corrective
corrective — 形容詞
1. taken or designed to fix a problem, mistake, or weakness in a system, process, o
改正
旨在改善問題或情況的
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.
顧客投訴產品有問題後，該公司採取了改正措施。
collocation: corrective measures / corrective action
Vivek received corrective feedback from his manager on how to improve his weekly reports.
Vivek 從主管那裡收到了如何改善週報的改正意見。
Following the data breach, the firm implemented corrective actions to protect user privacy.
資料外洩事件發生後，該公司實施了改正行動以保護用戶隱私。
The school created a corrective plan for students falling behind in mathematics.
學校為數學進度落後的學生制定了一套改正計畫。
Government officials announced corrective steps to address the rising cost of urban housing.
政府官員宣布了改正措施，以應對城市住房成本上漲的問題。
- 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
矯治
治療身體問題或病況的
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.
膝蓋痛了好幾年之後，Quan 終於決定接受矯治手術。
medical domain: corrective surgery
Naoko's eye doctor recommended corrective lenses after her vision became noticeably worse.
Naoko 的眼科醫師在她的視力明顯變差後，建議她配戴矯治鏡片。
collocation: corrective lenses
Andrés wore a corrective brace on his back every night for six months.
Andrés 每天晚上必須在背部戴上矯治護具，持續了六個月。
A set of corrective exercises helped Inês recover from her shoulder injury within weeks.
一組矯治運動幫助 Inês 在數週內從肩膀傷勢中復原。
The hospital now offers corrective procedures for patients with chronic spinal conditions.
該醫院現在為慢性脊椎疾病患者提供矯治療程。
- 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 — 名詞
1. something — such as a measure, a piece of information, or a new rule — that help
矯正
改善情況的方法或手段
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.
這項新法律是對先前不公平招聘制度的一項矯正。
pattern: a corrective to [something]
Eshe's honest criticism was a useful corrective to the team's overly optimistic forecast.
Eshe 誠實的批評是對團隊過於樂觀預測的一項有效矯正。
This report is intended as a corrective to widespread misinformation about climate change.
這份報告旨在矯正關於氣候變遷的廣泛錯誤資訊。
The scholarship programme acts as a corrective to social inequality in higher education.
該獎學金計畫是對高等教育中社會不平等現象的一項矯正。
The new parks were a corrective to the city's poorly planned development.
這些新公園是對該市規劃不當的都市發展的一項矯正。
- 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.