Definition

1. Adverb:

   • Thoroughly; completely; exhaustively: Describes an action carried out to the fullest possible extent, leaving no part undone or unconsidered.
   • Radically; fundamentally: Describes an action or change that addresses the root or core of something, leading to a complete transformation.

2. Adjective:

   • Thorough; complete; exhaustive: Characterizes a method, process, or action that is performed with maximum comprehensiveness and attention to all details.
   • Radical; fundamental: Characterizes a change, measure, or principle that is total and seeks to alter the very basis of something.

Usage Examples

• Adverb:
  • Chúng tôi sẽ triệt để tuân theo các quy định mới. (We will thoroughly comply with the new regulations.)
  • Công ty cần thay đổi triệt để về chiến lược. (The company needs to change its strategy radically.)
• Adjective:
  • Đây là một biện pháp triệt để để giải quyết vấn đề. (This is a thorough measure to solve the problem.)
  • Họ yêu cầu một sự cải cách triệt để. (They demand a radical reform.)

Advanced Usage

• Often used in formal, political, or analytical contexts to emphasize the absolute nature of an action or principle.
• Can modify verbs to intensify the degree of completion (as an adverb) or describe nouns to indicate their comprehensive quality (as an adjective).

Variants and Related Words

• Triệt để hóa (v): To thoroughize; to carry something to its logical conclusion.
  • Việc triệt để hóa nguyên tắc này dẫn đến hiệu quả cao. (Thoroughizing this principle led to high efficiency.)
• Tính triệt để (n): Thoroughness; radicalness.
  • Tính triệt để của phương pháp là ưu điểm chính. (The thoroughness of the method is its main advantage.)

Synonyms

• Thoroughly: Completely and with great attention to detail.
• Completely: In every way or to the fullest extent.
• Radically: In a thorough or fundamental way.
• Exhaustively: In a manner that covers all aspects or possibilities.

Related Idioms and Phrases

• Đến nơi đến chốn: (Idiom) To do something thoroughly and properly. This idiom shares a similar meaning of completeness with "triệt để."
  • Công việc phải được làm đến nơi đến chốn. (The work must be done thoroughly.)
• Một cách triệt để: (Phrase) In a thorough/radical manner. A common phrase structure using the word.
  • Hãy phân tích vấn đề một cách triệt để. (Analyze the problem in a thorough manner.)

adv

1. thoroughly