This is the 12661st most frequent Korean word.
대책이었다
"It was a countermeasure."
Here, '대책이었다' indicates that a particular strategy or measure was the best solution in the past for a specific problem or situation.
이 문제를 해결하기 위한 최선의 대책이었다.
It was the best measure to solve this problem.
In this context, '대책이었다' is used to discuss a hypothetical past measure or choosing an alternate plan that could have impacted the outcome.
그 대책이었다면 결과가 달라졌을 거예요.
If it had been that measure, the results would have been different.
Here, '대책이었다' emphasizes consensus regarding a certain action plan or response that was presented.