形容词正确的; 合适的; 符合公认准则的; 得体的

动词改正; 批改; 指出错误

形容词

1. Your answer is not correct.
你的答案不对。

及物动词

1. This medicine will correct the pain.
这种药可止痛。

2. Mary hates to correct her children.
玛丽讨厌惩罚孩子们。

3. You should correct the children when they are rude.
孩子无礼时，你应该指责他们。

4. Please correct this mistake.
请改正这个错误。

时间和日期

A：What is the correct time, please?
请问现在标准时间几点？

B：It’s exactly twelve minutes past seven.
现在是七点十二分。

A：When will the lecture begin?
讲座什么时候开始？

B：It’ll begin at nine o’clock sharp.
正九点开始。

求职面试

B：How do you handle your failure？
你怎样对待自己的失敗？

A：None of us was born "perfect". I am sure I will be given a second chance to correct my mistake.
我们大家生来都不是十全十美的，我相信我有第二个机会改正我的错误。

Advertising-(广告)

A：We want to use the right marketing mix to reach our target market.
我们想要使用正确的行销媒体来达到市场目标。

B：Certainly. We've done some tactical planning already. We think we've come up with a good plan.
当然。我们已经完成一些战略计划。我们认为我们已经提出一项不错的计划。

A：What media do you plan to use?
你们准备使用何种媒体？

B：Well, taking into account the image you want to project, we've asked our copywriters to prepare copy for computer magazines and the internet first.
考虑到你们想要表现的形象，我们已要求撰写文案的同事准备好计算机杂志稿及网际网络用稿。

A：So that way, our advertising dollars would be focused on people we know are computer users.
这样一来，我们的广告花费就会针对在，如我们所知，计算机使用者身上。

B：Yes. We'll also run billboard and newspaper ads to help create broad brand recognition.
是的。我们还同时刊登广告看板及报纸广告来帮助创立明显的品牌识别。

A：Will there be any direct mail?
会有任何广告邮件吗？

B：No. That would not be correct for a manufacturer like you. Leave that to the retailers.
没有。对像你们这样的制造商来说，那并不是正确的作法。把这种方式留给零售商吧。

A：Good point. Please prepare a more detailed proposal, and then I'll pitch it to the higher-ups.
说得没错。请准备一份更详细的提案，然后我会把它推销给高阶主管。

B：Great. We'll get started right away.
太好了。我们马上准备。

1. correct：corr; 抵消

1. 准确无误的;正确的
If something is correct, it is in accordance with the facts and has no mistakes.

e.g. The correct answers can be found at the bottom of page 8...
正确答案在第8页末尾。
e.g. The following information was correct at time of going to press...
下列信息在付印时准确无误。