Definition

Verb: - To amend, to correct and supplement: Refers to the action of adding missing information or correcting errors in a document, plan, or process to make it complete and accurate.

Usage Examples

• Verb:
  • Phát hiện sai sót để bổ cứu kịp thời. (To spot mistakes and omissions to promptly amend them.)
  • Cần bổ cứu những thiếu sót trong bản báo cáo. (It is necessary to amend the shortcomings in the report.)
  • Hội đồng đã tiến hành bổ cứu dự thảo luật. (The council proceeded to amend the draft law.)

Advanced Usage

• Phương pháp bổ cứu: Amending measures; corrective methodology.
  • Áp dụng các phương pháp bổ cứu hiệu quả. (To apply effective amending measures.)

Variants and Related Words

• Bổ sung (verb): To supplement, to add. (Focuses more on adding what is missing rather than correcting errors.)
• Chỉnh sửa (verb): To edit, to revise. (A broader term for making changes, not necessarily implying the addition of missing parts.)
• Hiệu chỉnh (verb): To adjust, to calibrate. (Often used in technical contexts.)

Synonyms

• Sửa chữa: To repair, to fix. (Can be used figuratively for documents/plans.)
• Cải chính: To make a correction, to rectify. (Often used for official corrections in statements or texts.)

Notes on Meaning

• Specific Context: The word 'bổ cứu' is formal and is primarily used in official, academic, or legal contexts related to documents, regulations, plans, or reports. It combines the ideas of supplementing () and rescuing/correcting (), implying an action that fixes flaws by adding necessary elements.
• Nuance: It emphasizes not just correcting a mistake () but doing so by providing what was missing or inadequate, thus "rescuing" the document from being incomplete or incorrect.

verb

1. To amend
   • phát hiện sai sót để bổ cứu kịp thời
     to spot mistakes and omissions to promptly amend them
   • phương pháp bổ cứu
     amending measures