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rights /raɪts/► SEE ALLby rightsput/set sth to rights within your rightsbang to rights
●by ˈrightsaccording to what should happen or what you would expect 按理；合情合理地◆By rights I should feel sorry for shouting at her, but I don’t.
按理说，对她嚷嚷，我该觉得抱歉，可是我没有。●put/set sth to ˈrightscorrect a situation, especially one which is unfair; put things in their right places or right order 纠正（尤指不公正的状况）；收拾；恢复秩序◆As a young politician, she wanted to set the world to rights.
作为一个年轻的从政者，她想使整个世界都变得公正有序。◆It took me ages to put things to rights after the workmen had left.
工人们走了以后，我花了很长时间才把东西收拾好。● within your ˈrightshaving the moral or legal right to do sth 有权做某事◆They were acting perfectly within their rights when they refused to let you into their house.
他们完全有权拒绝让你进屋。●bang to ˈrights (BrE) (NAmE dead to ˈrights) (informal) in the act of committing a crime, so that you cannot claim to be innocent 当场；在犯罪的过程中◆We’ve got you bang to rights handling stolen property.我们当场发现你在销赃。 |