corrective
corrective — adjective
1. taken or designed to fix a problem, mistake, or weakness in a system, process, o
taken or designed to fix a problem, mistake, or weakness in a system, process, or situation
The company took corrective measures after customers complained about the faulty products.
collocation: corrective measures / corrective action
Vivek received corrective feedback from his manager on how to improve his weekly reports.
Following the data breach, the firm implemented corrective actions to protect user privacy.
The school created a corrective plan for students falling behind in mathematics.
Government officials announced corrective steps to address the rising cost of urban housing.
- remedial
more limited to learning, teaching, or repair contexts (remedial classes, remedial work on a building)
- rectifying
more formal, focuses on making something right that was unjust or incorrect
- reformative
emphasises fundamental change rather than a quick fix, often used in legal or social contexts
文法句型
corrective + noun
用法筆記
Used only before a noun. Common in formal, business, educational, and administrative writing. Often appears in set phrases such as corrective action, corrective measures, and corrective steps.
常見錯誤
2. relating to medical treatment or a device that fixes a physical problem or makes
relating to medical treatment or a device that fixes a physical problem or makes a part of the body work properly
After years of knee pain, Quan finally decided to have corrective surgery.
medical domain: corrective surgery
Naoko's eye doctor recommended corrective lenses after her vision became noticeably worse.
collocation: corrective lenses
Andrés wore a corrective brace on his back every night for six months.
A set of corrective exercises helped Inês recover from her shoulder injury within weeks.
The hospital now offers corrective procedures for patients with chronic spinal conditions.
- therapeutic
broader — relates to healing or treatment in general, not only structural correction
- curative
focuses on curing a disease rather than fixing a physical structure
文法句型
corrective + noun (medical term)
用法筆記
Used only before a noun. Primarily appears in medical contexts. Common with nouns for procedures (surgery, procedure, operation), devices (lenses, brace, device), and therapies (exercises, therapy).
常見錯誤
corrective — noun
1. something — such as a measure, a piece of information, or a new rule — that help
something — such as a measure, a piece of information, or a new rule — that helps make a bad situation better or balances an unfair or mistaken state of affairs
The new law served as a corrective to the previous unfair hiring system.
pattern: a corrective to [something]
Eshe's honest criticism was a useful corrective to the team's overly optimistic forecast.
This report is intended as a corrective to widespread misinformation about climate change.
The scholarship programme acts as a corrective to social inequality in higher education.
The new parks were a corrective to the city's poorly planned development.
- remedy
more general and common; sounds less formal than corrective
- antidote
figurative use — suggests counteracting something harmful or poisonous (an antidote to boredom)
- countermeasure
focuses on neutralising a threat or risk rather than correcting a past mistake
- cause
a cause creates a problem; a corrective fixes it
- aggravator
something that makes a bad situation worse
文法句型
corrective + to + noun phrase
用法筆記
Almost always followed by to + noun phrase that names the problem being corrected. The word sounds formal and is more common in writing than in everyday speech.