rectify

• vt. 改正；精餾；整流

rect-,直的，正確的，-fy,使。

rectify (v.)

c. 1400, from Old French rectifier, literally "to make straight" (14c.), from Late Latin rectificare "make right," from Latin rectus "straight" (see right (adj.1)) + root of facere "to make" (see factitious). Related: Rectified; rectifying.

1. Only an act of Congress could rectify the situation.

隻有國會法案才能矯正這種形勢。

來自柯林斯例句

2. to rectify a fault

改正缺點

來自《權威詞典》

3. Please rectify the mistakes in my bill.

請改正我賬單上的錯誤.

來自《簡明英漢詞典》

4. The matter will rectify itself in a few days.

那件事過幾天就會變好.

來自辭典例句

5. Measures to increase ventilation will rectify the problem.

增進通氣的措施糾正這種情況.

來自辭典例句