mistakes.

更糟糕的是,我们不能改正到自己的错误。

Source: English Major Level 4 Writing Full Score Template

I can never time my interjections correctly.

我从来都找不准插话的合适时机。

Source: The Economist (Summary)

If you said China, you are correct.

如果你回答中国,你就对了。

Source: CNN 10 Student English of the Month

OK, I think I'm done, is this correct?

好的,我填完啦,这样可以吗?

Source: Intermediate Daily Conversation

" It did not in the end result, correct? "

“这不是最终的结果,没错吧?”

Source: NPR News October 2013 Collection

Archaeological sites give us an opportunity to correct that.

考古遗址给了我们一个机会来纠正这一点。

Source: The Secrets of the Titanic

Boeing has come out with a statement saying that it has corrected the autopilot feature.

波音公司发表声明称,已经弥补了自动驾驶系统的缺陷。

Source: CNN 10 Student English October 2019 Collection

But it's really challenging to even get that approximately correct.

要做到大致正确就非常困难了。

Source: Celebrity Speech Compilation

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