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.
雙語例句
1. Once the plaster was dry there was no room for correction.
一旦灰泥一干，就沒有機會修改了。
來自柯林斯例句
2. The correction had already been set in type.
那處修正已經出現在鉛字紙上。
來自柯林斯例句
3. Do not forget to keep the subject within the parallax correction mark.
別忘了讓被攝主體保持在視差糾正線之內.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
4. The correction of composition took a large part of the teacher's time.