tiêu trừ

Các biện pháp mới giúp tiêu trừ tham nhũng trong cơ quan.

Definition

1. Verb:
   • To eliminate / to eradicate: To completely remove or get rid of something undesirable, such as a problem, a bad habit, or a negative condition.
   • To cancel out / to offset: To nullify the effect of one thing by counteracting it with another, often used in more abstract or technical contexts.

Usage Examples

• Verb:
  • Chính phủ đang nỗ lực tiêu trừ nạn tham nhũng. (The government is making efforts to eliminate corruption.)
  • Chúng ta cần tiêu trừ thói quen xấu này. (We need to eradicate this bad habit.)
  • Khoản lợi nhuận mới này sẽ tiêu trừ khoản lỗ trước đó. (This new profit will cancel out the previous loss.)

Advanced Usage

• Technical/Formal Contexts: Often used in official, political, or economic discourse to describe the removal of systemic issues.
  • Mục tiêu của chương trình là tiêu trừ bệnh sốt rét trong khu vực. (The program's goal is to eradicate malaria in the region.)

Variants and Related Words

• Bài trừ (v): to eliminate, to get rid of (often implies a deliberate campaign against something).

  • Bài trừ tệ nạn xã hội. (To eliminate social evils.)

• Triệt tiêu (v): to annihilate, to completely destroy or nullify.

  • Pháo phòng không triệt tiêu mục tiêu. (The anti-aircraft gun annihilated the target.)

Synonyms

• Eliminate: To completely remove or get rid of.
• Eradicate: To destroy completely, often something widespread or deeply rooted.
• Remove: To take away.
• Nullify: To make legally null and void; to cancel out the effect of.

Related Idioms

• While "tiêu trừ" itself is not commonly used in idiomatic expressions, its meaning is central to phrases about removal and purification.
  • Tiêu trừ tà ma: to exorcise evil spirits (a more literal, traditional usage).