Week 4 Flashcards
higher output
(Government statistics show the largest drop in industrial output for 10 years)
sản lượng cao hơn
competitiveness (n) /kəmˈpet.ɪ.tɪv.nəs/
the fact of being able to compete successfully with other companies, countries, organizations, etc.
1/It is only on the world market that we can prove the competitiveness and quality of our goods
2/It is not true there is a crisis in the country’s scientific or technological competitiveness.
3/It is not true there is a crisis in the country’s scientific or technological competitiveness.
khả năng cạnh tranh
Utilize (v) /ˈjuː.təl.aɪz/
to use something in an effective way
1/The investment strategy is utilized by experienced multinationals
2/ The library’s great collection allowed me to utilize many rare sources.
3/The vitamins come in a form that is easily utilized by the body.
Sử dụung
training correlate
đào tạo tương quan
competent (adj) /ˈkɒm.pɪ.tənt/
able to do something well
1/The government performed competently in the face of multiple challenges
2/a competent secretary/rider/cook
3/I wouldn’t say he was brilliant but he is competent at his job.
có thẩm quyền
disposable (adj) /dɪˈspəʊ.zə.bəl/
A disposable product is intended to be thrown away after use
1/daily disposable contact lenses
2/a disposable razor/syringe/needle/glove
3/High-tech gadgets have become disposable.
dùng 1 lần
disposable income
thu nhập còn lại sau khi đóng thuế
disposable resource
tài nguyên có sẵn
structural (adj) /ˈstrʌk.tʃər.əl/
relating to the way in which parts of a system or object are arranged
1/Storms have caused structural damage to hundreds of home
2/The political reforms have led to major structural changes in the economy.
3Hundreds of houses in the typhoon’s path suffered structural damage./
cấu trúc
bridge skills gaps
thu hẹp khoảng cách kĩ năng
export (v/n) /ɪkˈspɔːt/(v)
/ˈek.spɔːt/(n)
to send goods to another country for sale (V)
1/French cheeses are exported to many different countries.
2/Our clothes sell so well in this country that we have no need to export.
3/American culture has been exported all over the world.
a product that you sell in another country, or the business of sending goods to another country in order to sell them there(n)
1/We plan to increase our exports over the next five years.
2/The export of ivory is now strictly controlled.
3/Coffee is one of Brazil’s main exports.
nhập khẩu (v)
hàng hóa xuất khẩu (n)
import (v/n) /ɪmˈpɔːt/(v)
/ˈɪm.pɔːt/ (n)
to buy or bring in products from another country (v)
1/We import a large number of cars from Japan.
2/ Jazz is an American modification of musical conventions imported from Europe.
3/the spelling of imported words
goods bought by one country from another (n)
1/restrictions on foreign imports
2/he illegal importation of drugs
3/an import licence
hàng hóa nhập khẩu(n)
xuất khẩu (v)
The presence of
sự hiện diện của
spillover (n) /ˈspɪlˌəʊ.vər/
an amount of liquid that has become too much for the object that contains it and flows or spreads out
1/create positive spillover
2/We are now witnessing a spillover of the war into neighbouring regions.
3/The spillover from the adjacent river flooded the lower fields.
sự lan tỏa
externality /ɪkˌstɜːˈnæl.ə.ti/
a positive or negative effect for someone else as a result of something that you do
1/Transport creates some positive externalities because it stimulates economic growth and creates jobs.
2/The government has introduced a new charge to cover the externality of carbon emissions.
3/Economists sometimes underestimate the actual cost of doing business because they don’t include externalities like environmental damage from pollution.
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