Thẻ ghi nhớ: The persistence and peril of misinformation

deception

(n) sự lừa dối

prod

(v) cổ vũ (to encourage someone to take action, especially when they are being slow or unwilling)

eg. He gets things done, but only after I've prodded him into doing them

chiefly

(adv) mainly

eg. The island chiefly attracts upmarket tourists.

set out

(v) bắt đầu (to start a journey/ an activity with a particular aim)

rival

(a) ngang tài ngang sức (to be as good, clever, beautiful, etc. as someone or something else)

eg. Two seventeenth-century thinkers, Aurelio Bettani and Jonas Verhelst, set the problem out sharply, and their rival predictions have only lately faced rigorous experimental test

come down on one's side

đứng về phía ai đó (support)

come down on sb/sth

chỉ trích, phê phán (to punish or criticize a person or activity very strongly)

log

(v) ghi lại (to officially record something)

eg. the mind seems to log each fresh item as though it were correct, if only for a brief instant, before labelling it true or false only later.

gear towards

(v) hướng đến

breach

(v) phá luật (an act of breaking a law, promise, agreement, or relationship)

upkeep

(n) ~ maintenance (the cost or process of keeping something, such as a building, in good condition)

one-off

(a) something that happens or is made or done only once

backing

(n) sự ủng hộ (support, especially money, that someone gives to a person or plan)

fleeting

(a) nhanh (short or quick)