Giải Thích Từ Vựng Unit 2
Giải Thích Từ Vựng Unit 2
47. ignorant (adj) - not having or showing much knowledge or - không được ăn học, giáo dục,
/ˈɪɡnərənt/ information about things; not educated ngu dốt
48. inattentive - not paying attention to - không chú ý
(adj) something/somebody
/ˌɪnəˈtentɪv/
49. intellectual - connected with or using a person’s ability - thuộc về đầu óc, trí tuệ
(adj) to think in a logical way and understand
/ˌɪntəˈlektʃuəl/ things
SYNONYM: mental
50. intelligent (adj) - good at learning, understanding and - thông minh
ɪnˈtelɪdʒənt/ thinking in a logical way about things;
showing this ability
51. intensive (adj) - involving a lot of work or activity done in - tập trung
/ɪnˈtensɪv/ a short time
52. knowledgeable - knowing a lot - có hiểu biết, có kiến thức
(adj) SYNONYM: well- informed
/ˈnɒlɪdʒəbl/
53. lecture (v, n) - to give a talk or a series of talks to a group - giảng bài
/ˈlektʃə(r)/ of people on a subject, especially as a way
of teaching in a university or college
- a talk that is given to a group of people to - bài giảng
teach them about a particular subject, often
as part of a university or college course
54. mock exam (n) - an examination, esp in a school, taken as - thi thử
/mɒk / /ɪɡˈzæm/ practice before an official examination
55. plagiarise (v) - to copy another person’s ideas, words or - đạo văn
/ˈpleɪdʒəraɪz/ work and pretend that they are your own
PHRASAL VERBS
1. brush up (on) - to improve your knowledge of something - cải thiện, ôn lại, ôn tập
already learned but partly forgotten:
2. come a(round) - to change your opinion of something, often - thay đổi quan điểm, ý định ( vì
to influenced by another person's opinion. bị ảnh hưởng bởi quan điểm của
người khác
3. come up with - to suggest or think of an idea or plan - nghĩ ra ( ý kiến, kế hoạch)
4. face up to - to accept that a difficult situation exists - chấp nhận, đối mặt
5. figure out - to understand or solve something - hiểu, giải quyết cái gì
6. hit upon - to think of an idea when you didn't expect or - bất chợ nghĩ ra
intend to, especially one that solves a
problem
7. make out - see, hear or understand s.o or sth with - thấy, nghe, hiểu / đề nghị/ ám
difficulties/ suggest/ imply chỉ
8. mull over - to spend time thinking carefully about a plan - xem xét kĩ, cân nhắc
or proposal
SYNONYM: consider
9. piece together - to understand a story, situation, etc. by - hiểu được, biết được ( bằng
taking all the facts and details about it and cách gom, tổng hợp dữ liệu)
putting them together
10. puzzle out - to find the answer to a difficult or confusing - tìm ra câu trả lời
problem by thinking carefully
SYNONYM: work out
11. read up ( on/ - to read a lot about a subject - đọc nhiều ( về 1 chủ đề)
about)
12. swot up (on) - to study a particular subject very hard, - nghiên cứu, ôn kĩ
especially in order to prepare for an exam
13. take in - to understand or remember something that - hiểu, nhớ cái gì vừa nghe, đọc
you hear or read - lừa ai
- to make somebody believe something that is - cho ai ở nhờ
not true
- to allow somebody to stay in your home
14. think over - to consider something carefully, especially - xem xét kĩ trước quyết định
before reaching a decision
15. think through - to consider a problem or a possible course - xem xét kĩ
of action fully
16. think up - invent or imagine sth, especially an excuse - bịa, tưởng tượng
IDIOMS
1. go to your head - If something goes to someone's head, it - nghĩ rằng, ảo tưởng rằng mình
makes that person think that they are very quan trọng hơn người khác
important and makes them a less pleasant
person
2. have/ keep your - be able to think quickly and make - có thể suy nghĩ nhanh và đưa ra
wits about you sensible decisions quyết định hợp lí
3. in the dark (about) - not knowing much about sth because - không biết cái gì (vì người khác
other people keep it secret from you giấu bạn)
4. know what's what - If you know what's what, you have a lot - biết rõ, hiểu rõ
of experience and can judge people and
situations well
5. not have a leg to - to be in a situation in which you cannot - không có cách nào chứng minh
stand on prove something: rằng bạn đúng.
6. Not see the wood - to be unable to get a general - không nhìn thấy đại cuộc vì quá
for the trees understanding of a situation because you chú trọng tiểu tiết.
are too worried about the details
7. Put two and two - to guess the truth about a situation from - đoán được sự thật dựa vào điều
together what you have seen or heard. mh thấy và nghe.
