đánh hỏng
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Definition
- Verb:
- To fail (a candidate), to reject (an applicant): "đánh hỏng" means to judge someone as not meeting the required standard in a test, exam, or evaluation, resulting in their failure or disqualification. It is an action performed by an examiner or evaluator.
- To cause to fail: It describes the act of causing someone to not pass an assessment.
Usage Examples
- Verb:
- Giám khảo đã đánh hỏng nhiều thí sinh trong kỳ thi này. (The examiner failed many candidates in this exam.)
- Anh ấy bị đánh hỏng môn lịch sử. (He was failed in the history subject.)
- Bài luận có quá nhiều lỗi nên bị giáo viên đánh hỏng. (The essay had too many errors, so the teacher failed it.)
Advanced Usage
- "bị đánh hỏng": to be failed (passive voice, common usage).
- Nếu không học bài, bạn sẽ bị đánh hỏng. (If you don't study, you will be failed.)
Variants and Related Words
- Hỏng (adj): broken, failed, spoiled. This is the root adjective meaning "failed" or "not working."
- Thi hỏng / Trượt (v): to fail an exam (from the candidate's perspective).
- Cô ấy thi hỏng bằng lái xe. (She failed the driving test.)
- Đánh trượt (v): a near-synonym meaning to fail someone, often used interchangeably with "đánh hỏng."
Synonyms
- Loại (v): to eliminate, to disqualify.
- Không cho qua (v phr): to not let pass.
Related Phrases (Phrasal Verbs)
- Đánh hỏng một môn/kỳ thi: to fail someone in a subject/exam.
- Giáo sư nghiêm khắc có thể đánh hỏng cả kỳ thi nếu phát hiện gian lận. (A strict professor can fail the entire exam if cheating is discovered.)
Related Idioms
- Plough, pluck, fail
- Bị đánh hỏng vì điểm ngoại ngữ quá kémTo be failed because one's foreign language mark is too low