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🔑 right right 1 /raɪt adjective
➤ not left 右面 on or of the side of the body that faces east when a person is facing north ◆ Do you write with your right hand or your left ?◆ Your seats are on the right side of the plane . OPP left ➤ correct / true 正确；真实 correct ; true ◆ Sorry , that's not the right answer .◆ Do you have the right time ?◆ You're absolutely right – the movie does start at 7 o'clock .◆ You were right about the weather – it did rain .➤ appropriate 合适 best ; most suitable ◆ I don't think this is the right color for the walls .◆ I hope I made the right decision .◆ We wouldn't have missed the flight if we'd left at the right time .◆ You have to know the right people if you want to join that golf club .➤ normal 正常 in a normal or good enough condition ◆ Her voice didn't sound quite right on the phone .➤ morally good 正当 (used about behavior / actions ) good ; fair or what the law allows ◆ It's not right to pay people so little .◆ It was right of her to give you the news at once .◆ It's never right to steal .➤ used as question 表示提问 (informal used as a question at the end of a sentence to check whether someone agrees with you or whether what you said is correct ◆ We want to be the best company in the business , right ?◆ Let's see – you ordered a cheeseburger and fries , right ?➤ showing understanding 表示理解 (informal used to tell someone that you agree with or understand what he / she has just said , or that you will do what he / she has asked you to do ◆ “…And then we went to that new restaurant on Sunset Drive .” “Right .” ◆ “Take this package down to the post office .” “Right .” ● all right ➡ look at all right ● right side up with the top part turned to the top ; in the correct , normal position ◆ Fortunately my toast landed right side up when I dropped it on the floor . OPP upside down ● on the right / wrong track having the right / wrong kind of ideas about something ◆ That's not the answer , but you're on the right track .▸ right·ness noun
[uncountable 🔑 right right 2 /raɪt adverb
➤ not left 右边 to the right side ; not left ◆ Turn right at the traffic light .➤ satisfactorily 令人满意地 correctly ; in a good enough way ◆ Did I spell your name right ?◆ Nothing seems to be going right for me these days .◆ These shoes don't fit right . OPP wrong ➤ exactly 正好 exactly ◆ The bus was right on time .◆ The accident happened right here .➤ completely 完全 all the way ◆ He kicked his foot right through the door !➤ immediately 立即 immediately ◆ He left right after dinner .◆ Wait here a minute – I'll be right back .● right away immediately ; without any delay ◆ I'll take care of that right away .◆ I understood right away what she wanted me to do .● right now at this moment ; exactly now ◆ We can't discuss this right now .at the present time (when compared with the past or the future )◆ Interest rates are relatively low right now .● right off the bat (informal without delay ; at the beginning ◆ We both liked each other right off the bat .● serve sb right (used when something bad happens to someone and you have no sympathy ) to be deserved by someone ◆ “I feel sick .” “It serves you right for eating so much .” 🔑 right right 3 /raɪt noun
➤ not left side 右面 [uncountable the right side or direction ◆ We live in the first house on the right .◆ If you look slightly to your right , you will see the Rocky Mountains in the distance . OPP left [countable a turn to the right , or a street or road on the right ◆ Make a right at the next intersection .◆ Take the first right after the gas station .➤ something morally good 正当的事 [uncountable what is morally good and fair ◆ Children learn about right and wrong from a very early age . OPP wrong ➤ moral / legal claim 正当／合法要求 [countable a thing that you are allowed to do according to the law ◆ In the U .S ., citizens have the right to vote at 18 .◆ Freedom of speech is one of the basic human rights .◆ civil rights (= the rights each person has to political and religious freedom , etc . [uncountable right to sth / to do sth a moral authority to do something ◆ You have no right to tell me what to do .➤ politics 政治 the right (also the Right [singular (politics政治 ) the people or political parties who support low taxes , very little government control over businesses and strict , traditional moral behavior OPP left ● in your own right because of what you are yourself and not because of other people ◆ She's a very wealthy woman in her own right (= not only because she married someone who is rich .● within your rights (to do sth )acting in a reasonable or legal way ◆ You are perfectly within your rights to demand to see your lawyer .right right 4 /raɪt verb
[transitive to return to a normal position ◆ The boat tipped over and then righted itself again .● right a wrong to do something to correct an unfair situation , or something bad that you have done
