members of a group社团的；全体的；共同的：
corporate
respon^biH^y■共同的责任 .corporate 'raider noun (business a person or company that regularly buys
large numbers of shares in other companies against their wishes, either to
control them or to sell them again for a large profit 公司掠夺者
(经常强行大量购买其他公司股份时个人或公司，以对其 加以控制或I高价出售贏利）
corporation
/.koipa'reij'n;
NAmE ,ko:rp-/ noun 1 (abbr. Corp.) a large business company;:.(:大.）公司：multi- nationaZ corporations 跨国公司◊ t/ie G7irys!er
corporation 克莱麻勒公司 2 an organization or a group of organizations that is
recognized by law as a single unit 法人；法人团体：urban development corporations 城市 开发集团公司
3 (阶£) a group of people elected to govern a
large town or city and provide public services 市政委员会
.corporation
tax noun [u] (Br£) a tax that companies pay on
their profits 公甸税
corporat-ism /'ko^aratizam; NAmE 'koirp-/ noun [u] the control of a country,
etc. by large groupjs, especially businesses社团主义(:以产业社团.奪作为政治代表机关支
配人良的活动）
cor-porat-or /'ko:pareit0(r); NAmE 'koirp-/ noun (
市政当局成员
corporeal
/koi'poirial;
NAmE koir'p-/ adj. (formal) 1 that can be touched;
physical rather than spiritual 物
质的；有形的；实体的：his co/poreai presence他的大每
亲临2 of or for the body身体的；肉体的；，身体所需的： corporeal needs身体的需要
corps
/kD：(r)/ noun
{pi. corps /koa; NAmE ko:rz/) [C+sing./pl. v.] 1 a large unit of an
army, consisting of two or more divisions
(由两个或两个以上师组成的）
军，.兵团：the .commander 〇/ the third army corps 陆军 _三军团的指挥官
2 one
of the groups of an army with a special responsibility (陆军）特命部队：the Royd A；7ny Medicd 英倒皇家陆军医疗部3 a. group of
people involved in a particular job or activity (从拿某 jLW ^ m ). CA ： a corpi of trained
and experienced doctors —队训练有素并富有经验的医生
—see
also diplomatic corps, press corps corps de baMet /,ko: da 'baelei; NAmE ,ko:r da bae'lei/ noun [C+sing./pl. v.] (from French) dancers in a ballet company who dance together as a group (草葷舞团
的）群舞演员
corpse /koips; NAmE koirps/ noun, verb
mnoun a dead body, especially of
a human P#; (
人的）死尸，尸首
■ verb [V, VN] (BrE, informal) (in the theatre) to suddenly be unable to
act, because you have forgotten your words or are laughing; to cause sb to do
this (使戏剧演员因
忘记台词或止不住笑而）演出僵住
corpulent /'koipjalant; NAmE 'korrp-/ adj. (formal) (of a person A) fat. People say 'corpulenf
to avoid saying ‘fat’.发福的，福态的（委婉说法，与fat同义<)►cbrpu- lence noun [U]
corpus /'korpas;
NAmE 'koirpes/ noun {pi. cor.pora /•ko:para; ’koirp-/ or cor.puses /-siz/) (tedm/.cfl/ 术 语）a collection of written or spoken texts r书面或口语
的）文集，文献，汇编；语料库：acorpuso/JOOmiWon words 〇/spoken 含有1亿单词的英语口语语料库
◊ the w/ioZe corpus 〇/Renaissance poetry 文艺复兴时期
诗歌的总汇一see also habeas
corpus corpuscle ./’ko:pAsl; _ko:rp-/ (flA7<?to/7?y
解） any of the red or white cells found in blood .(:紅或白） 血绿，血细胞：re<l/wWte corpusdes红乂白血$ corpus de-iicti /,ko:p0s di'liktai; NAmE ,ko:r-/ noun [sing.] {law W) 1 the circumstances in which a law is broken, and the facts relating to the case 犯罪构.成 (指构成犯罪的条件和事实）2 evidence that can be seen, for example a dead body犯罪事实的物证（如尸
体等）
corral /ka'ra:l; NAmE -'rael/ noun, verb m noun (in
TTzey
drove the ponies into a corraL 他们.把矮种马赶进了
畜栏。
• verb [VN] (-II-, NAmE also -I-) 1 to force horses or cows into a corral把（马或牛）赶入围栏（或关进畜栏）2 to gather a group of
people together and keep them in a particular place把（一群人）集中起来关在一起
