chậm trễ

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Definition

1. Adjective:

   • Tardy; Delayed; Late: Describes an action, event, or process that occurs after the expected, planned, or proper time. It implies a negative connotation of being behind schedule.
   • Dilatory; Slow: Characterized by unnecessary slowness or delay in action; procrastinating.

2. Noun:

   • Delay; Tardiness: The state or instance of being late or slowed down.

Usage Examples

• Adjective:
  • Việc giải quyết hồ sơ rất chậm trễ. (The processing of the documents is very tardy.)
  • Anh ấy bị phê bình vì thói quen chậm trễ. (He was criticized for his dilatory habit.)
• Noun:
  • Mọi chậm trễ đều sẽ bị phạt. (Any delay will be penalized.)
  • Sự chậm trễ của chuyến bay gây ra nhiều bất tiện. (The flight's tardiness caused a lot of inconvenience.)

Advanced Usage

• Often used in formal or administrative contexts to describe bureaucratic, procedural, or logistical delays.
• Can be used with abstract nouns (e.g., - the delay) to nominalize the concept.

Variants and Related Words

• Trì hoãn (v): To postpone, to delay (focuses more on the active decision to delay).
  • Họ quyết định trì hoãn cuộc họp. (They decided to postpone the meeting.)
• Chậm (adj): Slow (a more general term for low speed, not necessarily implying lateness).
  • Tiến độ công việc quá chậm. (The work progress is too slow.)

Synonyms

• Delay: The act of postponing or causing to be late.
• Tardiness: The quality of being late.
• Procrastination: The action of delaying or postponing something.

Related Idioms and Phrases

• Không chậm trễ: Without delay; immediately.
  • Chúng tôi sẽ phản hồi không chậm trễ. (We will respond without delay.)
• Chậm trễ là thất bại: Delay is defeat (a proverb emphasizing the negative consequences of being late or slow).

Học thuật

1. Tardy
   • sự liên lạc chậm trễ
     tardy liaison
   • giải quyết công việc chậm trễ
     to settle business tardily
   • có lệnh là đi ngay, không chậm trễ một phút
     to set off not one minute tardy after receiving orders, to set off without delay on receiving orders