Giải thích từ vựng_ IELTS Cambridge 11_Test 1 reducing the effects of climate change
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Reading text 1: IELTS Cambridge 11 – Test 1
Reducing the Effects of Climate Change
Highlighted vocabulary:
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Words & Word Form
Ambitious (a) / æmˈbɪʃəs /
ambitiously (adv)
Meaning and/or Examples + Collocations
= needing a lot of effort, money or time to succeed (nhiều,
rất lớn)
≠ UNambitious (a)
2
Volume (n) / ˈvɒljuːm /
3
Inevitable (a) / ɪnˈevɪtəbl /
4
Stride (n) / straɪd /
make major / great strides
5
Let alone (phrase)
6
Reverse (v) / rɪˈvɜːs /
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Proponent (n) / prəˈpəʊnənt /
= the amount of sth (khối lượng)
• the sheer volume (= large amount) of business
• This work has grown in volume recently.
• New roads are being built to cope with the
increased volume of traffic.
= unavoidable (synonym)
= that you cannot avoid or prevent (hiển nhiên, không thể
tránh khỏi, chắc chắn xảy ra)
• It was inevitable that there would be job losses.
• A rise in the interest rates seems inevitable.
= an improvement in the way sth is developing (tiến bộ, cải
tiến)
= tiến bộ, cải tiến nhanh
= used after a statement to emphasize that because the
first thing is not true or possible, the next thing cannot be
true or possible either (huống hồ, huống chi, không kể đến,
chưa nói đến)
• There isn't enough room for us, let alone any
guests. (Không có đủ chỗ cho chúng ta, huống chi
là khách mời.)
• I didn't have any clothes, let alone a passport.
= to change sth completely so that it is the opposite of what
it was before (đảo ngược, lộn ngược, đảo lộn, thay đổi)
• to reverse a procedure/process/trend
• The government has failed to reverse the economic
decline.
= advocate (n – synonym)
= a person who supports an idea or course of action
(người đề xuất, người đề xướng, người ủng hộ, người tán
thành)
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Deposit (v) / dɪˈpɒzɪt /
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Disperse (v) / dɪˈspɜːs /
= to put or lay sb/sth down in a particular place (đặt, để)
= scatter (v – synonym)
= to move apart and go away in different directions
= to spread or to make sth spread over a wide area (giải
tán, phân tán, truyền, lan truyền, xua tan)
• The fog began to disperse.
• The crowd dispersed quickly.
• The seeds are dispersed by the wind.
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Eye-catching (a)
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Replenish (v) / rɪˈplenɪʃ /
= very attractive or noticeable (nổi bật, gây chú ý, bắt mắt)
• an eye-catching advertisement
• beautiful clothes in eye-catching colours
• an eye-catching poster
= to fill sth up again (làm đầy lại, cung cấp thêm, bổ sung
thêm)
• to replenish food and water supplies
replenishment (n)
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(the) stratosphere (n) / ˈstrætəsfɪə/
stratospheric (a)
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Scrutinize (v) / ˈskruːtənaɪz /
scrutiny (n)
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Implement (v) / ˈɪmplɪment/
implementation (n)
= the layer of the earth's atmosphere between about 10
and 50 kilometres above the surface of the earth (tầng bình
lưu)
= to look at or examine sb/sth carefully (nhìn kỹ, xem xét kỹ
lưỡng, nghiên cứu cẩn thận)
• The statement was carefully scrutinized before
publication.
= carry out (v – synonym)
= to make sth that has been officially decided start to
happen or be used (tiến hành, thực thi, thực hiện)
• to implement changes / policies / decisions /
reforms
• A new work programme for young people will be
implemented.
• the implementation of the new system
/ɪmplɪmenˈteɪʃn/
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Cautious (a) / ˈkɔːʃəs /
cautious about sb/sth
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Precipitation (n)
/ prɪ.sɪpɪˈteɪʃn /
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Scenario (n) / səˈnɑːriəʊ /
= careful, well considered (thận trọng, cẩn trọng)
• The government has been cautious in its response
to the report.
• They've taken a very cautious approach.
= the amount of rain, snow, etc that falls (lượng mưa,
lượng tuyết rơi)
• There is heavy precipitation in some parts of the
country.
• Acid precipitation may cause a reduction in forest
productivity.
• an increase in annual precipitation
= a description of possible actions or events in the future
(viễn cảnh, viễn tượng, tình huống, trường hợp)
• Let me suggest a possible scenario.
• A horrific / nightmare scenario