8.Quick/ slow on the - If someone is quick/slow on the uptake, - hiểu vấn đề nhanh/ khó khăn
uptake they understand things easily/with
difficulty
9. Ring a bell - to sound familiar - nhớ mang máng
10. Round the bend - mentally confused or unable to act in a - trở nên điên khùng, không thể
reasonable way// hành động đúng đắn.
to become crazy
11. Split hairs - to argue about small details of something - tranh luận về những điều nhỏ
nhặt
12. Take stock (of) - to think carefully about a situation or - suy nghĩ kĩ, xem xét kĩ, cân nhắc
event and form an opinion about it, so that
you can decide what to do.
13. To say the least - used to show that something is worse or - ít nhất
more serious than you are actually saying
COLLOCATIONS
1. account for - to be the explanation or - giải thích
cause of something
SYNONYM: explain
2. (give) an - To recount information - kể lại, thuật lại
account of about someone or thông tin về ai đó.
Account something to one.
3. take into - to consider or remember - xem xét, cân nhắc
account something when judging a
= take into situation
consideration
4. take account - to consider something - g.
of when you are trying to make
a decision
5. on account of - because of something - bởi vì
6. by all accounts - according to what other - theo như mọi
people say người nói, theo như
thông tin thu được.
7. on one's - Because of or for the - vì lợi ích của ai đó
account benefit of someone else.
Associate 8. associate sth - to have a relationship with - có mối liên hệ, liên
with quan đến
9. (hang) in the - if something hangs in the - không chắc
balance balance, it is not certain what chuyện gì sẽ xảy ra.
will happen to it
Balance 10. strike a - to achieve a state in which - giữ thế cân bằng
balance different things occur in
equal or proper amounts or
have an equal or proper
amount of importance
11. upset the - =make it less equal or - mất sự cân bằng
balance correct - thay đổi tình
- redress the - to change a situation in huống để lấy lại cân
balance order to make things fair and bằng
equal - thay đổi, chuyển
- hướng sự cân bằng
change/alter/shi
ft the balance
12. balance - sự cân bằng giữa/
between/ of của
13. on balance - after considering the power - sau khi cân nhắc,
or influence of both sides of xem xét 2 mặt của 1
a question vấn đề.
14. off balance - likely to fall or be knocked - mất thăng bằng
down:
15. basis for - the most important facts, - nền tảng cho…
Basis ideas, etc. from which
something is developed
16. on a daily/ - hàng ngày/ tạm
temporary basis thời
17. on the basis - because of a particular fact - dựa vào, bởi vì ( cái
of or situation gì)
18. express - diễn tả niềm tin
belief(s)
Belief 19. belief in - a strong feeling that - niềm tin vào cái gì
something/somebody exists
or is true; confidence that
something/somebody is
good or right
20. contrary to - used to say that something - trái với suy nghĩ/
popular belief is true even though people quan điểm thông
believe the opposite thường
21. beyond - extremely surprising or - ngoài sức tưởng
belief unreasonable, so that you tượng, khó tin
cannot believe it
22. in the belief - believing that - với niềm tin rằng
that
23. popular/ - niềm tin phổ biến,
widely held/ vững chắc, ngày
widespread/ càng được củng cố
strong/ growing
belief
24. pick one's - to ask someone's advice - hỏi xin lời khuyên
brain about a subject the person của ai về chủ đề mà
knows a lot about họ biết rõ.
Brain 25. rack your - to think very hard - nghĩ kĩ, nghĩ nát óc
brain
26. the brains - the person responsible for - người đứng sau
behind inventing, developing, or
organizing something
27. brainless - stupid - ngu ngốc
28. brainchild - an idea or invention of one - ý tưởng, phát
(of) person or a small group of minh của ai
people
29. brainstorm - to all think about something - động não, nghĩ ra
at the same time, often in
order to solve a problem or
to create good ideas
30. brainwash - to force somebody to - tẩy não
accept your ideas or beliefs,
for example by repeating the
same thing many times or by
preventing the person from
thinking clearly
31. brainwave - a sudden good idea - ý tưởng bất chợt
32. bring sth to - to bring (something) to a - đi đến kết luận,
conclusion finish : to end (something) kết thúc
33. come to/ - đi đến kết luận
arrive at/ reach a
Conclusion conclusion
34. jum/ leap to - to make a decision about - vội vàng đi đến kết
conclusion something too quickly luận
without knowing all the facts
35. in conclusion - finally: - tóm lại là, cuối
cùng là
36. conclusion of - kết luận của cái gì
37. logical - kết luận logic, hợp
conclusion lí
38. foregone - a result that is obvious to - kết quả hiển nhiên
conclusion everyone even before it
happens
39. take into - xem xét, cân nhắc
consideration
Consideration 40. give - to spend some time - xem xét, cân nhắc
consideration to thinking about something kĩ cái gì
carefully
41. show - pay attention to the needs, - chú ý đến nhu cầu,
consideration wishes, or feelings of other nguyện vọng, cảm
for people. giác của người khác
42. under - being currently discussed or - đang được thảo
consideration deliberated luận
43.for sb's - For someone to think about - cho ai đó suy nghĩ,
consideration something. cân nhắc về điều gì
44. out of - On account of a kindly - nhờ vào sự cân
consideration regard or consideration for nhắc, tử tế của ai.
for someone or something else.
