giữ trật tự
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Definition
- Verb:
- To maintain order: The primary meaning of "giữ trật tự" is to actively ensure that a situation, place, or group remains calm, organized, and free from disturbance or chaos.
Usage Examples
- Verb:
- Cảnh sát có nhiệm vụ giữ trật tự trên đường phố. (The police have the duty to maintain order on the streets.)
- Giáo viên phải giữ trật tự trong lớp học. (The teacher must maintain order in the classroom.)
- Mọi người cần tự giác giữ trật tự nơi công cộng. (Everyone needs to consciously maintain order in public places.)
Advanced Usage
- The phrase often implies a sense of duty or responsibility for preserving a peaceful and rule-abiding environment. It can be used for both formal authority figures (police, security) and informal situations (a host keeping a party orderly).
Variants and Related Words
Trật tự (n): order, discipline.
- Mọi hoạt động diễn ra trong trật tự. (All activities took place in order.)
Giữ gìn trật tự: to preserve and maintain order. This is a more emphatic variant.
- Ủy ban phường vận động người dân giữ gìn trật tự an toàn giao thông. (The ward committee mobilizes people to preserve traffic safety and order.)
Synonyms
- To keep order: to ensure rules are followed.
- To preserve order: to maintain an existing state of order.
- To police (in certain contexts): to control or regulate order.
Related Idioms
- Giữ trật tự an ninh: to maintain security and order. This is a common official collocation.
- Lực lượng dân phòng giúp giữ trật tự an ninh trong khu phố. (The civil defense force helps maintain security and order in the neighborhood.)
verb
- to maintan order