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1. ADJ If something is correct, it is right and true. 正確的

The correct answers can be found at the bottom of page 8. 正確答案可以在第8頁的底部找到。

The following information was correct at time of going to press. 以下信息在付印時是準確無誤的。

2. correctlyADV 正確地[ADV with v]

Did I pronounce your name correctly?

我把你的名字讀對了嗎？

3. ADJ If someone is correct, what they have said or thought is true. 正確的[正式] [v-link ADJ]

You are absolutely correct. The leaves are from a bay tree. 你的看法完全正確。這些是月桂樹的葉子。

4. ADJ The correct thing or method is the thing or method that is required or is most suitable in a particular situation. 合適的; 恰當?shù)?span>[ADJ n]

The use of the correct materials was crucial. 使用合適材料是重要的。

White was in no doubt the referee made the correct decision. 懷特毫不懷疑裁判做出了恰當?shù)呐辛P。

5. correctlyADV 合適地[ADV with v]

If correctly executed, this shot will give them a better chance of getting the ball close to the hole. 如果處理得當，這一擊將使他們更有機會使球接近球洞。

6. ADJ If you say that someone is correct in doing something, you approve of their action. 正確的

You are perfectly correct in trying to steer your mother toward increased independence. 你在試圖引導你媽媽變得越來越獨立這點上是完全正確的。

7. correctlyADV 正確地[ADV with cl]

I think the police commission acted correctly. 我認為警方行動正確。

8. ADJ If a person or their behaviour is correct, their behaviour is in accordance with social or other rules. 符合公認準則的; 得體的

He was very polite and very correct. 他很有禮貌且舉止得體。

9. correctlyADV 得體地[ADV with v]

She began speaking politely, even correctly. 她開始禮貌地講了起來，甚至還很得體。

10. V-T If you correct a problem, mistake, or fault, you do something which puts it right. 矯正

He may need surgery to correct the problem. 他可能需要手術來矯正這一問題。

11. correctionN-VAR 改正

...legislation to require the correction of factual errors. …要求對事實上的錯誤做出改正的法規(guī)。

12. V-T If you correct someone, you say something which you think is more accurate or appropriate than what they have just said. 糾正

"Actually, that isn't what happened," George corrects me. “事實上，不是那樣發(fā)生的，”喬治糾正我。

13. V-T When someone corrects a piece of writing, they look at it and mark the mistakes in it. 批改

It took an extraordinary effort to focus on preparing his classes or correcting his students' work. 集中精力去備課或批改學生的作業(yè)費了他相當大的勁。