hoàn nguyên
Definition
- Verb:
- To restore / to revert: To return something to its original, natural, or fundamental state or condition.
- To reduce (chemistry): In scientific contexts, specifically chemistry, it means to reduce a compound, often by adding electrons or hydrogen, or removing oxygen.
Usage Examples
- Verb:
- Sau khi thử nghiệm, chúng tôi phải hoàn nguyên dữ liệu về trạng thái ban đầu. (After testing, we had to restore the data to its original state.)
- Quá trình này hoàn nguyên oxit sắt thành sắt nguyên chất. (This process reduces iron oxide to pure iron.)
Advanced Usage
- Technical Usage: In IT, "hoàn nguyên" can describe reverting a system or software to a previous configuration or backup point.
- Hãy hoàn nguyên hệ thống về bản sao lưu tuần trước. (Revert the system to last week's backup.)
Variants and Related Words
- Sự hoàn nguyên (n): The act or process of restoration or reduction.
- Sự hoàn nguyên dữ liệu mất vài giờ. (The data restoration took several hours.)
Synonyms
- Restore: To bring back to an original condition.
- Revert: To return to a previous state.
- Reduce (Chemistry): To bring a substance to a chemically simpler form.
Related Idioms
- : While not a common idiom, the phrase can be used metaphorically to mean "restoration is the solution," emphasizing returning to fundamentals to solve a problem.
- Đôi khi, hoàn nguyên cứu cánh là cách tốt nhất. (Sometimes, restoration as a solution is the best way.)
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Revert to the orginal state
