Thinking And Learning

assess

đánh giá - to evaluate
We need to meet you face-to-face to assess your communication skill.

assume

cho rằng - to take for granted; to suppose
You assumed that I hated you; I have never said so!

baffle

bối rối - to cause someone to be completely unable to understand or explain something
- She was completely baffled by his strange behaviour.

biased

thiên vị - unfairly prejudiced for or against someone or something
- Mr Phuong is biased; he only gives good scores to boys.
- The American justice system is biased against blacks.

contemplate

suy ngẫm - to spend time considering a possible future action, or to consider one particular thing for a long time in a serious and quiet way
- She contemplates to break up with him.

cynical

hoài nghi - believing that people are only interested in themselves and are not sincere
- I was so insecure that I was cynical whenever someone praised me.

deduce

suy luận, rút ra - to reach a conclusion about something by reasoning from known facts
In an attempt to deduce what happened to the jet, investigators are looking at other similar planes.

dilemma

tình huống khó xử - a difficult choice between two options
She keeps asking dilemmas like if his mother and her jumped into the water, who would he save?

dubious

không chắc, nghi ngờ - thought not to be completely true, certain or not able to be trusted
We were always a bit dubious about the advantages these changes would actually bring.

grasp

hiểu rõ - to understand fully
I have to learn that lesson twice to grasp the topics.

guesswork

phỏng đoán - the process of trying to find the answer to something by guessing, or the answer found by using this method
The answer was pure guesswork.

hunch

cảm tính - an idea that is based on feeling and for which there is no proof
I had a hunch that something was wrong.

notion

quan niệm - a conception of orbelief about something
There used to be a notion that boys can only be boys.

plausible

hợp lý - seeming likely to be true, or able to be believed
His explanation seems plausible; he would not have cheated.

equality of opportunity

trao cơ hội cho mọi người - giving people an equal chance to succeed
All education systems have to ultimately focus on equality of opportunity

perpetuate

duy trì sự tồn tại - to make permanent or long lasting
Learning history perpetuates the memory of heroes.
The changes in exam format will perpetuate inequality between extra-class participants and normal students forever.

depress opportunity

giảm cơ hội - reduce opportunity
Enrollment fees can depress opportunity for less well-off children.

tertiary education

cấp bậc cao như cao đẳng, đại học - education or training beyond secondary school