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rectifying

/rek-tuh-fahy/US // ˈrɛk təˌfaɪ //UK // (ˈrɛktɪˌfaɪ) //

纠正,矫正,矫治,纠错

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Definitions

v.有主动词 verb
  1. 1

    rec·ti·fied, rec·ti·fy·ing.

    • : to make, put, or set right; remedy; correct: He sent them a check to rectify his account.
    • : to put right by adjustment or calculation, as an instrument or a course at sea.
    • : Chemistry. to purify by repeated distillation.
    • : Electricity. to change into a direct current.
    • : to determine the length of.
    • : Astronomy, Geography. to adjust for the solution of any proposed problem.

Synonyms & Antonyms

verbcorrect a situation; make something right

Examples

  • City real estate professionals moved on this year amid the controversy, and city taxpayers will continue to be on the hook for the millions of dollars associated with rectifying them.

  • “It really zeroes in that any marginalized community could have a challenge accessing this product, economic or otherwise, and it seeks to rectify that,” she explains.

  • Ghabboun’s problem with the state has separately been rectified.

  • So in a joint declaration issued Monday, the EU countries said they would set up an industrial alliance to rectify the situation.

  • The report lays out three main planks for rectifying the situation, starting with serious investment and innovation in training, particularly within companies and at community colleges.

  • He says he never did the work for money, but instead to rectify that destruction he observed.

  • And when that culture still holds onto sexist views of women, even attempts to rectify this imbalance can backfire.

  • If I had one wish here, it would be for Aden Young to sneak a surprise nod for Rectify.

  • TV: Rectify, Sundance Channel Is Rectify the best new show on TV?

  • And should a silly, sometimes slight comedy like Veep be excised to include yet another harrowing drama, Rectify?

  • We can not undertake to rectify mistakes and settle disputes between those who are exchanging.

  • When centuries have elapsed and new rights have grown up, it is impossible to rectify the wrongs of times long gone by.

  • Suppose you attempt to rectify their mistakes yourself, since you seem so positive about their existence.

  • It also serves to rectify the errors of reproduction that may be found in the preceding faculty of imagination.

  • Time and reason will rectify the first; but time, and even reason, will but harden and embolden the latter.