correct
Ow /ka'rekt/
oc/y., verb
■
1 accurate or true, without any mistakes 准确无误
.的；精确的；、正确的
HTTl
right ：
Do you
have the correct
time?你的泰走得准吗？
◊
the correct, answer 正 确答案◊ P〖ease diecfc that these details are correct•请检 i这些细节是fe准确充诶。4 ◊ ‘Are you in charge here?， That’s correct.’ “你是这里的负责人吗？”
“是的。”
◊
Am I correct in saying that you know a lot about wine? 你对酒了解颇深，我说得对吧？ EEQincorrect
o note
at true
2 right and suitable, so that sth is done as it should be done 恰当的■; ■■合适的：Do you fcnoiv the correct
way to shut the machine down?你知道这:台机器
该怎么:关馬？◊ 7 fhinfc you’ve made the correct decision. 我认为徐W决定是正确的。：note at right 3 taking
care to speak or behave in a way that follows the accepted standards or rules (举止肓;谈）符合公认准则
的，得体的：a correct young 〖ady举止得体知年轻妥士
◊
ffe is ahvays very correct in his speech•他说话总是很有分 寸。Pnn incorrect — see also politically correct ► cor-rect-ly adv. ： Have you speZted if correctly?你把它 拼写'对了
鸱？◊ rearmed,
correctZy, that she was
away /or the weefcend.他们的推断没错，她出去度周末
了。.. 0 He was ioofcin^ correctly
grave.他表情严肃得体。
cor-rect-ness noun [U] ： The correctness of this decision may
be doubted.此项决定是否正确值得怀疑。—see also political correctness see present adj.
u verb 1 [VN] to make sth right or
accurate, for example by changing it or removing mistakes 改正；纠正；
修正：Read through your work and correct any mistakes thatyou/ind.从头至尾看一遍你们的作业，发现的错误都
要改正过.来。◊ TVieir eyesight can
be corrected in just a /ew minutes by the 〇/a laser•他们的视力用激免只要
几分钟就可‘矫正。◊ They
issued a statement correcting t/ie one th^y had made earner.他们发表了一份声明，更
正早先声明中的错误。2
[VN]
(of a teacher教!Jl^) to mark the mistakes in a piece of
work (and sometimes give a mark/grade to the work).批改；改：■ J spent aH evening
correcting essays.我整个曉上知在也改论it。3 to tell sb that they have made a mistake
指出错误：[VN] Correct me ifVm
wrong, but isnrt this lastyeafs brochure? 是去年的小册子吗？若是我说错了就请指出。◊ Ves, youYe
right — I stand corrected (= I accept that I made a mistake).是的，你说得对。承蒙你指正。o[VN speech] ‘ft’s Vates,
not Wates,’she corrected him.; “那是 Yates 而 不是Wates。”她纠企他道。[also
V speech]
correction /ka'rekjn/
noun,
exclamation
■
noun 1 M a change that maices sth more
accurate than it was ■ before'玫正；纠正；修正：J’ve made a /ew smaH
corrections to your report.莪对你的报告作了/l灶小的修 改。'
The
paper had to publish a correction to the story. 这家报纸不得不对这則新闻报道发一个$正。2 [U] the act or process of
correcting sth‘改正的行动{或过程）： There are some programming errors that need
correction. 有一些程序错误需要改正。3
[U] (oW如5心nerf)
punish- ment 惩罚]处罚'；惩治：the
correction 〇/
yoiing ojQFemim对失足青少年的管教
m exclamation (informal) used when you want to correct sth that you
have just said (想纠正刚说过的话时用）改
正，更正：I donY know. Correction—I
do know, but Vm not goi叩to teH you.我不知道。不，我知道不假.但不
打算告诉<你。
cor-rec-tion-al /ka'rekjanl/
adj. [only before noun] {especially NAmE) concerned with improving tJie behaviour of
criminals，usually by punishing them 改造的：acorrec- tional center/institution/facility
(= a prison)
correction fluid noun [U] a white liquid that you
use to cover mistakes that you make when you are writing or typing, and .that
you can write on top of 涂改液；修 正奋
一
picture
o stationery —see also Tippex, Witeout
corrective /ka'rektrv/
adj., noun
adj. (formal) designed
to make sth right that was wrong before改正的；纠正的；矫正的：We need to tafce