英语词汇“rectify”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

单词	rectify
释义	rec·ti·fy \ˈrektəˌfī\ transitive verb (-ed/-ing/-s) Etymology: Middle English rectifien, from Middle French rectifier, from Medieval Latin rectificare, from Latin rectus straight, right + -ificare -ify — more at right 1. a. : to make or set right (as a faculty position or state) : remedy < a situation that can be rectified only by … evidence with which we can relate the past to the present — A.H.Shroeder > b. : to make good (as a mistake or omission) : amend < and would do your best to rectify the mischief — George Meredith > < mistakes can be rectified by care and industry — Bertrand Russell > 2. a. : to restore to a healthy state < set about cutting down the contracted hoofs and rectifying the horny pad — Gerald Beaumont > b. : to restore to a condition previously considered desirable < the increase would not rectify unbalanced world trade — Time > 3. a. : to reform from erroneous or evil ways < must rectify his life if he would be saved > b. obsolete : to free from mistaken ideas or errors < a man has frequent opportunities of … rectifying the prejudiced — Joseph Addison > 4. : to purify especially by repeated or fractional distillation sometimes with the addition of flavoring substances 5. : to correct by removing errors or mistakes < it is important to rectify the opinion — Curt Stern > < compile a better set of astronomical tables, rectify the calendar — H.J.J.Winter > 6. a. : to set right by adjustment or calculation b. : to determine the length of (an arc of a curve) 7. : to bring into line : straighten < rectifying the guttering after that gale — Adrian Bell > 8. : to make (an alternating current) unidirectional Synonyms: see correct
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