thu gom
Definition
- Verb:
- To collect: To gather items from various scattered places or sources and bring them together into one location. This often refers to collecting specific types of items, such as recyclables or waste.
- To sum up: To gather and consolidate information, data, or ideas into a concise form.
Usage Examples
- Verb:
- Công nhân vệ sinh thu gom rác mỗi sáng. (Sanitation workers collect garbage every morning.)
- Chúng tôi thu gom thông tin từ nhiều cuộc phỏng vấn. (We sum up information from many interviews.)
- Cô ấy thu gom vỏ chai nhựa để tái chế. (She collects plastic bottles for recycling.)
Advanced Usage
- "thu gom và xử lý": to collect and process.
- Thành phố cần hệ thống thu gom và xử lý nước thải hiệu quả. (The city needs an efficient system to collect and process wastewater.)
Variants and Related Words
Thu thập (v): to gather, to collect (often used for data, information, or non-physical items).
- Nhà nghiên cứu thu thập dữ liệu cho báo cáo. (The researcher gathers data for the report.)
Gom (v): to gather, to round up (a simpler, more colloquial form).
- Hãy gom sách lại và đặt lên kệ. (Please gather the books and put them on the shelf.)
Synonyms
- Collect: To bring items together from different places.
- Gather: To come or bring together.
- Round up: To collect people or things into one place.
Related Idioms
- Thu gom đầu đuôi: To gather the beginning and the end; to piece together a full story from scattered details.
- Sau nhiều ngày điều tra, họ mới thu gom đầu đuôi sự việc. (After many days of investigation, they finally pieced together the full story.)
verb
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to collect, to sum up
