① right作副词可表示“正确地,对;好,合适地;正当地,公正地;正,恰恰”。
It's none of your business whether he acts right or wrong. 他的行为合适与否,不关你的事。
He turned up right after supper. 他吃过晚饭就来了。
The snowball hit him right on the nose. 雪球恰好击中他的鼻子。
② rightly意为“正确地,公正地”,正式用词。
The decision was rightly made by the committee. 决定由委员会正确做出。
He was punished,and rightly. 他受到了惩罚,公正的惩罚。
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right作“正确地”解时,多用于非正式谈话中,并且只用于动词之后。另外,表示“向右,向右边”只能用right。
It serves him right. 他活该。
She turned right at the corner. 她在拐角处向右拐。