45. doubt that - nghi ngờ rằng
46. have your - to have questions or - nghi ngờ về ai/ cái
doubts about suspicions about someone or gì
something.
Doubt 47. cast doubt - to make people feel less - dấy lên nghi ngờ
on certain about something
48. raise doubts - make sb have doubts - làm cho ai nghi
ngờ
49. in doubt - do not know what to do - không biết phải
about it làm gì
50. doubt as to/ - không chắc chắn,
about nghi ngờ về
51. beyond (any) - without question : definitely - không nghi ngờ,
doubt chắc chắn
52. reasonable - sự nghi ngờ có cơ
doubt sở, hợp lí
53. without a - very definitely - rất chắc chắn
doubt
54. open to - not definite, and perhaps - không xác định, có
doubt not even likely lẽ k xảy ra
55. dream of/ - mơ về, muốn
about
56. have a dream - có ước mơ, có
mong muốn
Dream 57. a dream to - 1 giấc mơ đối với …
58. beyond your - to a degree or in a way you - không thể tin dc,
wildest dreams had never thought possible: như trong mơ, vượt
sức tưởng tượng
59. a dream - giấc mơ trở thành
comes true sự thật
60. in your - used for saying that - 1 điều không thể
dreams something is unlikely to xảy ra.
happen
‘I think she likes me’. ‘In your
dreams!’
61. like a dream - If something or someone - làm rất tốt.
does something like a dream,
they do it very well
62. focus on - to give a lot of attention to - tập trung, chú ý
one particular person,
Focus subject, or thing
63. the focus of/ - the main or central point of - trọng tâm, phần
for something, especially of chính
attention or interest
64. in focus - if a photograph or an - rõ ràng , rõ nét
instrument such as a camera
is in focus, you can see the
picture clearly.
65. out of focus - If it is out of focus, you - không rõ nét
cannot see the picture
clearly.
66. focus group - a group of people who have - nhóm thảo luận
been brought together to
discuss a particular subject in
order to solve a problem or
suggest ideas
67. main/ - trọng tâm chính/
primary/ major cơ bản
focus
68. have/ give - A failure to understand - hiểu sai
the (false) correctly
impression that
Impression 69. do an - an attempt at copying - bắt chước, nhại lại
impression of another person's manner
and speech, etc., especially in
order to make people laugh
70. create/ make - để lại ấn tượng
an impression on
sb
71. under the - to believe that something is - nhầm tưởng
impression that true when it is not
72. first - những ấn tượng
impressions đầu tiên
73. make a - to make a special effort to - cố gắng nhớ điều
mental note (of/ remember something gì
Mental about)
74. mental - calculations that you do in - tính nhẩm
arithmetic your mind, without writing
down any numbers
75. mental - bệnh liên quan
illness đến thay đổi tâm lí,
hành vi
76. mental age - A person's mental age is a - khả năng suy nghĩ
measurement of their ability ( so với tuổi)
to think when compared to
the average person's ability
at that age
77. mental - sức khỏe tâm thần
health
78. make up - decide - quyết định
one's mind
79. cross/ slip - If something slips your - quên
one's mind mind, you forget it
80. have/ bear in
- to remember to consider - nhớ xem xét cái gì
mind something when you are đó, nghĩ về cái gì đó
thinking about or doing
Mind something else
81. have a one- - to think about one - nghĩ về điều gì/
track mind particular thing and nothing không gì khác
else.
