correct的过去式

1. 正确的，不错的，对的
2. 恰当的，合适的，适合，符合（公认准则）的，得体的，端庄的，有礼貌
3. 端正的
4. 确有其事
5. 一本正经的，道貌岸然
6. 有礼貌
7. 准确无误的，精确的

1. 修正，改正，纠正，更正，订正，补正，修改
2. 校正，校准，校订，使符合标准
3. 矫正
4. 惩治，惩罚，训斥，责备
5. 调整
6. 制止
7. 使中和
8. 解（毒），消解
9. 改（错），纠正错误
10. 修理
11. 精确
12. 扭转
13. 弥补
14. 批改
15. 指出错误，找出差错
16. 抵制，克服
17. 医治，治愈（疾病）

1. 遮瑕膏

1. free from error; especially conforming to fact or truth;

   "the correct answer"
   "the correct version"
   "the right answer"
   "took the right road"
   "the right decision"
   

2. socially right or correct;

   "it isn't right to leave the party without saying goodbye"
   "correct behavior"
   

3. in accord with accepted standards of usage or procedure;

   "what's the right word for this?"
   "the right way to open oysters"
   

4. correct in opinion or judgment;

   "time proved him right"
   

1. make right or correct;

   "Correct the mistakes"
   "rectify the calculation"
   

2. make reparations or amends for;

   "right a wrongs done to the victims of the Holocaust"
   

3. censure severely;

   "She chastised him for his insensitive remarks"
   

4. adjust for;

   "engineers will work to correct the effects or air resistance"
   

5. punish in order to gain control or enforce obedience;

   "The teacher disciplined the pupils rather frequently"
   

6. go down in value;

   "the stock market corrected"
   "prices slumped"
   

7. alter or regulate so as to achieve accuracy or conform to a standard;

   "Adjust the clock, please"
   "correct the alignment of the front wheels"
   

8. treat a defect;

   "The new contact lenses will correct for his myopia"
   

1.correct：corr; 抵消

• correct account正确的说明
• correct answer正确的答案
• correct calculation精确的计算
• correct conduct端正行为
• correct decision正确的决定
• correct dress得体的服装
• correct explanation正确的解释
• correct exposure适当的曝光
• correct figure正确的数字
• correct grinding精磨
• correct judgement准确的判断
• correct level校正水准
• correct line正确路线
• correct manner适当的举止
• correct mixture适当混合
• correct oil合格油
• correct thing正事,应该的事
• correct time正确的时间,合适的时间
• correct usage正确的用法
• correct young man品行端正的年轻人

• quite correct相当正确
• absolutely correct绝对正确
• absurdly correct正确得不合情理
• approximately correct大体上正确
• avidly correct渴望正确
• completely correct完全正确
• dependably correct绝对可靠
• entirely correct全部正确
• fashionably correct适于流行的
• formally correct形式上正确
• habitually correct习惯性正确
• infallibly correct一贯正确
• insatiably correct满足于一贯正确
• insistently correct坚持正确
• mathematically correct绝对正确
• meticulously correct细致正确
• ordinarily correct(行为)正常适度
• ostentatiously correct炫耀正确
• partially correct部分正确
• pompously correct夸大正确
• positively correct确信正确
• pretentiously correct正确而骄傲
• rigidly correct一贯正确
• stiffly correct绝对正确
• strictly correct绝对正确
• uncannily correct正确得不可思议
• uncompromisingly correct正确得无懈可击

• correct in...(…是)正确的
• correct in one's thinking思想正确
• correct to zero point精确到零点

• correct a child训斥孩子
• correct a mistake改正错误
• correct compositions改作文
• correct errors改正错误
• correct examination papers批改试卷
• correct exercises改作业
• correct grammar改语法
• correct homework批改作业
• correct one's fault改正过错
• correct one's pronunciation纠正发音
• correct one's watch对表
• correct pain消除疼痛
• correct the answer sheets批改答题
• correct the proof校对清样
• correct the sheets校正清样
• correct the spelling纠正拼写错误

• correct adequately适当地修改
• correct agreeably令人愉快地纠正
• correct carefully用心地校阅
• correct casually马马虎虎地校阅
• correct constructively建设性的修改
• correct courteously客客气气地修改
• correct crudely粗糙地修改,残酷地惩罚
• correct dependably有根据地纠正
• correct desperately拼命地矫正
• correct formally正规地纠正
• correct grammatically在语法上做修正
• correct harshly严厉地训斥
• correct hastily草率地批阅
• correct helpfully有益地修改
• correct immediately立即修改
• correct infallibly确实可靠地修改
• correct painstakingly细心地修改
• correct reasonably适度地纠正
• correct rudely粗暴地训斥
• correct sharply严厉地训斥
• correct sincerely诚恳地加以修改
• correct strictly严格地纠正
• correct sufficiently充分地修改
• correct tactfully得体地修改

• correct...by靠…校正或惩罚
• correct sb's watch by the time signal按报时信号校正某人的表
• correct for做…修正
• correct to改正为

• Mr. Hunt is..quite correct in saying that [etc.]

  出自：Ld Macaulay

• Trying to open a safe without knowing the correct combination.

  出自：. G. Gordon

• Having made a mistake..he went back and corrected it.

  出自：W. S. Churchill

• ☆ 14世纪中期进入英语，直接源自拉丁语的corrigere：cor (强调） + regere (规则），意为改进，使符合规则。