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Nội dung bài viết
Source: anh99.com
Vocabulary
1.pessimistic
pessimism
noun [u]
the tendency to emphasize or think of the bad part of a situation rather than the good part, or the feeling that bad things are more likely to happen than good things:
- There is now a mood of deepening pessimism about/over the economy.
- An underlying pessimism infuses all her novels.
NOTE: The opposite is optimism.
pessimist
noun [C]
someone who always believes that bad things will happen:
- Don't be such a pessimist!
pessimistic
adjective
- The tone of the meeting was very pessimistic.
- The doctors are pessimistic (= not hopeful) about his chances of recovery.
pessimistically
adverb
2.optimistic
optimism
noun [u]
the tendency to be hopeful and to emphasize the good part of a situation rather than the bad part; the belief that good things will happen in the future:
- There was a note of optimism in his voice as he spoke about the company's future.
- Judging from your examination results, I think you have cause/grounds/reason for cautious optimism about getting a university place.
NOTE: The opposite is pessimism.
optimist
noun [C]
someone who always believes that good things will happen:
- She's a born optimist (= someone who has always been optimistic).
optimistic
adjective
- She is optimistic about her chances of winning a gold medal.
optimistically
adverb
3.depression
depression (NO ACTIVITY)
noun [C]
a period in which there is very little business activity and not many jobs:
- The stock market crash marked the start of a severe depression.
4.corporation
corporation (BUSINESS)
group noun [C] (WRITTEN ABBREVIATION Corp.)
a large company or group of companies that is controlled together as a single organization:
- a multinational corporation
- the British Broadcasting Corporation
- She didn't want to work for a big corporation where everything was so impersonal.
5.wipe
wipe sth out (DESTROY) phrasal verb [M]
to destroy something completely:
- Whole villages were wiped out in the fighting.
- One bad harvest could wipe out all of a grower's profits for the previous two years.
6.terrorism
terrorism
noun [u]
(threats of) violent action for political purposes:
- Governments must cooperate if they are to fight/combat international terrorism.
- The bomb explosion was one of the worst acts of terrorism that Italy has experienced in recent years.
terrorist
noun [C]
- Several terrorists have been killed by their own bombs.
- There has been an increase in terrorist attacks.
- The government has said that it will not be intimidated by terrorist threats.
7.domestic
domestic (HOME)
adjective
belonging or relating to the home, house or family:
- domestic chores/duties/arrangements
domesticated
adjective
able or willing to do cleaning, cooking and other jobs in the home, and to look after children:
- Since they had their baby they've both become quite domesticated.
domestic noun [C]
someone paid to do work, such as cleaning and cooking, in someone else's house
domestically
adverb
domesticity
noun [u]
life at home looking after your house and family:
- She married young and settled happily into domesticity.
Cần phân biệt domestic ở bài 8 và ở bài 7, có sự khác nhau đó nha !
8.incredible
incredible (DIFFICULT TO BELIEVE)
adjective
impossible, or very difficult, to believe:
- an incredible story
- The latest missiles can be fired with incredible accuracy.
- It seems incredible that no one foresaw the crisis.
incredibly
adverb
- Incredibly, no one was hurt in the accident.
9.shuttle
shuttle (VEHICLE)
noun [C]
a vehicle or aircraft that travels regularly between two places:
- To get across town, you can take the shuttle from Times Square to Grand Central.
- The American (space) shuttle can be used many times to put payloads in space.
shuttle
verb [I or T; usually + adverb or preposition]
to travel or take people regularly between the same two places:
- A small train shuttles constantly between the concourse and the runways.
10. centenarian
noun [C]
someone who is a hundred years old or more
11. eradicated
eradicate
verb [T] FORMAL
to get rid of completely or destroy something bad:
- The government claims to be doing all it can to eradicate corruption.
- The disease which once claimed millions of lives has now been eradicated.
eradication
noun [u]
11.contribute
contribute to sth phrasal verb
to help to cause an event or situation:
Smoking certainly contributed to his early death.
12.fatal
fatal
adjective
1 A fatal illness or accident, etc. causes death:
- This illness is fatal in almost all cases.
- the fatal shooting of an unarmed 15-year-old
2 very serious and having an important bad effect in the future:
- He made the fatal mistake/error of believing what they told him.
