right是什么意思

详细释义

• 0 correct -- 對的，正確的

  • You got three answers right and two wrong. 你答對了三道題，錯了兩道。

  • I set the clock to the right time. 我把鐘調準了。

  • "Is that Ms Kramer?" "Yes, that's right." 「是克雷默女士嗎？」「是的，我就是。」

  • Am I right in thinking (= is it true) that you will be at the conference? 你要去參加會議，是這麽回事吧？

  • You're right to be annoyed - you've been treated very badly. 你生氣是理所應當的——你受到的對待及不公平。

  • You must put matters right (= make the situation better) by telling the truth. 你必須說出實情，這樣事情才會出現轉機。

  • You were right about Pete - he's a real troublemaker. 你對彼特的看法沒錯——他的確只會製造麻煩。

• 1 suitable or correct, or as it should be -- 合適的，恰當的；理想的；符合要求的

  • He's the right person for the job. 他是做這個工作的合適人選。

  • I think you've made the right decision. 我認為你作出的決定是恰當的。

  • The temperature of the swimming pool was just right (= exactly as I wanted it). 游泳池的水溫正合適。

  • That hat looks just right on you. 那頂帽子你戴著再合適不過了。

  • He thought the time was right to let his intentions be known. 他認為公開自己意圖的時機已經成熟。

  • She knows all the right people. 她認識所有的頭面人物。

  • He likes to be seen in the right clubs and restaurants. 他喜歡讓人看到他出入那些高級俱樂部和餐館。

  • The lid has to go on the right way round or it won't fit. 蓋子得放正，不然的話就蓋不嚴。

  • Keep the bottle the right way up. 把瓶子放正了。

• 2 considered fair or morally acceptable by most people -- 公正的；正當的；符合道德的；正義的

  • I don't believe they should have put him in prison. It isn't right. 我覺得他們不應該把他關進監獄，這是不公正的。

  • [ + to infinitive ] It's not right to criticize people behind their back. 在背後批評人不道德。

  • [ + that ] It is only (= completely) right that men and women should be paid the same for doing the same work. 只有做到男女同工同酬才公正。

• 3 healthy, or working correctly -- 健康的；正常的

  • I haven't felt right since I ate that meal last night. 昨晚自打我吃了那些東西，就一直感到很難受。

  • Something isn't quite right with the brakes on your bike. 你的腳踏車車閘不好用了。

• 4 used for emphasizing when something is bad -- （強調非常糟糕）十足的

  • He's a right idiot. 他是個十足的白癡。

  • His house is a right mess. 他家裡亂極了。

• 5 on or towards the side of your body that is to the east when you are facing north -- 右邊的，右側的；向右的；在右邊；向右

  • Most people write with their right hand. 大多數���用右手寫字。

  • He likes to sleep on the right side of the bed. 他喜歡睡在床的右側。

• 6 on or towards the side of your body that is to the east when you are facing north -- 右側地；向右地

  • Turn/Go right (= take the road on the right) at the first traffic lights. 在第一個紅綠燈處向右轉。

• 7 exactly or all the way -- 正好，恰好；一直，徑直

  • I've got a pimple right on the end of my nose. 一個粉刺正好長在我鼻尖上。

  • They built a row of hotels right along the sea-front. 他們沿著海岸修了一排賓館。

  • The car ran right (= completely) out of fuel. 車把汽油徹底用光了。

  • She walked right (= all the way) past me without noticing me. 她跟我走了個面對面，可是沒有注意到我。

  • I'll be right back/I'll be right with you (= I will return very soon). 我馬上就回來。

  • You'd better leave right now. 你最好馬上離開。

  • We're very busy right now. 我們現在很忙。

• 8 used as part of the title of particular people, such as bishops and some members of Parliament -- （用於稱呼主教、議員等）閣下

  • the Right Honourable Diane Abbott, MP 黛安‧阿伯特議員閣下

• 9 correctly -- 對地，正確地

  • Why does he never do anything right? 為甚麼他老是做甚麼都做不對？

• 10 If something goes right, it is successful or happens in a way that you hoped it would. -- 一切順利；稱心如意

  • Things haven't been going right for me these past few months. 最近這幾個月，我過得不太順利。

• 11 the right side -- 右邊；右面；右部

  • English is written and read from left to right. 英語是從左向右讀寫的。

  • King's Avenue is the first right (= the first road on the right side). 國王大道是右邊的第一條道。

  • In this photo, my wife is the woman standing on/to my right. 在這張照片裡，我妻子就是站在我右邊的那個人。

  • US I took/made (informal hung) a right (= turned into the next road on the right side) after crossing the bridge. 我過橋後向右轉。

• 12 political parties or people that have traditional opinions, and that believe in low taxes, property, and industry being privately owned, and less help for the poor -- 右派政黨；右派人士

  • The right was/were in power after 1979. 1979年以後，右派政黨上臺執政。

  • He's a man of the far (= extreme) right. 他是一個極右翼分子。

• 13 what is considered to be morally good or acceptable -- 正義；公正；正當

  • Your conscience should tell you the difference between right and wrong. 憑你的良知應該能夠分清是非。

  • She campaigned for women's rights during the 1960s. 20世紀60年代，她參加了爭取婦女權利的運動。

  • Everyone has a right to education. 人人都享有受教育的權利。

  • She has no more right to a company car than I have (= she does not deserve one more than I do). 她並不比我更有權利要求公司配車。

  • [ + to infinitive ] You're not my boss, so what right (= authority) do you have to tell me what to do? 你又不是我的老闆，你有甚麽資格批評我？

  • You have every right (= you have a good reason) to complain. 你完全有理由抱怨。

  • I think I'm quite within my rights to demand a full refund. 我認為我完全有權利要求全額退款。

  • He has acquired the film rights to the book (= he is allowed to make a film of the book). 他已經取得了將這本書拍成電影的製片權。

  • The company made a rights issue of one new share for every four held. 公司給予每四股現有股份認購一股的權利。

  • The company needs over a million dollars to set its finances to rights. 這間公司需要100多萬美元才可以使其財務重回正常軌道。

• 14 used to express agreement with someone or to show that you have understood what someone has said -- （表示同意或聽懂別人說的話）好，行，對

  • "Johnny, you climb up first." "Right." 「莊尼，你打頭，第一個爬。」「好的。」

  • Right, everyone. Could you all stop talking, and then we'll begin. 好了，各位。請不要再說話，我們就要開始了。

  • So there I was right, middle of the night, right, and this guy came up to me... 「好啦，我就在那裡，半夜裡，對吧，這傢夥向我走了過來……」

• 15 If you right a situation or a mistake, you make it better or correct it. -- 改正，糾正；使恢復正常

  • It's a terrible situation and we should right it as soon as possible. 這種局面太糟糕了，我們應當儘快使其恢復正常。

  • The canoe will right itself if it capsizes. 獨木舟如果翻了，會自己正過來。