phân tán
Definition
Verb:
- To disperse: To spread or distribute things or people over a wide area, or to cause a group to break up and go in different directions.
- To scatter: To cause things or people to separate and move apart in various, often random, directions.
- To decentralize: To distribute functions, powers, or people away from a central authority or location.
Adjective:
- Dispersed: Describing something that is spread out over a large area and not concentrated in one place.
- Scattered: Describing things or people that are spread far apart in an irregular way.
Usage Examples
- Verb:
- Cảnh sát phân tán đám đông. (The police dispersed the crowd.)
- Công ty quyết định phân tán các trung tâm dữ liệu. (The company decided to decentralize its data centers.)
- Adjective:
- Dân cư ở vùng này sống rất phân tán. (The population in this region lives very dispersed.)
- Sự chú ý của anh ấy bị phân tán. (His attention is scattered.)
Advanced Usage
- "Phân tán rủi ro": To diversify risk (in finance or investment).
- Nhà đầu tư thông minh luôn phân tán rủi ro. (A smart investor always diversifies risk.)
Variants and Related Words
- Sự phân tán (n): Dispersion, scattering.
- Sự phân tán của ánh sáng. (The dispersion of light.)
- Phân tán học tập (n): Distributed practice (a learning technique).
- Phân tán học tập giúp ghi nhớ lâu hơn. (Distributed practice helps with long-term memory.)
Synonyms
- Disperse: To break up and spread out.
- Scatter: To throw or spread things loosely.
- Decentralize: To move from a single central point to multiple local points.
Antonyms
- Tập trung (v): To concentrate, to gather.
- Tụ tập (v): To assemble, to congregate.
Related Idioms
- Đầu tư phân tán: Don't put all your eggs in one basket.
- Nguyên tắc đầu tư phân tán rất quan trọng. (The principle of not putting all your eggs in one basket is very important.)