corrective /kəˈrɛktɪv/

• 1. 

  ADJ Corrective measures or techniques are intended to put right something that is wrong. 纠正性的

  例：

  Scientific institutions have been reluctant to take corrective action.

  科学机构一直都不愿采取纠正的行动。

• 2. 

  N-COUNT If something is a corrective to a particular view or account, it gives a more accurate or fairer picture than there would have been without it. 匡正 [正式]

  例：

  ...a useful corrective to the mistaken view that all psychologists are behaviourists.

  …对所有心理学家都是行为主义者这一错误观点的有效匡正。