lưu dụng
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Definition
- Verb:
- To retain for use, to keep in service: To continue to employ or use someone or something, especially from a previous system or regime.
- To keep in office (from a former administration): Specifically refers to the act of retaining officials or civil servants from a previous government or ruling system.
Usage Examples
- Verb:
- Chính quyền mới quyết định lưu dụng một số chuyên gia kỹ thuật. (The new administration decided to retain some technical experts for use.)
- Sau cuộc chính biến, nhiều công chức cũ đã được lưu dụng. (After the coup, many old civil servants were kept in office.)
Advanced Usage Notes
- The term lưu dụng is formal and is primarily used in historical, political, or administrative contexts. It often implies a transition of power where elements (especially personnel) from the old system are intentionally kept for continuity, necessity, or their specific skills.
- It carries a neutral to slightly formal bureaucratic tone. The decision to someone often involves an official assessment or decree.
Variants and Related Words
- Lưu dung: An older or variant spelling with the same meaning as lưu dụng.
- Giữ lại (verb): To keep, to retain. A more general and common synonym.
- Tiếp tục sử dụng (verb phrase): To continue to use. A more descriptive modern equivalent.
- Tái dụng (verb): To re-employ, to reuse. Emphasizes employing again after a break.
Synonyms
- Duy trì: To maintain, to keep.
- Bảo lưu: To reserve, to keep (often for a position or right).
Related Phrases / Compound Words
- Công chức lưu dụng (noun phrase): Retained civil servant (from a former regime). This is the most common collocation.
- Chính sách lưu dụng (noun phrase): Policy of retention (of personnel from a previous administration).
- Keep for use, keep in office (from a former regime)
- công chức lưu dụngCivil servants kept in office from a former regime