front 1 Designate (v,adj) /ˈdez·ɪɡˌneɪt/ | back 1 (n) to choose someone or something for a special job or purpose, or to state that something has a particular character or purpose: Chỉ định The chairman designated his daughter as his successor. (adj) used after the title of a particular official job to refer to someone who has been chosen to do that job, but who has not yet started doing it: the Managing Director designate |
front 2 Successor (n) /səkˈses.ɚ/ | back 2 someone or something that follows and takes the job, place, or position that was held by another: Người kế nhiệm,việc bổ nhiệm |
front 3 Vaporize (v) /ˈveɪ.pɚ.aɪz/ | back 3 to turn from a solid or liquid into a gas, or to cause this to happen: Bay hơi, bốc hơi Most meteorites striking the earth vaporize instantly. |
front 4 Legitimate (adj,v) /ləˈdʒɪt̬.ə.mət/ | back 4 (adj) Allowed by law: Hợp pháp The army must give power back to the legitimate government. (v) to make something legal or acceptable: Hợp pháp hoá The government fears that talking to terrorists might legitimate their violent actions. |
front 5 Heir (noun) /er/ | back 5 a person who will receive or already has received money or property from another person at the time of that other person’s death: Người thừa kế, người kế thừa My cousin Robert is the only heir to my uncle’s fortune. |
front 6 Whine (v) /waɪn/ | back 6 to make a long, high, sad sound: Rên rỉ, càu nhàu Leon's dog was sitting by the door whining, so I thought I'd better take it for a walk. Alice, if you keep whining I won't take you - do you understand? |
front 7 Accessory (n) /əkˈses.ər.i/ | back 7 someone who helps another person to commit a crime but does not take part in it: Đồng phạm, đồng loã He was charged with being an accessory to murder. |
front 8 Enshrine (verb formal) /ɪnˈʃraɪn/ | back 8 to contain or keep something as if in a holy place: Cất giữ, lưu giữ, được ghi Her father plans to build an altar at her grave, enshrining the dress and shoes she wore that July day. |
front 9 Former (adj) /ˈfɔːr.mɚ/ The former :the first of two people, things, or groups previously mentioned: Cái đầu tiên former self It was a long time after the accident before he seemed like his former self (= behaved in the way he had before). | back 9 of or in an earlier time; before the present time or in the past: his former wife The luxury apartments are in a former factory. |
front 10 has/hold a grudge (against somebody) /ɡrʌdʒ/ | back 10 Amanda still has/holds a grudge against me for refusing to lend her that money. Có ác cảm với ai đó |