Destination B2 - Unit 8 - Word Formation

announce

She announced the winner of the competition to an excited audience.

(thông báo) (v)

announcement

The president made an unexpected announcement this morning.

(sự thông báo) (n)

unannounced

The company has justified its recent unannounced addition of chlorine to its water

(không báo trước) (adj)

belief

His belief in God gave him hope during difficult times.

(sự tin tưởng) (n)

disbelief

She shook her head in disbelief

(sự không tin tưởng) (n)

believe

Strangely, no one believed us when we told them we'd been visited by a creature from Mars.

(tin tưởng) (v)

believable

I didn't find any of the characters in the film believable.

(có thể tin tưởng) (adj)

unbelievably

It was still an unbelievably stupid thing to do.

(không đáng tin cậy) (adv)

communication

Television is an increasingly important means of communication

(sự giao tiếp) (n)

uncommunicative

He had a headache and was uncommunicative.

(không muốn giao tiếp) (adj)

communicator

Obviously teachers have to be good communicators.

(người truyền đạt) (n)

convince

It's useless trying to convince her she doesn't need to lose any weight.

(thuyết phục) (v)

convinced

I'm convinced that she is lying.

(chắc chắn) (adj)

unconvincing

The end of the book was very unconvincing.

(không thuyết phục) (adj)

editorial

Editorial decisions are generally made by senior editors.

(thuộc về tòa soạn) (adj)

humour

Even a speech on a serious subject should be leavened with a little humour.

(sự hài hước) (n)

humorous

Her latest book is a humorous look at teenage life.

(hài hước) (adj)

humourless

they are such a humorless bunch.

(không hài hước) (adj)

inform

I informed my boss that I was going to be away next week.

(thông báo) (v)

information

I went to several libraries to gather information about the scheme.

(thông tin) (n)

uninformative

In the phylogenetic analysis, 42 sites were parsimony informative, 47 were uninformative and 380 were constant.

(không thông thạo) (adj)

journal

The library subscribes to all the major science journals.

(tạp chí) (n)

journalist

The journalist asked the minister how he viewed recent events.

(nhà báo) (n)

journalism

This kind of racism pervades newspaper and broadcast journalism in EU countries.

(nghề làm báo) (n)

journalistic

He began his journalistic career in the early eighties in Australia.

(thuộc về ngành báo chí) (adj)

politics (n)

Ms Doughty entered politics after a career in banking.

(chính trị)

political

The National Front is an extremely right-wing political party in Britain.

(thuộc chính trị) (adj)

power

Once nicotine has you in its power, it's very difficult to stop smoking.

(quyền lực) (n)

powerful

The president is more powerful than the prime minister.

(có quyền thế) (adj)

powerfully

He argued powerfully and persuasively against capital punishment.

(mạnh mẽ) (adv)

powerless

The villagers are powerless against the armed invaders.

(bất lực) (adj)

empower

The first step in empowering the poorest sections of society is making sure they vote

(trao quyền) (v)

ridicule

She was treated with scorn and ridicule by her colleagues when she applied for the job.

(lời chế giễu/nhạo báng) (n)

ridiculous

It's ridiculous to expect a two-year-old to be able to read!

(nực cười) (adj)

ridiculousness

I recognize the sheer ridiculousness of being afraid of something the size of my thumbnail

(sự lố bịch) (n)

secondary

Her health is what matters - the cost of the treatment is of secondary importance.

(không quá quan trọng) (adj)

written

Britain has no written constitution.

(bằng văn bản) (adj)

unwritten

There's an unwritten rule that you don't wear jeans to work.

(nói miệng/không có văn bản) (adj)