corrective
adjective /kəˈrektɪv/
/kəˈrektɪv/
(formal)- designed to make something right that was wrong before
改正的;纠正的;矫正的 - We need to take corrective action to halt this country's decline.
我们得采取纠偏行动来阻止这个国家的衰落。 - corrective measures
纠偏措施 - corrective surgery/glasses
矫正外科/眼镜
Collocations DictionaryCorrective is used with these nouns:- action
- measure
词源mid 16th cent.: from French correctif, -ive or late Latin correctivus, from Latin correct- ‘brought into order’ from the verb corrigere ‘make straight, bring into order’, from cor- ‘together’ + regere ‘guide’. - We need to take corrective action to halt this country's decline.