phát giác
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Definition
- Verb:
- To discover: To find something that was previously hidden, secret, or unknown, often something illegal or improper.
- To expose: To reveal or bring to light a wrongdoing, crime, or secret activity.
- To detect: To notice or identify the existence or presence of something concealed.
Usage Examples
- Verb:
- Cảnh sát vừa phát giác một đường dây buôn lậu. (The police just discovered a smuggling ring.)
- Hành động gian lận của anh ta đã bị phát giác. (His fraudulent actions have been exposed.)
- Máy quét an ninh phát giác có vũ khí trong hành lý. (The security scanner detected a weapon in the luggage.)
Advanced Usage
- The word often carries a formal or official tone and is commonly used in legal, security, journalistic, or investigative contexts.
- It implies an element of uncovering something that was intentionally kept secret, especially something negative or illicit.
Variants and Related Words
Sự phát giác (n): The act of discovery or exposure; a revelation.
- Sự phát giác đó đã gây chấn động. (That discovery caused an uproar.)
Kẻ bị phát giác (n): The person who is exposed or discovered.
- Kẻ bị phát giác đã thú tội. (The exposed person confessed.)
Synonyms
- Discover: To find something unexpectedly or in the course of search.
- Expose: To make something secret known.
- Uncover: To remove a cover or to discover something hidden.
- Detect: To discover or identify the presence of something.
Related Idioms and Phrases
Phát giác ra sự thật: To uncover the truth.
- Nhà báo quyết tâm phát giác ra sự thật. (The journalist is determined to uncover the truth.)
Bị phát giác: To be found out; to be exposed.
- Âm mưu của họ cuối cùng cũng bị phát giác. (Their plot was finally found out.)
verb
- to reveal, to discover, to find out