rectify

动词 v.
中文释义

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. To heal (an organ or part of the body). obsolete,transitive
  2. To restore (someone or something) to its proper condition; to straighten out, to set right. transitive
  3. To remedy or fix (an undesirable state of affairs, situation etc.). transitive
    — to rectify the crisis
  4. To purify or refine (a substance) by distillation. transitive
  5. To correct or amend (a mistake, defect etc.). transitive
  6. To correct (someone who is mistaken). archaic,transitive
    — For thus their Sense informeth them, and herein their Reason cannot Rectifie them; and therefore hopelessly continuing in mistakes, they live and die in their absurdities […]
  7. To adjust (a globe or sundial) to prepare for the solution of a proposed problem. historical,transitive
  8. To convert (alternating current) into direct current. transitive
  9. To determine the length of a curve included between two limits. transitive
  10. To produce (as factitious gin or brandy) by redistilling bad wines or strong spirits (whisky, rum, etc.) with flavourings. transitive

词形变化

rectifies present,singular,third-person rectifying participle,present rectified participle,past rectified past

词汇关系

衍生词
georectified georectify misrectify nonrectified nonrectifying orthorectify rectenna rectifiability rectifiable rectifiably rectification rectified spirit rectifier unrectified

词源

From Middle English rectifien, from Anglo-Norman rectifiier, rectefier (“to make straight”), from Medieval Latin rēctificō (“to make right”), from Latin rēctus (“straight”).
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