put right

1 IMPROVEto make a situation better, especially after someone has made a mistake or behaved badly 把某事纠正过来

He has a chance to put things right by admitting a mistake was made.

他还有机会扭转局面，那就是承认犯了错。

Examples from the Corpus

put something right• Larson has promised to put the city's finances right by the end of the year.

→ put something right at put(3)

2 (also set somebody straight/right)EXPLAIN to tell someone the true facts when they have made a mistake that annoys you 〔当某人犯了令人不悦的错误时〕说明事实真相

A young man was in here asking for ‘Miss’ Whalby, but I put him right on that one.

一名年轻男子来找威尔比“小姐”，不过我向他挑明他弄错了称呼。

→ put somebody straight/right at put(4)

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