| 单词 | rectify |
| 释义 | rectify (once / 2256 pages) 1v 2v 3v 4v When you rectify something, you fix it or make it right. Some English teachers will give you a chance to rectify any mistakes you've made in an essay and hand in a second, edited draft. This verb often turns up in sentences like "The truce should help to rectify this situation between the two countries," or "I'd like to rectify the misspellings in this article before I print it." To rectify is to correct or improve something — you can imagine straightening out something that's bent to make it work better. The Old French rectifier, in fact, means "to make straight," from the Latin root rectus, "straight." WORD FAMILYrectify: rectifiable, rectification, rectified, rectifier, rectifies, rectifying+/rectification: rectifications/rectifier: rectifiers USAGE EXAMPLESWe worked well together several more times before I left the firm, because we succeeded in rectifying our misconceptions. New York Times(Dec 29, 2016) The online audience isn’t measured in the Nielsen ratings, a situation that networks and advertisers are hoping will soon be rectified. Los Angeles Times(Dec 28, 2016) He’s already done a lot to rectify that problem. Washington Times(Dec 21, 2016) 1 1v make right or correct rectify the calculation Syn|Ant|Hypo|Hyper correct, right falsify falsify knowingly amend, 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 2v set straight or right rectify the inequities in salaries Syn|Hyper amend, remediate, remedy, repair correct, right make right or correct 3v bring, lead, or force to abandon a wrong or evil course of life, conduct, and adopt a right one 2Syn|Hypo|Hyper reclaim, reform, regenerate reform, see the light, straighten out change for the better moralise, moralize improve the morals of alter, change, modify cause to change; make different; cause a transformation v math: determine the length of 3rectify a curve Hyper ascertain, determine, find, find out establish after a calculation, investigation, experiment, survey, or study v reduce to a fine, unmixed, or pure state; separate from extraneous matter or cleanse from impurities 4Syn|Hyper refine distill, make pure, purify, sublimate remove impurities from, increase the concentration of, and separate through the process of distillation v convert into direct current rectify alternating current Hyper change, commute, convert, exchange exchange or replace with another, usually of the same kind or category |
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