Rectify
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[编辑] 解释
[编辑] GRE 红宝书
- v. 改正, 调正; 提纯
- [英] v. 改正, 调正 ( correct by removing errors; adjust) ; 提纯 ( to purify by repeated distillation)
- [记] rect ( 直) +ify -> 使...直 -> 纠正
- [同] 派生词: rectification (n. 改正, 校正, 提纯)
[编辑] Webster Collegiate
transitive verb (-fied; -fying)
- Etymology: Middle English rectifien, from Anglo-French rectifier, from Medieval Latin rectificare, from Latin rectus right — more at right
- Date: 14th century
- 1. to set right ; remedy
- 2. to purify (as alcohol) especially by repeated or fractional distillation
- 3. to correct by removing errors ; adjust <rectify the calendar>
- 4. to make (an alternating current) unidirectional
- Synonyms: see correct
- ? rectification noun