right /raɪt/ CET4 TEM4 ( righting, righted, rights )

• 1. 

  ADJ If something is right, it is correct and agrees with the facts. 正确的

  例：

  That's absolutely right.

  那是完全正确的。

  例：

  Clocks never told the right time.

  时钟从来都不报正确的时间。

• 2. 

  ADV Right is also an adverb. 正确地 [ADV after v]

  例：

  He guessed right about some things.

  他对有些事情猜对了。

• 3. 

  ADJ If you do something in the right way or in the right place, you do it as or where it should be done or was planned to be done. 适当的; 恰当的

  例：

  Walking, done in the right way, is a form of aerobic exercise.

  走路方法得当的话是一种有氧锻炼。

  例：

  They have computerized systems to ensure delivery of the right pizza to the right place.

  他们有计算机化的系统来确保把相应的比萨饼送到相应的地方。

• 4. 

  ADV Right is also an adverb. 适当地; 恰当地 [ADV after v]

  例：

  To make sure I did everything right, I bought a fat instruction book.

  为了确保每件事情都做对，我买了一本厚厚的说明书。

• 5. 

  ADJ If you say that someone is seen in all the right places or knows all the right people, you mean that they go to places that are socially acceptable or know people who are socially acceptable. 入流的

  例：

  He was always to be seen in the right places.

  他总是在入流的场所露面。

• 6. 

  ADJ If someone is right about something, they are correct in what they say or think about it. (说法或想法) 正确的

  例：

  Ron has been right about the result of every general election but one.

  除了一次以外，罗恩对每次大选的结果都判断正确。

• 7. 

  ADJ If something such as a choice, action, or decision is the right one, it is the best or most suitable one. 最好的; 最恰当的

  例：

  She'd made the right choice in leaving New York.

  她在离开纽约这件事上做出了正确的选择。

• 8. 

  ADJ If something is not right, there is something unsatisfactory about the situation or thing that you are talking about. 对劲的 [v-link ADJ, with brd-neg]

  例：

  Ratatouille doesn't taste right with any other oil.

  普罗旺斯杂烩用其他任何油做出的味道都不正。

• 9. 

  ADJ If you think that someone was right to do something, you think that there were good moral reasons why they did it. (道德上) 对的; 正当的 [v-link ADJ]

  例：

  You were right to do what you did, under the circumstances.

  在那种情况下，你所做的是对的。

• 10. 

  ADJ Right is used to refer to activities or actions that are considered to be morally good and acceptable. (道德上) 正确的 [v-link ADJ, oft with brd-neg]

  例：

  It's not right, leaving her like this.

  这样抛弃她是不对的。

• 11. 

  N-UNCOUNT Right is also a noun. 正确

  例：

  At least he knew right from wrong.

  至少他明白是非。

• 12. 

  rightness N-UNCOUNT 正确性

  例：

  Many people have very strong opinions about the rightness or wrongness of abortion.

  许多人对于堕胎的对与错有着十分鲜明的意见。

• 13. 

  V-T If you right something or if it rights itself, it returns to its normal or correct state, after being in an undesirable state. 纠正; 矫正

  例：

  They recognize the urgency of righting the economy.

  他们认识到整顿经济的迫切性。

• 14. 

  V-T If you right a wrong, you do something to make up for a mistake or something bad that you did in the past. 改正

  例：

  We've made progress in righting the wrongs of the past.

  我们已经在改正过去的错误方面取得了进展。

• 15. 

  V-T If you right something that has fallen or rolled over, or if it rights itself, it returns to its normal upright position. 扶正

  例：

  He righted the yacht and continued the race.

  他扶正了帆船，继续比赛。

• 16. 

  ADJ The right side of a material is the side that is intended to be seen and that faces outward when it is made into something. 正面的 [ADJ n]

  例：

  Trim off excess fabric and turn the right side out.

  修剪掉多余的料子，把正面翻出来。

• 17. 

  PHRASE If you say that things are going right, you mean that your life or a situation is developing as you intended or expected and you are pleased with it. 进展顺利

  例：

  I can't think of anything in my life that's going right.

  我想不出我的生活中有任何进展顺利的事。

• 18. 

  PHRASE If you put something right, you correct something that was wrong or that was causing problems. 纠正某事

  例：

  We've discovered what went wrong and are going to put it right.

  我们已经发现错误所在并会将其纠正。

• 19. 

  heart in the right place →see heart

• 20. 

  it serves you right →see serve