rectify
中文来自 ECDICT
- vt.
- 订正，矫正，改正，调正，校正，精馏，整流
演变路径（由近及远）
- 英语
- 继承自 ←中古英语 rectifien
- 源自 ←盎格鲁-诺曼语 rectifiier
- 源自 ←中世纪拉丁语 rēctificō “to make right”
- 源自 ←拉丁语 rēctus “straight”
原始词根
原始印欧语 *h₃reǵ-
词源说明
From Middle English rectifien, from Anglo-Norman rectifiier, rectefier (“to make straight”), from Medieval Latin rēctificō (“to make right”), from Latin rēctus (“straight”).
释义（英文）
动词 Verb
- (obsolete, transitive) To heal (an organ or part of the body). [14th–18th c.]
- (transitive) To restore (someone or something) to its proper condition; to straighten out, to set right. [from 16th c.]
- (transitive) To remedy or fix (an undesirable state of affairs, situation etc.). [from 15th c.]
- (transitive, chemistry) To purify or refine (a substance) by distillation. [from 15th c.]
- (transitive) To correct