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    To rectify something is to make it right after it was wrong. You rectify an error in the accounts, a false impression, a bad decision.

    To rectify somethingRectify(改正)某件事 is to make it right after it was wrong就是把原本錯的東西弄對 You rectify你會rectify an error in the accounts帳目上的錯誤, a false impression錯誤的印象, a bad decision不好的決定

    The word is formal. Teachers and officials like it; friends usually say fix, correct, or put right. “I will rectify that” in a meeting sounds responsible; the same sentence about a word in a text message sounds too big.

    The word這個詞 is formal是正式用語 Teachers and officials老師和官員 like it喜歡用它; friends但朋友之間 usually say fix, correct, or put right通常會說fix、correct或put right。 "I will rectify that"「我會rectify that(改正這件事)」 in a meeting在會議上講 sounds responsible聽起來很負責任; the same sentence但同一句話 about a misspelled word in a text message用在簡訊裡改一個打錯的字 sounds too big聽起來就太誇張了

    There is a second, specialist use: in electrical work, to rectify current is to change it from the kind that keeps switching direction (AC) into the kind that flows one way (DC). Same spelling, different room.

    There is a second, specialist use還有第二種、比較專業的用法: in electrical work在電機工程裡, to rectify currentrectify電流 is to change it from the kind that keeps switching direction (AC)是把不斷變換方向的電流(交流電/AC) into the kind that flows one way (DC)轉換成只往一個方向流的電流(直流電/DC) Same spelling拼法一樣, different room但用在不同領域

    The everyday meaning is the first one: correct what is wrong.

    The everyday learner meaning對學習者來說日常的意思 is the first one就是第一種: correct what is wrong把錯的東西改正過來

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組成From Latin rēctificō, “to make right,” from rēctus, “straight.” The picture underneath is “make it straight again.”

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原始詞典資料10 筆記錄

以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。

rectifyverb/ˈɹɛktəˌfaɪ/

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    obsoleteTo heal (an organ or part of the body).

  • 2

    To restore (someone or something) to its proper condition; to straighten out, to set right.

  • 3

    To remedy or fix (an undesirable state of affairs, situation etc.).

    • to rectify the crisis
  • 4

    chemistrynatural-sciencesphysical-sciencesTo purify or refine (a substance) by distillation.

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    To correct or amend (a mistake, defect etc.).

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    archaicTo correct (someone who is mistaken).

    • 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 […]
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    historicalTo adjust (a globe or sundial) to prepare for the solution of a proposed problem.

  • 8

    businesselectrical-engineeringelectricityTo convert (alternating current) into direct current.

另外 2 個記錄的用法
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    mathematicssciencesTo determine the length of a curve included between two limits.

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    To produce (as factitious gin or brandy) by redistilling bad wines or strong spirits (whisky, rum, etc.) with flavourings.

資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。