correctionKK [kɚˋɛkʃən] /kɚˈɛkʃən/發音cor- 共同、一起+rect 直、正+-ion 名詞→弄直、擺正展開收合cor-字首共同、一起rect字根直、正-ion字尾名詞字面：弄直、擺正把偏差之處擺正 → 改正、更正名詞1改正、訂正、更正The teacher spent the evening making corrections to our essays.老師花了一個晚上訂正我們的作文。2修改處、更正之處I marked a few corrections in red on the second page.我在第二頁用紅筆標了幾個要改的地方。3回檔、修正金融Analysts expect a market correction before the end of the year.分析師預期年底前股市會出現一波回檔。4校正、修正值The instrument applies a correction for changes in temperature.這台儀器會針對溫度變化做校正。5矯正、教化美式，常用複數He worked for twenty years in the corrections system.他在矯正體系裡工作了二十年。6懲戒、管教舊式In those days, children faced harsh correction for small faults.在那個年代，孩子犯點小錯就會受到嚴厲管教。