tổng lực
Definition
- Adjective:
- Total / All-out / Full-scale: Describing an effort, action, or conflict that involves the complete mobilization and application of all available resources, strength, or capabilities.
- Comprehensive / Utmost: Characterized by being thorough and leaving nothing unused or unconsidered.
Usage Examples
- Adjective:
- Quân đội tiến hành một cuộc tấn công tổng lực. (The army launched an all-out attack.)
- Chúng tôi cần một nỗ lực tổng lực để giải quyết vấn đề này. (We need a total effort to solve this problem.)
- Đó là một cuộc chiến tranh tổng lực. (That was a total war.)
Advanced Usage
- The term is most frequently used in formal or serious contexts, such as military strategy, major projects, or crisis response, to emphasize maximum effort.
Variants and Related Words
- Tổng (adj): total, general, overall. Often used as a prefix in compound words (e.g., : to summarize, : total number).
- Toàn lực (adj): with all one's strength, with full force. A close synonym with a slightly less formal or comprehensive connotation.
Synonyms
- All-out: involving all one's resources.
- Full-scale: complete in extent or intensity.
- Total: complete, absolute.
- Comprehensive: including all elements.
Related Idioms
- Tổng lực thi công: to construct at full scale.
- Dự án đang được tổng lực thi công để kịp tiến độ. (The project is being constructed at full scale to meet the deadline.)
- Tổng lực phản công: to launch a full-scale counterattack.
- Sau khi phòng thủ, họ chuyển sang tổng lực phản công. (After defending, they switched to a full-scale counterattack.)