redress
verb /rɪˈdres/
/rɪˈdres/
(formal)动词形式
Idioms | present simple I / you / we / they redress | /rɪˈdres/ /rɪˈdres/ |
| he / she / it redresses | /rɪˈdresɪz/ /rɪˈdresɪz/ |
| past simple redressed | /rɪˈdrest/ /rɪˈdrest/ |
| past participle redressed | /rɪˈdrest/ /rɪˈdrest/ |
| -ing form redressing | /rɪˈdresɪŋ/ /rɪˈdresɪŋ/ |
- redress something to correct something that is unfair or wrong
纠正；矫正；改正 - to redress an injustice
纠正不公
- Attempts were made to redress some of the injustices of the previous regime.
作了一些尝试去纠正过去政权下不公平的事。 - The king did little to redress the grievances of the people.
国王没有采取什么措施来解决人民的不满。
Collocations DictionaryRedress is used with these nouns as the object:- balance
- grievance
- imbalance
- …
词源Middle English: the verb from Old French redresser; the noun via Anglo-Norman French redresse. - to redress an injustice
Idioms
redress the balance
- to make a situation equal or fair again
恢复公平合理的情况；恢复平衡 - For years poorer children have had to put up with a lower quality education, and now is the time to redress the balance.
多年来，较贫困的儿童不得不接受较差的教育，现在是扭转这一不公平状况的时候了。
- For years poorer children have had to put up with a lower quality education, and now is the time to redress the balance.