rectify
verb[T]
uk/ˈrek.tɪ.faɪ/us/ˈrek.tə.faɪ/rectifyverb[T](CORRECT)
C1formal
tocorrectsomething or make somethingright:
纠正;矫正;改正I amdeterminedto take whateveractionisnecessaryto rectify thesituation.我决心采取一切必要的措施来整顿局面。
Everyeffortis made to rectify anyerrors/mistakesbefore thebookisprinted.在书付印前会尽力去审校修改书中的错误。
Correcting and mending
- calibration
- clean(someone/something)up
- correction
- fiddle (around) withsomething
- fine-tune
- mess
- put/setsomeonerightidiom
- recondition
- reconstruct
- reconstruction
- rectification
- remedy
- revise
- revised
- servicing
- set/put the record straightidiom
- smoothsomethingaway
- smoothen
- sort
- tinker
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Making things better
rectifyverb[T](MAKE PURE)
chemistryspecialized
to make asubstancepure
蒸馏Physical & chemical processes
- absorbable
- absorptive
- absorptive capacity
- acidification
- addition reaction
- condense
- evaporate
- evaporation
- excitability
- excitation
- excite
- exergonic
- nuclear fission
- oxidize
- recondense
- redox
- refraction
- rehydrate
- reliquefy
- solidify
rectifyverb[T](ELECTRIC CURRENT)
electronicsspecialized
tochangeanelectricalcurrentfromACtoDC
整(流);把(电流)由交流变成直流Electricity & electronics
- anti-static
- bitstream
- brownout
- capacitance
- chargeable
- charged
- conduct
- electromagnetism
- generate
- hydropower
- negatively
- non-electric
- non-electrical
- non-electronic
- non-polar
- photoelectric
- piezoelectric
- pylon
- resistance
- shock