- It just shows how you should never say how well things are going for you - it's fatal (= it causes bad things to happen).
fatally
adverb
- Several people were injured, two fatally (= they died as a result).
fatality
noun [C]
a death caused by an accident or by violence, or someone who has died in either of these ways:
- Britain has thousands of road fatalities (= deaths on roads) every year.
The first fatalities of the war were civilians.
13.life expectancy
life expectancy noun [C usually singular]
the length of time that a living thing, especially a human being, is likely to live:
- Life expectancy in Europe has increased greatly in the 20th century.
14.predict
predict
verb [T]
to say that an event or action will happen in the future, especially as a result of knowledge or experience:
- It's still not possible to accurately predict the occurrence of earthquakes.
[+ that] Who could have predicted that within ten years he'd be in charge of the whole company?
[+ to infinitive] The hurricane is predicted to reach the coast tomorrow morning.
[+ question word] No one can predict when the disease will strike again.
predictable
adjective
1 Something which is predictable happens in a way or at a time which you know about before it happens:
- Comets appear at predictable times.
NOTE: The opposite is unpredictable.
2 DISAPPROVING happening or behaving in a way that you expect and not unusual or interesting:
- The ending to the film was just so predictable.
predictably
adverb
as expected:
- Predictably, after the initial media interest, the refugees now seem to have been forgotten.
predictability
noun [u]
the state of knowing what something is like, when something will happen, etc:
- Although her job is boring and monotonous, she likes the sense of predictability and security that it gives her.
predictive
adjective FORMAL
relating to the ability to predict:
- The predictive value of this new method of analysis has still to be proven.
15.eternal
eternal
adjective
lasting forever or for a very long time:
- The company is engaged in the eternal search for a product that will lead the market.
- Will you two never stop your eternal arguing!
eternally
adverb
- the eternally changing seasons
- eternally weary/sad/cheerful
- FORMAL I'd be eternally (= very or always) grateful if you could arrange it.
1.Giáo trình TOEFL và cơ hội du học
2.Các Bài tập tiếng Anh thường gặp
3.Giáo trình IELTS và các vấn đề liên quan
4.Tiếng Anh kinh Doanh và thương mại
5.Giáo trình Knowhow có lỗi thời không
6.Tiếng Anh du lịch và cách giao tiếp lịch sự
7.Luyện Tiếng Anh chuyên ngành như thế nào
8.Học Bổng Tiếng Anh có ý nghĩa như thế nào
9.Phương pháp Dịch tiếng Anh chính xác
10.Các trường Tiếng Anh uy tín
--------------------
Nội dung bài viết
Source: anh99.com
Vocabulary
1.pessimistic
pessimism
noun [u]
the tendency to emphasize or think of the bad part of a situation rather than the good part, or the feeling that bad things are more likely to happen than good things:
- There is now a mood of deepening pessimism about/over the economy.
- An underlying pessimism infuses all her novels.
NOTE: The opposite is optimism.
pessimist
noun [C]
someone who always believes that bad things will happen:
- Don't be such a pessimist!
pessimistic
adjective
- The tone of the meeting was very pessimistic.
- The doctors are pessimistic (= not hopeful) about his chances of recovery.
pessimistically
adverb
2.optimistic
optimism
noun [u]
the tendency to be hopeful and to emphasize the good part of a situation rather than the bad part; the belief that good things will happen in the future:
- There was a note of optimism in his voice as he spoke about the company's future.
- Judging from your examination results, I think you have cause/grounds/reason for cautious optimism about getting a university place.
NOTE: The opposite is pessimism.
optimist
noun [C]
someone who always believes that good things will happen:
- She's a born optimist (= someone who has always been optimistic).
optimistic
adjective
- She is optimistic about her chances of winning a gold medal.
optimistically
adverb
3.depression
depression (NO ACTIVITY)
noun [C]
a period in which there is very little business activity and not many jobs:
- The stock market crash marked the start of a severe depression.
4.corporation
corporation (BUSINESS)
group noun [C] (WRITTEN ABBREVIATION Corp.)
a large company or group of companies that is controlled together as a single organization:
- a multinational corporation
- the British Broadcasting Corporation
- She didn't want to work for a big corporation where everything was so impersonal.
5.wipe
wipe sth out (DESTROY) phrasal verb [M]
to destroy something completely:
- Whole villages were wiped out in the fighting.
- One bad harvest could wipe out all of a grower's profits for the previous two years.
