rectify
Definitions
To put right; to correct a mistake, fault, or undesirable situation.
纠正，改正；矫正（错误或不良局面）。
Root Breakdown
Root-derivedrect (straight) + -ify (to make) = "to make straight." Almost a synonym of correct, but rectify is more formal and is applied to situations, errors, and wrongs rather than to, say, spelling. You bend a crooked state of affairs back into line.
Root rect still carries 10 more wordsCommon Collocations
- 1.rectify a mistake纠正错误
- 2.rectify the situation扭转局面
- 3.rectify an error改正失误
- 4.rectify an injustice匡正不公
Example Sentences
- 1.
We will rectify the error in your bill as soon as possible.
- 2.
The new manager promised to rectify the situation within a month.
- 3.
Nothing can rectify the injustice done to those families.
Easily Confused
rectify vs correct — Both mean "put right," but correct is the everyday word and works on small concrete things (correct a typo, correct your posture). rectify is formal and aims at situations, faults, and wrongs (rectify the situation, rectify an imbalance). You correct a spelling; you rectify an injustice.