Unit 4: Topic vocabulary: Change

Adjust (v)

to change your ideas or behaviour to deal with a new situation (thích nghi)

Alternate (v, adj)

if one thing alternates with another, it happens after it and keeps being repeated (diễn ra luân phiên)

Amend (v)

make changes to a document, law, agreement, …,especially to improve it (sửa đổi, cải thiện)

Conservative (adj)

no willing to accept much change, especially in the traditional values of society (bảo thủ)

Convert (v, n)

to change from one system, use or method to another (chuyển đổi)

Convert (n)

someone who has changed their beliefs in an important way (người thay đổi chính kiến)

Decay (v, n)

to be gradually destroyed as a result of a natural process of change (mục nát)

Detoriorate (v)

to become worse (trở nên tệ hơn)

Distort (v)

to change sth such as information so that it is no longer true or accurate (bóp méo, xuyên tạc)

Dynamic (adj)

continuously changing, growing or developing (năng động, hay biến đổi)

Endure (v) [Sense 1]

to suffer something unpleasant or difficult in a patient way over a long period (chịu đựng)

Endure (v) [Sense 2]

to last for a long time (kéo dài)

Evolve (v)

to gradually change and develop over a period of time (phát triển)

Radical (adj)

a major change from the usual way of doing things (triệt để)

Reform (v, n)

a change made to improve a system, law, organization (cuộc cải cách)

Revis (v)

to change your opinion ot judgment of someone or sth (xem xét lại)

Status quo (n phr)

the present situation or the way things usually are (tình trạng hiện tại)

Substitute (v, n)

to remove one thing and put sth else in its place (thay thế)

Breakthrough (n)

a discovery or achievement that comes after a lot of hard work (bước đột phá)

Broadband (adj)

able to send different types of communication signals at the same time (thuộc băng thông rộng)

Broadband (n)

a high-speed Internet connection (băng thông rộng)

Consumer electronics (n phr)

electrical equipment which is available for the public to buy (thiết bị điện dân dụng)

Primitive (adj)

at a very simple stage of development, before modern technology (nguyên thủy, sơ khai)