6.terrorism
terrorism
noun [u]
(threats of) violent action for political purposes:
- Governments must cooperate if they are to fight/combat international terrorism.
- The bomb explosion was one of the worst acts of terrorism that Italy has experienced in recent years.
terrorist
noun [C]
- Several terrorists have been killed by their own bombs.
- There has been an increase in terrorist attacks.
- The government has said that it will not be intimidated by terrorist threats.
7.domestic
domestic (HOME)
adjective
belonging or relating to the home, house or family:
- domestic chores/duties/arrangements
domesticated
adjective
able or willing to do cleaning, cooking and other jobs in the home, and to look after children:
- Since they had their baby they've both become quite domesticated.
domestic noun [C]
someone paid to do work, such as cleaning and cooking, in someone else's house
domestically
adverb
domesticity
noun [u]
life at home looking after your house and family:
- She married young and settled happily into domesticity.
Cần phân biệt domestic ở bài 8 và ở bài 7, có sự khác nhau đó nha !
8.incredible
incredible (DIFFICULT TO BELIEVE)
adjective
impossible, or very difficult, to believe:
- an incredible story
- The latest missiles can be fired with incredible accuracy.
- It seems incredible that no one foresaw the crisis.
incredibly
adverb
- Incredibly, no one was hurt in the accident.
9.shuttle
shuttle (VEHICLE)
noun [C]
a vehicle or aircraft that travels regularly between two places:
- To get across town, you can take the shuttle from Times Square to Grand Central.
- The American (space) shuttle can be used many times to put payloads in space.
shuttle
verb [I or T; usually + adverb or preposition]
to travel or take people regularly between the same two places:
- A small train shuttles constantly between the concourse and the runways.
10. centenarian
noun [C]
someone who is a hundred years old or more
11. eradicated
eradicate
verb [T] FORMAL
to get rid of completely or destroy something bad:
- The government claims to be doing all it can to eradicate corruption.
- The disease which once claimed millions of lives has now been eradicated.
eradication
noun [u]
11.contribute
contribute to sth phrasal verb
to help to cause an event or situation:
Smoking certainly contributed to his early death.
12.fatal
fatal
adjective
1 A fatal illness or accident, etc. causes death:
- This illness is fatal in almost all cases.
- the fatal shooting of an unarmed 15-year-old
2 very serious and having an important bad effect in the future:
- He made the fatal mistake/error of believing what they told him.
- It just shows how you should never say how well things are going for you - it's fatal (= it causes bad things to happen).
fatally
adverb
- Several people were injured, two fatally (= they died as a result).
fatality
noun [C]
a death caused by an accident or by violence, or someone who has died in either of these ways:
- Britain has thousands of road fatalities (= deaths on roads) every year.
The first fatalities of the war were civilians.
13.life expectancy
life expectancy noun [C usually singular]
the length of time that a living thing, especially a human being, is likely to live:
- Life expectancy in Europe has increased greatly in the 20th century.
14.predict
predict
verb [T]
to say that an event or action will happen in the future, especially as a result of knowledge or experience:
- It's still not possible to accurately predict the occurrence of earthquakes.
[+ that] Who could have predicted that within ten years he'd be in charge of the whole company?
[+ to infinitive] The hurricane is predicted to reach the coast tomorrow morning.
[+ question word] No one can predict when the disease will strike again.
predictable
adjective
1 Something which is predictable happens in a way or at a time which you know about before it happens:
- Comets appear at predictable times.
NOTE: The opposite is unpredictable.
2 DISAPPROVING happening or behaving in a way that you expect and not unusual or interesting:
- The ending to the film was just so predictable.
predictably
adverb
as expected:
- Predictably, after the initial media interest, the refugees now seem to have been forgotten.
predictability
noun [u]
the state of knowing what something is like, when something will happen, etc:
- Although her job is boring and monotonous, she likes the sense of predictability and security that it gives her.
predictive
adjective FORMAL
relating to the ability to predict:
- The predictive value of this new method of analysis has still to be proven.
15.eternal
eternal
adjective
lasting forever or for a very long time:
- The company is engaged in the eternal search for a product that will lead the market.
- Will you two never stop your eternal arguing!
eternally
adverb
- the eternally changing seasons
- eternally weary/sad/cheerful
- FORMAL I'd be eternally (= very or always) grateful if you could arrange it.
