| 单词 | correction |
| 释义 | correction /keuh rek"sheuhn/, n. 1. something that is substituted or proposed for what is wrong or inaccurate; emendation. 2. the act of correcting. 3. punishment intended to reform, improve, or rehabilitate; chastisement; reproof. 4. Usually, corrections. the various methods, as incarceration, parole, and probation, by which society deals with convicted offenders. 5. a quantity applied or other adjustment made in order to increase accuracy, as in the use of an instrument or the solution of a problem: A five degree correction will put the ship on course. 6. a reversal of the trend of stock prices, esp. temporarily, as after a sharp advance or decline in the previous trading sessions. [1300-50; ME correccio(u)n ( < AF) < L correction- (s. of correctio) a setting straight. See CORRECT, -ION] |
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