C1 level vocab

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referendum
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trưng cầu dân ý
imperialism
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chủ nghĩa đế quốc
imperialist regime
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chế độ đế quốc
blatantly
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một cách trắng trợn
rig
they rigged the stage for the concert; they rigged the contest, the referendum was blatantly rigged.
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dựng, lắp ráp thiết bị/ dàn xếp, dàn dựng (gian lận)
insurgent
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quân nổi dậy
come to ahead
(reach the critical or decisive point, esp. in a conflict or problem):
tension between 2 countries came to ahead last week; their marriage problem finally came to ahead
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đạt tới đỉnh điểm
gulf of tonkin
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vịnh Bắc Bộ
full-scale
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toàn diện, quy mô lớn: full-scale war, they lauched a full-scale investigation to the fraud
conventional victory
by traditional battlefield tactics
the army is aiming for a conventianl victiory without escalating to nuclear weapon
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chiến thắng theo lối đánh thông thường/truyền thống
from the outset
from the outset of war; right from outset
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ngay từ đầu
national liberation front
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mặt trận giải phóng dân tộc
wage
wage the war; wage a campaign; wage a battle
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phát động/tiến hành/ tham gia
War of attrition
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Chiến tranh tiêu hao, chiến tranh kéo dài làm hao mòn lực lượng
free fire zone
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khu vực tự do bắn súng
deployment
the army began deployment to the border; the deployment of new software will improve the efficency
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triển khai
in one's grasp
the victory is in your grasp;
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trong tầm tay:
be/become hardened to sth
he became hardened to the horrors of war, she's hardened to criticism now
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trở nên chai lì với, vô cảm, quen với:
fall into one's grasp
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rơi vào tay ai đó
be loath to do sth
she was loath to talk about her past
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miễn cưỡng/không muốn làm
populace
the dictator tried to control the general populace through fears;
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quần chúng, dân chúng
stave off sth
she tried to stave off covid by taking vitamins; to keep the populace motived and to stave off the effects of war weariness, the DRV maintained strong and effective proganda campaign throughout the conflict
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ngăn chặn/tránh/đẩy lùi
to loathe
the American pilots were loathed due to their discriminate bombing; he loathed the corruption
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ghê tởm, ghét cay ghét đắng
rhetoric
his speech was full of powerful rhetoric; propaganda rhetoric, the people were easily swayed by the party rhetoric and quickly volenteerjng to join the army
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hùng biện/lời hoa mĩ/ tuyên truyền mị dân
imperialist aggressor
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kẻ xâm lược đế quốc
catch by surprise
she was caught by surprised with the birthday party; the 1968 Tet offensive caught the U. S forces by surprise
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bị bất ngờ, đánh úp
offensive
the Vietcome 1968 offensive
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cuộc tổng tiến công, tấn công
infiltrator
they caught the infiltrator near the base; vietcong's infiltrators lauched an attack on U. S embassy (VC cài người thâm nhập tấn công...)
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kẻ xâm nhập
chancery building
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tòa nhà tòa án, đại sứ
compound
a place
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khuôn viên; khu vực (được bảo vệ)
take toll on sth
the attack took a heavy toll on urban population
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gây thiệt hại/ảnh hưởng nghiêm trọng
defiant
the protestors remain defiant in the fact of police orders; she gave him a defiant look and refused to apologise
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bất chấp, chống đối, bất tuân
morale
the troop's morale had plummeted to the point where soldiers were openly ignoring the orders
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tinh thần, nhuệ khí
deserting
he was arrested for deserting and ignoring orders
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bỏ trốn, đào ngũ
status quo
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tình trạng hiện tại
ho chi minh campaign
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chiến dịch Hồ Chí Minh
smash through
the attack smashed through the defense (xuyên thủng phòng tuyến)
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đập tan/xuyên thủng
defenses
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phòng tuyến
decapitate
the king was decapitated by the insurgents; the attack totally decapiated the U. S army; the company was capicitated followed by the arrest of the ceo
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chém đầu/triệt hạ/làm tê liệt
be scarred by sth
many were scarred for life by the war
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để lại vết sẹo
render
render an image/scene; render assistance; render a verdict; the accident rendered the car useless
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tái hiện/cung cấp/đưa ra/khiến cho/gây ra
domino theory
the u. s involved in vietnam war because of the domina theory
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thuyết domino/ dây chuyền
rift
the misunderstanding furthered the rift in their relationship; a rift opened in the eartg after the quake
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rạn nứt/chia rẽ/mâu thuẫn/vết nứt gãy
manifesto
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tuyên ngôn
notion
sudden or fanciful idea
the notion that money brings hapiness is often challenged: she had that sudden notion to dye her hair blue; he had a romantuc notion of what war was like but the reality hit him hard
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khái niệm, ý niệm, ý tưởng
pundit
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chuyên gia bình luận

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