right, correct
这两个词意思相同,都表示“正确”,多数情况下可互换。例如:
Your answer is right〔correct〕.你的答案是正确的。它们的区别是：
1.correct含有按标准或规则往往是“正确”的意味; 而right含有按道德规范往往是“正确”的意味。例如:
This sentence is grammatically correct but idiomatically wrong.这句话从语法上讲是对的,但不符合习惯用法。
I don't think it's right to leave children alone in a house.我认为把小孩独自留在房里是不对的。
2.right有“正常的”“正义的”“井井有条的”等意思,而correct没有。例如:
He invited the right persons.他邀请了该请的客人。
下面各句意思相同:
She was right to refuse.
It was right of her to refuse.
It was right for her to refuse.
It was right that she should refuse.
她拒绝是正确的。
right, rightly
这两个词在意思上基本相同。它们的区别是：
1.在修饰全句时要用rightly而不用right。例如:
Quite rightly,Fannie referred the complaint to the director.芬尼把一肚子苦水向主任倾诉这是完全正确的。
2.如果修饰的是动词,两者都可以使用,但right要放在动词之后,而rightly多放在动词之前。例如:
If I remember right,Robert died two years ago.要是我没记错的话,罗伯特两年前就去世了。
These prisoners were rightly punished for their crimes.这些犯人罪有应得。
3.修饰介词短语时要用right,不用rightly。例如:
The nail went right through the plank.钉子恰好钉穿木板。
4.修饰另一个形容词或副词,要用right,不用rightly。而且,这样使用时, right要放在另一个副词之前。例如:
The policeman has knocked the blackguard right out.民警已把这个坏蛋打倒在地。
5.right作为副词,可以用在介词短语之前,意思是“正好”, rightly不能这样用。例如:
The snowball hit him right on the nose.雪球正好打在他鼻子上。
right away, at once, directly, immediately, instantly, presently
这组词(组)共同的意思是“立即”“马上”。它们的区别在于:
1.at once主要指动作迅速,但中间多有一段距离,且at once比immediately意味更强。例如:
I'm leaving for Rome at once.我马上去罗马。
He gave orders for the work to be started at once.他下令立即开始那项工作。
2.immediately侧重指时间“紧接着”。例如:
I came immediately after I'd eaten.吃过饭我立即就来了。
Please close your books immediately and answer these questions.请立即合上书,回答这些问题。
I left immediately when the clock struck twelve.钟刚打12点我就离去了。
3.right away经常出现在美式英语中。例如:
I'll do it right away.我立即去办。
He had written down a list of things to do right away.他已写下须立即做的事情。
Don't expect them to approve of the design right away.不能期望他们马上批准这项设计。
4.instantly也是指动作迅速,但它更强调的是同时发生,中间有很短的距离或无距离。例如:
The electrician went instantly in answer to the phone call.电工师傅一接到电话马上就去了。
He was killed instantly in a car accident.在车祸中,他当场死亡。
5.directly强调“直接地”,多与“迂回绕过”相对。例如:
Whether he sailed directly across the bay or coasted round it is uncertain.他是径直驶过海湾,还是沿海岸迂回绕过的,现在还无法确知。
6.presently强调过一会再去做某事。例如:
I will do the dishes presently, but I want to finish the story first.我过一会去洗碟子,不过我想得先看完这篇故事。
下面各组中两个短语意思不同:
on the right 在右边
on one's right 在某人的右边
to the right 向右边
to the right of 朝…的右方
on the right 在右边
to the right 向右边
下面两句意思相同:
He knows the right from the wrong.
He knows right from wrong.
他知道对错。
accurate，exact，precise，right，true，correct
这些形容词都含“准确的，正确的”之意。
accurate指通过谨慎的努力达到符合事实或实际，侧重不同程度的准确性，与事实无出入。
exact着重在质与量方面的准确，语气比accurate强。
precise侧重极端准确，更强调细节的精确无误。
right使用广泛，可与这些词中的correct换用，但常暗示道德、理解、行动等方面的正确。
true暗指绝对准确，尤指复制品与原件丝毫不差。
correct最常用词，主要指按一定标准或规则来衡量，没有谬误和差错或无缺点错误。
right，privilege
这两个名词都含“权利”之意。
right普通用词，指某人或某物拥有符合法律、道义或道德的权利。
privilege指特许或恩施的权利，也指一般人或物所没有的有利条件。
very，right，just
三者都含有“正好；就是”之意。
very是形容词，用来修饰名词，位于the, this，my等限定词后。
right作副词，用来修饰谓语（常为动词be）或作状语的介词短语等，须放在the, this，my等限定词之前。
just作副词与right类似。
