righted
past simple and past participle ofright
| 单词 | righted |
| 释义 | righted past simple and past participle ofright right verb[T] uk/raɪt/us/raɪt/formal If you right asituationor amistake, you make itbetterorcorrectit: It's aterriblesituationand we should right it assoonaspossible. If aboatrights itself, itturnsitself back toitscorrectpositionin thewater: Thecanoewill right itself if itcapsizes. Correcting and mending
You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Staying afloat, capsizing & sinking Examplesofrightedrighted In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. But she very soonrightedherself and to the expedition members' great relief they found that the damage was minor. From theCambridge English Corpus This volume, however, is not simply a compendium of wrongs partiallyrighted. From theCambridge English Corpus That said, might the effect of our folly in this last regard berightedby the keel of evolutionary fortune? From theCambridge English Corpus And so the same principle requires two further laws to complete its effect : that wrongdoing is to berightedand that good deeds are to be repaid. From theCambridge English Corpus Is there any way in which this anomalous and indefensible situation can berighted, even if it means more work for the monitoring forces? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 There is another wide field in which we cannot but feel that great injustice has been done, and that many wrongs have to berighted. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 While the tanker was beingrightedtwo manhole covers fell off and a larger quantity of petroleum spirit spilled on to the roadway. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 It seems to me that we have nowrightedthis wrong and made up for lost time. FromEuroparl Parallel Corpus - English He is also linking that with the expectation that what he sees as a wrong will berightedaccordingly. FromEuroparl Parallel Corpus - English Since then, it seems to me that matters haverightedthemselves. FromEuroparl Parallel Corpus - English If that is true, it is something which might well berighted. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 It is never too late to right a wrong, but the wrong should berightedas quickly as possible. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 The thing we cannot do anything about is that when the wrong has been done, it cannot berighted; the damage has been done. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 We are faced with a mass of anomalies, but here is a wrong which can easily berighted. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 When they were first raised, there were two or three weeks of diminished purchases; then the situation graduallyrighteditself. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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