mid-14c., "action of correcting," from Old French correccion (13c.) "correction, amendment; punishment, rebuke," from Latin correctionem (nominative correctio), noun of action from past participle stem of corrigere (see correct (v.)). Meaning "chastisement" is from late 14c. Meaning "an instance of correction" is from 1520s. House of correction was in a royal statute from 1575.
双语例句
1. Once the plaster was dry there was no room for correction.
一旦灰泥一干，就没有机会修改了。
来自柯林斯例句
2. The correction had already been set in type.
那处修正已经出现在铅字纸上。
来自柯林斯例句
3. Do not forget to keep the subject within the parallax correction mark.
别忘了让被摄主体保持在视差纠正线之内.
来自《简明英汉词典》
4. The correction of composition took a large part of the teacher's time.
