correct

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第三人称单数: corrects;过去式: corrected;过去分词: corrected;现在分词: correcting;副词: correctly;名词: correctness;

correct 正确的

cor-, 强调。-rect, 直，正确，词源同erect, right .

correct: correct: [14] Correct is etymologically related to rectitude and rightness. It comes from the past participle of Latin corrigere ‘make straight, put right’, a compound verb formed from the intensive prefix com- and regere ‘lead straight, rule’. This regere (source of English regent, régime, regiment, and region) goes back to an Indo-European base *reg- ‘move in a straight line’, which also produced English right, rectitude, regal, royal, and rule. In English the verb correct by a long time predates the adjective, which first appeared (via French) in the 17th century.
=> escort, regal, region, right, royal, rule
correct (v.): mid-14c., "to set right, rectify" (a fault or error), from Latin correctus, past participle of corrigere "to put straight, reduce to order, set right;" in transferred use, "to reform, amend," especially of speech or writing, from com-, intensive prefix (see com-), + regere "to lead straight, rule" (see regal). Originally of persons; with reference to writing, etc., attested from late 14c. Related: Corrected; correcting.
correct (adj.): 1670s, from French correct "right, proper," from Latin correctus (see correct (v.)). Related: Correctly; correctness.

1. "That is correct, Meg," he answered in his cold, dead voice.: “没错，梅格。”他用冰冷、阴沉的声音答道。

2. The club specialises in videoing its student golfers to correct their faults.: 俱乐部专门为高尔夫学员制作录像，以纠正他们的错误。

4. Ophthalmic surgeons are now performing laser surgery to correct myopia.: 眼科医生现在采用激光手术来矫正近视。

5. I think English men are very polite and very correct.: 我认为英国人很有礼貌，举止非常得体。