correctional

IPA/kəˈrekʃənl/
KK[kɚˈɛkʃənəl]IPA/kəˈrekʃənl/

correctional — 形容詞

  • correctionalpositive
  • more correctionalcomparative
  • most correctionalsuperlative

1. used for prisons, prison staff, or official programs that punish offenders and h

1.形容詞C2
釋義

矯正的

與監獄處遇、犯人矯治有關

used for prisons, prison staff, or official programs that punish offenders and help change their behavior.

例句

Mira started work as a nurse at the state correctional facility.

Mira 開始在州立矯正機構擔任護理師。

collocation: correctional facility

Two correctional officers checked the visitors' bags at the front gate.

兩名矯正人員在大門口檢查訪客的提袋。

collocation: correctional officer

常見搭配
  • correctional facility
  • correctional officer
  • correctional institution
  • correctional program
  • correctional system
同義詞
  • penal

    stresses punishment and legal penalties more than treatment or rehabilitation

  • prison

    is the everyday modifier for places or staff connected with a prison, and sounds less official

  • rehabilitative

    focuses on helping offenders improve, not on the institution as a whole

文法句型

correctional facility

correctional officer

correctional institution

correctional program

correctional system

用法筆記

Usually placed before a noun, especially in institutional phrases such as correctional facility, correctional officer, and correctional program. It is mainly used in legal or government contexts, not for ordinary classroom or workplace correction.

常見錯誤

She works in a correction office.
She works in a correctional facility.
correctional is the adjective used for prisons and offender-treatment institutions; correction is not used that way before facility.

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常用片語

  • correctional facility
  • correctional officer
  • correctional institution
  • correctional program
  • correctional system