correct
adjective
uk/kəˈrekt/us/kəˈrekt/A2
inagreementwith thetruefactsor with what isgenerallyaccepted:
正确的，无误的，对的a correctanswer正确答案
"Is that the correctspelling?" "I don'tknow-lookit up in adictionary."“那个拼写对吗？”“不知道——查查词典吧。”
It's not correcttodescribethem as "students".把他们说成学生不确切。
formal"Yournameis AngelaBlack?" "That is correct."“你叫安杰拉·布莱克？”“没错。”
Synonym
right(CORRECT)
Opposite
incorrect
agreeing with facts
- correctThat answer is correct.
- rightAll his answers were right.
- accurateHer novel is an accurate reflection of life in Spain.
- exact"I still owe you £7.00, don't I?" "Actually, it's £7.30 to be exact."
B1
taking orshowinggreatcaretobehaveorspeakin a way that isgenerallyacceptedandapprovedof:
（言谈举止）考究的，得体的He's very correctinhisdress/speech/manner, isn't he?他穿着／谈吐／举止很得体，是不是？
- Put atickoppositetheanswerthat youthinkis correct.
- Yourinformationis correct but youleftout one thing.
- Let's get thisstraight- you'retravellingto Frankfurt onMondayandBrusselsonTuesday, is that correct?
- I got eight correctanswersand twowrongonesin last week'sexam.
- You mustfollowcorrectprocedureat alltimes.
Accurate and exact
- accuracy
- accurate
- accurately
- aright
- authoritative
- Goldilocks
- got it in one!idiom
- in so many wordsidiom
- infallible
- infallibly
- literally
- nose
- precisely
- sharp
- strictly speakingidiom
- superaccurate
- synchronization
- technically
- tightness
- truly
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Suitable and acceptable
correct
verb[T]
uk/kəˈrekt/us/kəˈrekt/B2
to show ortellsomeone that something iswrongand to make itright:
改正；更正；纠正Students said it washelpfulif theteachercorrectedtheirpronunciation.学生们说老师纠正他们的发音错误会对他们很有帮助。
I have 30homeworkassignmentsto correct.我有30份家庭作业要阅改。
If amedicaltreatmentcorrects aparticularcondition, itcurestheconditionor makes iteasiertomanage:
（医疗）矫正glassesto correctpoorvision矫正视力的眼镜
achairthat correctsbadposture矫正不良坐姿的椅子
correct me if I'm wrong (but)...
said as apoliteandslightlyformalway ofdisagreeingwith someone:
如果我没说错的话（委婉地表示不同意）Correct me if I'mwrong, but Ithinkwearrangedthemeetingfor the 12December.如果我没记错的话，我想我们是把会议安排在了12月12日。
Correcting and mending
- calibration
- clean(someone/something)up
- correction
- fiddle
- fiddle (around) withsomething
- fine-tune
- mess
- put/setsomeonerightidiom
- recondition
- reconstruct
- reconstruction
- rectification
- remedy
- revise
- servicing
- set/put the record straightidiom
- smoothsomethingaway
- smoothen
- sort
- tinker
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Recovering from illness