These words all describe sth that cannot be doubted as fact and includes no mistakes. 以上各词均指某事确实、真实、确切。

• true connected with facts rather than things that have been invented or guessed 指合乎事实的、确实的、如实的：◆Are the following statements true or false? 下列说法是对还是错？◆Is it true (that) she's leaving? 她要走是真的吗？
• right that is true and cannot be doubted as a fact 指正确的、真实的：◆I got about half the answers right. 我的回答约有一半是正确的。◆What's the right time? 现在的准确时间是几点？
• correct right according to the facts and without any mistakes 指准确无误的、正确的：◆Only one of the answers is correct. 这些答案中只有一个是正确的。◆Check that all the details are correct. 检查所有这些细节是否准确无误。

right or correct? 用 right 还是 correct？

• Correct is more formal than right and is more likely to be used in official or formal instructions or documents. * correct 较 right 正式，更多用于官方或正式的说明或文件中。

Patterns

• right/correct about sb/sth
• the true/right/correct answer
• the right/correct time

Conceding a point and making a counter-argument 承认一个观点的正确性，并提出一个对立的观点

• ◆ While the film is undoubtedly too long, it is nevertheless an intriguing piece of cinema. 虽然这部电影的确太长了，但它不失为一部有趣的影片。
• ◆ It can be argued that the movie is too long. It is nonetheless an intriguing piece of cinema. 可以认为这部电影太长了，但它不失为一部有趣的影片。
• ◆The film is undoubtedly too long. Still, it is an intriguing piece of cinema. 这部电影的确太长了，但它仍不失为一部有趣的影片。
• ◆ Of course, huge chunks of the book have been sacrificed in order to make a two-hour movie, but it is nevertheless a successful piece of storytelling. 当然，为了制作一部两小时的电影，该书中的大部分内容都被舍弃了，不过它仍不失为一部成功的故事片。
• ◆Critics are wrong to argue that the film's plot is too complicated. Certainly there are a couple of major twists, but audiences will have no difficulty following them. 批评家认为这部电影的情节过于复杂，这种观点是不恰当的。影片中确实有几次大的情节变化，但观众还是不难看懂的。
• ◆ It is true that you cannot make a good movie without a good script, but it is equally true that a talented director can make a good script into an excellent film. 的确，没有好的剧本不可能拍出好的电影，但有天赋的导演能将较好的剧本制作成非常好的电影，这一点也是没有疑问的。
• ◆ It remains to be seen whether these two movies herald a new era of westerns, but there is no doubt that they represent welcome additions to the genre. 这两部电影是否预示着西部片新时代的来临还有待观察。但是毫无疑问，它们作为这一电影类型的新作而受到欢迎。