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.
双语例句
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。
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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。
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3. The correct answers can be found at the bottom of page 8.
正确答案在第8页末尾。
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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。
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5. I think English men are very polite and very correct.