Kap 1 Flashcards
innate (adj)
inborn (adj)
bẩm sinh
=> innate sense of sth: có ý thức bẩm sinh
discrimination (n)
sự phân biệt
-> age/ racial/ gender/ sex discrimination
=> to learn discrimination between right and wrong
cognition (n)
tư duy/ nhận thức
-> cognition prowess= learning capacity: khả năng tiếp thu
=> The connections between cognition and language seems to be similar in all country.
hinder (v)
cản trở
=> A political situation could harshly hinders the economic growth.
verbal ability
khả năng ngôn ngữ
language
Adolescents (n)
Teenager (n)
out score (adj)
out trình
Disparity (n)
sự khác biệt
=> The disparity between A and B
=> The wide disparity between rich and poor was highlighted
on a par with
A at the same level as B
=> The use of petroleum products in Japan was on a par with the figure for Hydro and Wind.
under perform (v)
= fail
ko đạt
biography (n)
tiểu sử
former- wife
= ex- wife
controversy (n)
điều gây tranh cãi
-> to cause/ arouse controversy: gây/ khởi động điều gây tranh cãi
-> controversy surrounding/ about sth : gây tranh cãi về điều gì
=> Public funding could resolve the controversy surrounding campaign finance.
anti- …>< pro-…
phản đối >< ủng hộ
fierce (adj)
strong feeling, thường dùng với violence
(mãnh liệt, mạnh mẽ)
=> Competition from abroad became fiercer in the 1990s
(khốc liệt hơn)
discrepancy (n)
= the difference
=> The reason for the discrepancy between boys and girl’s performance in school is …
metabolize (v)
chuyển hoá (TĂ -> TB + NL)
=> The liver is place where most drugs metabolize
cite (v)
trích dẫn, chỉ ra (source)
=> Many studies cite that the main factors of reducing physical and mental health stem from getting numerous of examinations and forcing under massive pressure of score results.
fickleness (n)
unfaithfulness
ko chung thuỷ/ hay thay đổi
=> The fickleness of English climate
(sự thay đổi chóng mặt)
endowed (v)
đc ban tặng
-> be endowed with: đc trời phú cái j (passive voice)
=> She was endowed with intelligence and wit (sự dí dỏm)
=> The stones are believed to be endowed with magical powers.
conjecture (n)
= Prediction/ Guessing: phỏng đoán
=> The truth of his conjecture was confirmed by the newspaper report.
emerge (v)
-> emergence (n)
become possible to see
dần xuất hiện
monopoly (n)
sự độc quyền
=> The company holds a monopoly of the raw material.
tremendous (adj)
khổng lồ/huge -> toà nhà
A tremendous amount of work has gone into the project.
invoke (v)
áp dụng, mention
-> invoke sth (laws, legislation…) ( to against sb)
áp dụng luật để chống lại ai
-> invoke sb (C1): kêu gọi ai
=> She invoke several eminent scholars to back up her arguments.
(học giả nổi tiếng)