82. take one's - to stop you from worrying - làm cho ai đó
mind off or thinking about a problem ngừng lo lắng/ suy
or pain, often by forcing you nghĩ về cái gì ( bằng
to think about other things cách hướng sự suy
nghĩ về cái khác)
83. bring to mind - to make you remember - làm cho ai đó nhớ
something về cái gì
84. in two minds - unable to make a decision - lưỡng lự
about
85. on your mind - in your thought, or make - trong suy nghĩ,
you worry hoặc làm cho ai lo
lắng
86. state of - a person's mood and the - tâm trạng hiện tại
mindt effect that mood has on the
person’s thinking and
behavior
87. narrow/ - hẹp hòi/ cởi mở/
broad/ open/ đãng trí
absent-minded
Misapprehension 88. under the - a wrong idea about - hiểu nhầm, lầm
misapprehensio something, or something you tưởng
n that believe to be true that is not
true
Perspective 89. put into - to compare something to - so sánh cái này với
perspective other things so that it can be cái khác để có 1
accurately and fairly judged cách đánh giá chính
xác, công bằng
90. from - từ 1 phương diện/
another/ a khía cạnh khác
different
perspective
91. from the - từ khía cạnh,
perspective of phương diện của
92. in - theo góc nhìn,
perspective theo quan điểm
93. out of - the art of creating an effect - ngoài viễn cảnh /
perspective of depth and distance in a ngoài góc nhìn
picture by representing
people and things that are far
away as being smaller than
those that are nearer the
front
94. a sense of - sự đánh giá, xem
perspective xét các khía cạnh
95. have - có nguyên tắc
principles
96. stand by/ - act according to them, even - tuân thủ nguyên
stick to your when this is difficult tắc
principles
Principle 97. principle of - nguyên tắc của…
sth
98. principle that - nguyên tắc rằng…
99. in principle - used for saying that - Theo nguyên tắc,
something is possible in theo lí thuyết
theory, althought it has not
been tried.
100. a matter/ - because of moral beliefs - về vấn đề nguyên
issue of principle about right and wrong tắc đạo đức
101. against - trái với nguyên tắc
one's principle của ai
102. set of - loạt các nguyên
principles tắc đạo đức
103. beg the - If a statement or situation - dấy lên nghi vấn
question begs the question, it causes
you to ask a particular
question.
Question 104. raise the - đặt ra câu hỏi,
question of nghi vấn
105. no question - if there is no question of - không đời nào,
of something, it definitely will không thể
not happen
106. in question - being discussed - đang được thảo
luận
107. out of the - to be an event that cannot - không thể xảy ra
question possibly happen
108. without - without doubt : definitely - không nghi ngờ gì,
question chắc chắn
109. beyond - used for saying that - chắc chắn đúng
question something is definitely true
110. some - a feeling of doubt about sth - cảm giác nghi ngờ
question over/ về cái gì
as/ to/ about
111. awkward - one that is difficult or - câu hỏi khó trả lời/
question embarrassing to answer câu hỏi gây khó xử
112. sense that - a feeling about something - có cảm giác/ cảm
nhận rằng
113. make sense - to understand something - hiểu cái gì phức
of that is complicated or tạp và lạ thường
Sense unusual
114. have the - If you have a sense that - có cảm giác, cảm
sense to something is true or get a nhận cái gì đó đúng
sense that something is true,
you think that it is true.
115. come to - to begin to use good - bắt đầu đánh giá
your senses judgment
116. a sense of - giác quan
117. in a/ one - in one way : from one point - theo 1 cách nào
sense of view đó, 1 góc độ nào đó
118. common Nghĩa thông dụng
sense
119. side with sb - to agree with or support the - đứng về phía ai,
opinions or actions of ủng hộ ai
(someone)
120. take sides - to choose to support one - đứng về phía ai,
Side person or group in an phản đối ai
argument, and oppose the
other one
121. see both - to understand both of the - xem xét 2 khía
sides of an opinions or arguments in a cạnh trong cuộc
argument situation tranh luận
122. look on the - to find good things in a bad - lạc quan
bright side situation
123. on the plus/ - used to describe the more - điểm cộng/ trừ, ưu
minus side appealing or attractive part điểm, khuyết điểm
of something.
124. by sb's side - physically beside someone - bên cạnh ai đó
125. on sb's side - If you are on someone's - ủng hộ bên nào
side, you are supporting
them in an argument or a
war.
126. on either - on one side of something - bên này hoặc bên
side (of) and on the other side of it kia, mỗi bên
on either side of: There were
stone lions on either side of
the door.
127. set/ put sb - to make certain that - chắc chắn rằng ai
straight about someone knows the real đó biết được sự
facts about a situation thật của 1 tình
huống
Straight 128. set/ put the - to write or say something in - nói hoặc viết điều
record straight order to make the true facts gì để sự thật được
known biết đến.
129. get/ come - to talk directly about a - nói trực tiếp, nói
straight to the subject thẳng 1 chủ đề
point
130. get sth - To have a clear - hiểu rõ về cái gì
straight understanding of something.
131. think/ see - if you cannot think or see - nghĩ / thấy rõ ràng
straight straight, you cannot think or
see clearly
132. straight - talking in an honest and - nói thẳng
talking direct way
133. straight - câu trả lời thẳng
answer thắn
134. view sth as - to think about or consider a - xem cái gì như là…
subject or issue in a
particular way