correction
noun
uk/kəˈrek.ʃən/us/kəˈrek.ʃən/correctionnoun(CHANGE)
B1[CorU]
achangemade to something inordertocorrectorimproveit, or theactionof making such achange:
改正；修改；更正She wasdisappointedtoseeheressayreturnedwith ahugenumberof corrections inredink.看到她的作文发下来时满篇都用红笔修改过，她很失望。
[CorU]finance & economicsspecialized(alsomarket correction)
achangeinpricesin afinancialmarket,especiallywhen they go down after aperiodof being too high inrelationto therealsituationin acompany, theeconomy, etc.:
（市场价格在上涨后根据公司或经济实际情况的）回落，回跌Itlookslike last week's correction is over andpricesare going to gohigher.看起来上周的回落已经告一段落，价格又将上涨。
- I must make oneimportantcorrection to what you said inyourintroduction- I'mBelgian, notGerman.
- After you have done the corrections, could youprintout thedocumentplease?
- I'venoticedseveral more corrections I'd like to make to thebook, if it's not too late.
- I have one correction for thenewsletter-ourphonenumberhaschanged.
- Makesureyou do all thosespellingcorrectionscarefullybefore yousendoff theletter.
Correcting and mending
- calibration
- clean(someone/something)up
- fiddle (around) withsomething
- fine-tune
- fixsomethingup
- mess
- recondition
- reconstruct
- reconstruction
- rectification
- refine
- remedy
- revise
- revised
- set/put the record straightidiom
- smoothsomethingaway
- smoothen
- sort
- sortsomethingout
- tinker
correctionnoun(PUNISHMENT)
[U]old-fashioned
punishmentof atypethat isintendedtoimprovebadbehaviour
（用于纠正不良行为的）惩罚corrections[plural]lawUSformal
the set ofmethodsavailableforpunishingandtreatingpeoplewho havecommittedcrimes:
责罚，惩罚a correctionsofficer狱警
Punishing & punishments
- ankle bracelet
- ankle tag
- attach
- attachment
- bar
- be brought/called to accountidiom
- bring
- discipline
- flaysomeonealiveidiom
- get what's coming toyouidiom
- grounded
- hair shirt
- hang
- spare
- spare the rod and spoil the childidiom
- spot fine
- stringsomeoneup
- swing
- swing for itidiom
- tagging