rectify

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vt. 订正, 矫正, 改正, 调正, 校正, 精馏, 整流 [化] 精馏

发音

UK /ˈɹɛktəˌfaɪ/

词形变化

rectified rectifies 三单 rectifies rectifying rectifying 现在分词 rectified 过去式 rectified 过去分词

释义与例句

v.
  1. 1.

    To heal (an organ or part of the body).

    废旧 及物
  2. 2.

    To restore (someone or something) to its proper condition; to straighten out, to set right.

    及物
  3. 3.

    To remedy or fix (an undesirable state of affairs, situation etc.).

    及物

    to rectify the crisis

  4. 4.

    To purify or refine (a substance) by distillation.

    及物 化学
  5. 5.

    To correct or amend (a mistake, defect etc.).

    纠正

    整顿

    及物
  6. 6.

    To correct (someone who is mistaken).

    古体 及物
  7. 7.

    To produce (as factitious gin or brandy) by redistilling bad wines or strong spirits (whisky, rum, etc.) with flavourings.

    及物
  8. 8.

    To convert (alternating current) into direct current.

    及物 商务 工程 物理 电子
  9. 9.

    To adjust (a globe or sundial) to prepare for the solution of a proposed problem.

    历史 及物
  10. 10.

    To determine the length of a curve included between two limits.

    及物 数学

词汇关系

动词

同义词 10

right correct repair reform remedy reclaim regenerate amend refine remediate

上位词 10

right find turn change correct exchange reverse determine alter convert

下位词 7

repair remedy amend debug moralise moralize remediate

近义相关 3

reform straighten out see the light

词源

From Middle English rectifien, from Anglo-Norman rectifiier, rectefier (“to make straight”), from Medieval Latin rēctificō (“to make right”), from Latin rēctus (“straight”).

来源：wiktionary