rectify
英['rektɪfaɪ]
美['rɛktɪfaɪ]
- vt. 改正；精馏；整流
英英释意
- 1. math: determine the length of;
- "rectify a curve"
- 2. reduce to a fine, unmixed, or pure state; separate from extraneous matter or cleanse from impurities;
- "refine sugar"
- 3. bring, lead, or force to abandon a wrong or evil course of life, conduct, and adopt a right one;
- "The Church reformed me"
- "reform your conduct"
- 4. set straight or right;
- "remedy these deficiencies"
- "rectify the inequities in salaries"
- "repair an oversight"
- 5. make right or correct;
- "Correct the mistakes"
- "rectify the calculation"
- 6. convert into direct current;
- "rectify alternating current"