NW Week 3

Question 1

nefarious

Answer 1

adj criminal; immoral (hung ác; bất chính)

nefarious reason; nefarious activities

Question 2

imminent

Answer 2

adj likely to happen very soon (esp. st unpleasant) (sắp xảy ra đến nơi)

The system is in imminent danger of collapse.

Question 3

intermitten

Answer 3

adj stopping and starting often over a period of time, but not regularly; sporadic (đứt đoạn, gián đoạn, ngắt quãng, theo cơn, theo hồi)

Protests continued intermittenly throughout November.

Question 4

implicate

Answer 4

v “(+sb (in st)) show or suggest that sb is involved in st bad or criminal, incriminate; (lôi kéo, làm liên can vào, làm dính líu vào, làm vướng vào

(+st (in/as st)) show or suggest that st is the cause of st bad (ẩn ý, ngụ ý, bao hàm, ám chỉ?)

He tried to avoid saying anything that could implicate him further.

The results implicate poor hygiene as one cause of the outbreak.

Senior officials were implicated in the scandal.