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corrected

/kuh-rekt/US // kəˈrɛkt //UK // (kəˈrɛkt) //

已纠正的,已校正的,已纠正,已更正的

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Definitions

v.有主动词 verb
  1. 1
    • : to set or make true, accurate, or right; remove the errors or faults from: The native guide corrected our pronunciation. The new glasses corrected his eyesight.
    • : to point out or mark the errors in: The teacher corrected the examination papers.
    • : to scold, rebuke, or punish in order to improve: Should parents correct their children in public?
    • : to counteract the operation or effect of: The medication will correct stomach acidity.
    • : Mathematics, Physics. to alter or adjust so as to bring into accordance with a standard or with a required condition.
v.无主动词 verb
  1. 1
    • : to make a correction or corrections.
    • : to reverse a trend, especially temporarily, as after a sharp advance or decline in previous trading sessions.
adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : conforming to fact or truth; free from error; accurate: a correct answer.
    • : in accordance with an acknowledged or accepted standard; proper: correct behavior.
    • : just or right: I feel this decision is correct because of the defendant’s age.
    • : characterized by or adhering to a liberal or progressive ideology on matters of ethnicity, religion, sexuality, ecology, etc.: Is it environmentally correct to buy a real Christmas tree?Most of the judges in this district have correct political views.

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Examples

  • I realized in that moment shoes as gifts are uncommon because they’re so hard to get correct because of size, and no one likes returning and exchanging gifts.

  • The opportunity to talk colugo with local residents and correct misconceptions is one of the reasons Miard likes to study colugos in villages.

  • However, you are correct about not answering unidentified numbers.

  • That’s precisely why it’s the government’s job to step in and correct these market failures.

  • A new theory of gravity was underway, he said, and as soon as he could prove it correct, “your inspired investigations into the foundations of mechanics … will receive a splendid confirmation.”

  • The misidentification has since been corrected, and The Daily Beast regrets the error.

  • Editor's Note: This story has been corrected, two quotes that appeared due to an editor's error have been removed.

  • The article have been corrected to reflect that Rosenmarkle deployed with the Army to Iraq but did not serve in Afghanistan.

  • Her ads contain several inaccurate assertions of fact (not opinion) that should be corrected.

  • It has since been corrected in the body of the article to reflect this.

  • I knew he was pleased, because whenever he corrected me he would say, "Nein, Kindchen" in such a gentle way!

  • Whenever the contrary is heard from anyone, he is corrected, admonished, and punished—by myself if he is a secular.

  • Obvious printing errors have been corrected, while minor irregularities in the spelling have been retained.

  • This was a great hardship to banks, and has been corrected in many states by statutes and by the courts in others.

  • Mere clerical errors or mistakes in describing it may be corrected even after it has been destroyed.