名 （正月） the first month of the lunar year，the first moon；

[例句] 画面中一只狐狸正被一群猎狗撕咬得肠子外流。 It shows a fox being disembowelled by a pack of hounds.

[例句] 玛丽亚正用儿语和小家伙说话。 Maria was talking baby talk to the little one.

revise，amend，correct，update，blue-pencil ；

[例句] 这位航海家的名誉受到了历史修正主义者的攻击。 The reputation of the navigator is under assault from historical revisionists.

[例句] 该法案具有很多限制性修正条款。 The bill is filled with constricting amendments.

check，correction，adjust，revise，emendation ；

[例句] 我正在校正西班牙语版本的校样。 I'm correcting the proofs of the Spanish edition right now.

[例句] 学校正试用新的数学教程. Schools are piloting the new maths course.

front，frontage，the obverse side，the right side，face ；

[例句] 任一处的建筑物正面都布满了弹洞。 Everywhere building facades are pitted with shell and bullet holes.

[例句] 赌台管理员给每位玩家正面朝下发了一张牌。 The croupier dealt each player a card, face down.

normal，regular；

[例句] 当然，并不是所有的酗酒者和吸毒者都会生育出不正常的后代。 Of course, not all alcoholics and drug abusers produce deviant offspring.

[例句] 这台仪器可以辨别癌细胞和正常的细胞。 The device can discriminate between the cancerous and the normal cells.

correct，rectify，set [put] right，make corrections，rectification ；

[例句] 只有国会法案才能矫正这种形势。 Only an act of Congress could rectify the situation.

[例句] 眼科医生现在采用激光手术来矫正近视。 Ophthalmic surgeons are now performing laser surgery to correct myopia.

formal，official，regular，in due form ；

[例句] 正式签订了每年可续签的合同。 A formal contract is signed which is renewable annually.

[例句] 正式确立合作关系将会促进共和国之间合作的顺利进展。 The formalization of co-operation between the republics would produce progress.

regular，standard，normal，canonicity，regularity ；

[例句] 他说他们曾经误以为有正规执照就足够了。 He says they mistakenly believed the standard licenses they held were sufficient.

[例句] 史蒂夫没能接受正规的大学教育。 Steve didn't have the benefit of a formal college education.

correct，amend，put right，correction，cure ；

[例句] 改正缺点 to rectify a fault

[例句] 跟辅道员谈几次就会使他改正过来的. A few sessions talking to a counsellor should straighten him out.

exactness，correct，right，proper，exactitude ；

[例句] 对我们来说是对的东西，对别人来说未必正确。 What is right for us need not be right for others.

[例句] 约翰，我为史蒂夫感到难过，但是我认为你的决定是正确的。 John, I'm sorry for Steve, but I think you've made the right decisions.

[电] forward direction ；

[例句] 军队正向克宁镇进逼。 Forces were moving in on the town of Knin.

[例句] 公司正向你提供分享其成功的机会。 The company is offering you the chance to share in its success.

honest，upright，fair-minded，honesty，integrity ；

[例句] 他无可争议的忠诚正直赢得了人们的爱戴和尊敬。 He inspires affection and respect as a man of unquestionable integrity.

[例句] 他是个正直的商人，完全可靠，不会被收买。 He was a sound businessman, totally reliable and incorruptible.

genuine，true，real，really，in deed ；

[例句] 作为一名选手，他毫无私念，真正把自己摆在团队中。 As a player he was unselfish, a true team man.

[例句] 假如我们有了小孩，我们会真正陷入困境。 If we had a child, we'd be in really dire straits.

make corrections，amend，[拉] corrigendum，correct ；

[例句] 科学机构一直不愿作出更正。 Scientific institutions have been reluctant to take corrective action.

[例句] 他认为我已近40岁了, 但我及时对此作了更正. He thought I was nearly forty, but I soon put the record straight.

square ；

[例句] 圆周再多, 也成不了正方;反之亦然. No number of circles can make a square , and vice versa.

[例句] 正方观点: 是, 房子影响现代爱情. The obverse argumentation: Yes, a house affects modern love.

malleation，positive voltage，positive pressure，barotropy ；

[例句] 消防员须身穿保护装置及正压呼吸设施. Firemen should wear proper protective equipment and positive pressure self - contained breathing apparatus.

[例句] 可以工作在正压或负压下, 简单的螺丝刀调节, 多种弹簧可选. They work under pressure or suction. Simple screwdriver adjustment. Various springs available.

positive feedback，regenerative feedback，positive regeneration，regenerating ；

[例句] 通过实例探讨了正反馈在放大电路中的应用. This paper discusses the application of positive feedback in amplifiers.

[例句] 正反馈放大器是信号级 脉冲形成电路 的基础. Amplifiers with positive feedback are the bases of signal - grade pulse - forming circuits .

main body，text，straight matter ；

[例句] 正文开头的文字让我们颇为担心。 The first words of the text filled us with misgiving.

[例句] 我们略掉了我们认为对正文不甚紧要的脚注。 We have omitted footnotes which we judged inessential to the text.

upright，honest，decent，decency ；

[例句] 他是位杰出的记者，为人也非常正派。 He was an excellent journalist and a very fine man.

[例句] 为人正派到处受人尊敬. Probity and purity will command respect everywhere.

correct，put right，redress，rectify，reclaim ；

[例句] 他终于纠正了自己的错误说法，提出要减少费用。 He finally corrected his misstatement and offered to reduce the fee.

[例句] 他让我们纠正错误，否则后果自负。 He told us to put it right, or else.