bỏ bớt
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Definition
- Verb:
- To reduce, to cut down, to omit: "bỏ bớt" means to remove or decrease a part of something, making it less in quantity, size, or complexity.
- To trim, to pare down: It implies simplifying or streamlining by removing excess or unnecessary elements.
Usage Examples
- Verb:
- Chúng ta nên bỏ bớt những chi tiết rườm rà trong báo cáo. (We should cut down on the elaborate details in the report.)
- Để nấu ăn nhanh hơn, cô ấy thường bỏ bớt một vài bước. (To cook faster, she often omits a few steps.)
- Bỏ bớt đồ đạc cũ để căn phòng rộng rãi hơn. (Get rid of some old furniture to make the room more spacious.)
Advanced Usage
- "bỏ bớt đi": A more colloquial form emphasizing the action of removal.
- Bài văn dài quá, em cần bỏ bớt đi vài đoạn. (The essay is too long; you need to cut out a few paragraphs.)
- Used in procedural or organizational contexts to indicate streamlining.
- Công ty đang tìm cách bỏ bớt các khâu trung gian. (The company is looking for ways to eliminate intermediate stages.)
Variants and Related Words
- Giảm bớt (verb): To reduce, to decrease (often focuses more on reduction in amount/degree than on removal).
- giảm bớt áp lực (to reduce pressure)
- Lược bỏ (verb): To omit, to leave out (more formal, often used for textual/content omission).
- lược bỏ chi tiết thừa (to omit redundant details)
- Cắt giảm (verb): To cut, to slash (often used for budgets, costs, staff).
- cắt giảm ngân sách (to cut the budget)
Synonyms
- Cắt bớt: To cut down.
- Rút gọn: To shorten, to abbreviate.
- Tinh giản: To streamline, to simplify (an organization/process).
Related Phrases (Phrasal Verbs)
- Bỏ bớt ra: To take some out, to set aside a portion.
- Hãy bỏ bớt ra một ít tiền để tiết kiệm. (Set aside some money for savings.)
Related Idioms
- Bỏ bớt đầu bớt đuôi: (Literally: to cut off the head and the tail) To oversimplify by removing crucial parts, often leading to a loss of essential meaning.
- Đừng bỏ bớt đầu bớt đuôi câu chuyện, người nghe sẽ không hiểu. (Don't chop off the beginning and end of the story, or the listener won't understand.)
- Reduse, cut down
- Bỏ bớt những thủ tục không cần thiếtTo cut down unnecessary formalities